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1906

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

An ACT to reimburse the civil contingent fund of the governor for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1906
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 2

An ACT to amend and re-enact the thirteenth article of section 183 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact title 8 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to salaries, mileage, and other allowances
Agriculture, Salaries, Public expenditures

Chapter 3

An ACT to amend and re-enact the fourteenth clause of section 183 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact title 8 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to salaries, mileage, and other allowances
Amendments, Education, Salaries

Chapter 4

An ACT to provide for the payment of contingent and incidental expenses of the general assembly, and to appropriate money for the same.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 5

An ACT to provide for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the counties of Tazewell, Giles, and Bland.
Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 6

An ACT to appropriate the sum of seventy-four thousand dollars annually to the sinking fund, for the purpose of extinguishing the public debt of Virginia.
Debt, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 7

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 419, 420, and 421 of an act to amend and reenact title 12 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the public debt
Budget, Debt, Public expenditures, Bonds

Chapter 8

An ACT to appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for certain improvement, buildings and acquisition of additional land at and for the Virginia school for the deaf and the blind.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 9

An ACT to amend and reenact section. 2168 of the Code
Amendments, Business

Chapter 10

An ACT to prohibit the setting and fishing of purse nets in Craddock creek.
Fishing

Chapter 11

An ACT to prohibit the selling or furnishing of or having possession for the purpose of selling or furnishing blackjacks, brass knucks, and like weapons, and prescribing penalties therefor
Law Enforcement

Chapter 12

An ACT to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 15, 1900; and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved March 8, 1900, and as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled an act to amend and reenact section 1414 of the Code of Virginia, approved January 2, 1904.
Cemeteries, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 13

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1904, entitled 'an act to authorize the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to build a schoolhouse and for other purposes.'
Bonds, Budget, Education, Municipal charters

Chapter 14

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to pay F. P. Jones, W. H. Hutcheson, and Louis Nelson, four hundred and seventy dollars due them for services at the heat and light plant of the State.
Budget, Public expenditures, Employment and labor

Chapter 15

AN ACT to appropriate certain sums of money from the public treasury in aid of Confederate memorial associations having in charge cemeteries containing the graves of Confederate soldiers.
Cemeteries, Confederate, Charity, Public expenditures

Chapter 16

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 108 of the Code of Virginia so as to authorize county, city, and district officers who are appointed to fill vacancies to qualify in the same manner as if elected by the people.
Amendments, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 17

An ACT to amend and re-enact clauses 7 and 39, chapter 5, of an act entitled ‘an act concerning corporations’
Business, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 18

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Surry county, Virginia, to contribute to the erection of a monument to the Confederate dead of Surry county.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 19

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3695 of chapter 181 of the Code of Virginia.
Armed forces, Death and burial, Jails, Prisons

Chapter 20

An ACT to provide that a publication of the Code of Virginia, as amended to the adjournment of the General Assembly of 1904, together with all other statistics of a general and permanent nature including the tax bill then in force, published by the authority of the general assembly and edited by John Garland Pollard, shall be received in the courts of this Commonwealth as prima facie evidence of the statutes therein published.
Legislative Amendments, Taxation, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 21

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to regulate and restrict the shooting and to prevent the destruction of wild fowl in the waters of Back Bay and its tributaries, in the county of Princess Anne
Hunting, Wildlife, Amendments

Chapter 22

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3022 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, in relation to award of writ of quo warranto.
Judicial, Business, Public officers

Chapter 23

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1423 of the Code of Virginia.
Amendments, Charity, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 24

An ACT to authorize the several cities and towns of this Commonwealth to appoint officers and employees in addition to those expressly authorized in their respective charters and provide for the filling of vacancies in all municipal offices for the unexpired term.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 25

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of any county or council of any city or town to offer rewards for the arrest and conviction of criminals where the crime was committed within the limits of said counties, cities or towns.
Law Enforcement, Judicial

Chapter 26

An ACT authorizing and directing the auditor of public accounts to accept from the county and city treasurers of the Commonwealth all money collected by such treasurers as poll taxes under orders of the courts since the 1st day of July, 1903.
Taxation, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 27

An ACT to repeal sections 1897 and 1898 of the Code of Virginia.
Repeal of legislation

Chapter 28

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 109 of the Code.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 29

An ACT to allow continuances as of right to parties in any action or proceeding during the session of the general assembly when a member or officer of the general assembly has been employed or retained as attorney prior to the beginning of the session of the general assembly.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Law Enforcement

Chapter 30

An ACT to provide for the discontinuance of gates on public roads
Transportation

Chapter 31

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 631 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, relative to the reimbursement of a fiduciary out of estate.
Amendments, Property

Chapter 32

An ACT to provide for the transition of municipalities from the grade of cities of the second-class to the grade of cities of the first-class.
Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 33

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1429 of the Code of Virginia as the same has been amended by chapter 509 of the acts of 1902
Education, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 34

An ACT to authorize the school board of Christiansburg district, No. 4, of the county of Montgomery, to borrow money for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a schoolhouse in or near the town of Christiansburg, and to provide for the payment of the amount which may be borrowed.
Education, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 35

An ACT to authorize the town of Boydton, Virginia, to issue bonds not to exceed four thousand dollars, and to secure the payment thereof by a deed of trust conveying its lot of land with town hall thereon.
Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters, Taxation

Chapter 36

An ACT to repeal an act of the general assembly of Virginia
Public expenditures, Transportation, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 37

An ACT to authorize the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to continue its sewerage and for street improvement.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Utilities, Transportation

Chapter 38

An ACT to appropriate the further sum of five thousand dollars for the assessment of lands.
Budget, Property

Chapter 39

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Suffolk to borrow money and issue bonds therefor.
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 40

An ACT to provide for signing the records of the board of supervisors where the chairman of any board shall have died, removed from the county, completed his term of office, or for any other reason become incompetent to perform the duties of his office.
Public officers

Chapter 41

An ACT to amend and reenact section 603 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, as amended and re-enacted by acts of the general assembly of 1897-1898, page 671.
Taxation

Chapter 42

An ACT to repeal an act approved March 14, 1904, entitled ‘an act in relation to fish ladders on the Rapidan river,” etc.
Fishing

Chapter 43

An ACT to change the name of the town of Maysville, in Buckingham county, to Buckingham.
Incorporation

Chapter 44

An ACT to provide for the appointment of a secretary of Virginia military records, prescribing his duties, and for collecting materials for the 'History of Virginia in the Civil War'; and to appropriate the sum of $7,600 for the years of 1906-1907 to defray the necessary expenses of the office.
Armed forces, Cemeteries, Confederate, Public expenditures, Salaries

Chapter 45

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2494 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 2494 of the Code of Virginia, 1887, in relation to lien on crops for advances to farmers; nature of agreement therefor; where and in what manner docketed, and the effect thereof, and the clerk’s fee therefor,” approved February 29, 1892.
Agriculture, Business, Debt, Property

Chapter 46

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 18 of the charter of the town of Suffolk as heretofore amended.
Business, Taxation, Municipal charters

Chapter 47

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act approved February 10, 1904, entitled “an act to make valid any disposition of property in perpetuity for the maintenance and care of cemeteries, cemetery lots, monuments, and other erections, and authorizing cemetery companies and trustees holding title to cemeteries or burial grounds to take and hold any property according to the terms of the grant, bequest, devise or gift.”
Cemeteries, Death and burial, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 48

An ACT to establish an epileptic colony on land of the Western State hospital, in Amherst county.
Healthcare, Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor

Chapter 49

An ACT to authorize the town of Courtland, in Southampton county, Virginia, to issue bonds and secure same by deed of trust, and appropriate the proceeds thereof to the erection of a public school building in the said town.
Bonds, Education, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 50

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 437a of an act approved December 10, 1903, amending and re-enacting chapter 23 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the assessment of lands and lots, so that said section shall apply to and provide for the assessment of standing timber trees, and to make the same retrospective as to certain assessments.
Amendments, Property, Taxation, Industry

Chapter 51

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to amend and re-enact section 50 of chapter 7 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the apportionment of representation in congress,” approved February 15, 1892.
Amendments, Voting, Legislative Amendments, Boundaries

Chapter 52

An ACT to authorize the sale of lots purchased by the Commonwealth for delinquent taxes and not redeemed within four years
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 53

An ACT to authorize the school board of the Big Stone Gap School district of the county of Wise to borrow money for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a schoolhouse in the town of Big Stone Gap, and to provide for the payment of the amount which may be borrowed.
Education, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 54

An ACT to amend and reenact section 3232 of the Code of Virginia in relation to orders of publication and the publication of copies of process and notices.
Judicial, Noncitizens, Civil Rights, Property

Chapter 55

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act approved March 4. 1898, amending and re-enacting sections 3 and 4 of an act entitled an act to provide for a bureau of labor and industrial statistics, and defining the duties of said bureau, approved March 3, 1898.
Amendments, Labor, Employment and labor, Business, Public officers

Chapter 56

AN ACT to provide for and to validate court proceedings in certain cases concerning roads.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 57

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of article 4 of an act entitled “an act incorporating the town of Barton Heights, in Henrico county”
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 58

An ACT to authorize the court in which he is tried to sentence certain prisoners to hard labor on the public roads instead of confinement in the penitentiary for the commission of felony.
Labor, Prisons, Judicial, Public expenditures

Chapter 59

An ACT to permit persons charged with crime and unable to furnish a bail bond or not let to bail, with the consent of the Commonwealth’s attorney, to work in chain gangs or in the State convict road force, and allowing such persons credit therefor on any sentence thereafter imposed for such crime of which he is charged; and in case of acquittal, allowing him pay for his labor.
Labor, Jails, Public expenditures, Civil Rights, Judicial

Chapter 60

An ACT conferring upon the common council of the city of Winchester power to elect a police justice for said city, and defining his duties and jurisdiction.
Law Enforcement, Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 61

An Act to Amend and Re-Enact an Act to Provide Places of Abode and for the Safe Custody and Proper Guardianship of Children
Children -- Institutional care, Charity, Custody of children, Reformatories, Healthcare, Judicial

Chapter 62

An ACT to amend, revive, and re-enact section 1295 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1887, in relation to the liability of common carriers for loss or injury to goods.
Business, Transportation

Chapter 63

AN ACT appropriating the sum of $31,000.00 for paying for furniture, floor coverings, and light fixtures purchased by the capitol enlargement committee; to pay one member of the executive committee for services, and to complete the payments on the light and power plant.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 64

An ACT to authorize the mayor and council of the city of Williamsburg, in the county of James City, Virginia, to issue bonds and borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water works and fire department, a jail, general lighting system, and street improvements for said city.
Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement

Chapter 65

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Prince George county to lease a portion of the county land in Templeton district.
Municipal charters, Property, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 66

An ACT to appropriate the sum of $9,711.29 to pay for furniture, floor coverings, etc.
Budget, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 67

An ACT to incorporate the town of Appalachia, in the county of Wise.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Public expenditures, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 68

An ACT to authorize the issuance of one hundred thousand dol-
Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Voting

Chapter 69

An ACT to amend section 2536 of the Code of Virginia relating to the probate of copy of wills, proved without the State; to what extent admitted to probate, and validating the orders of the clerk of any court admitting such wills to probate.
Inheritance and succession, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 70

An ACT for the protection of fish in the Nottoway river and its tributaries in Southampton, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Brunswick, and Greenesville counties, Virginia.
Fishing

Chapter 71

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 175 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to where the fact of oaths have been taken are recorded.
Amendments, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 72

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 39, 40 and 41 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved January 11, 1898, entitled an act to amend and re-enact the charter of the town of Culpeper.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Law Enforcement, Property, Judicial

Chapter 73

An ACT to establish a State highway commission, to define its powers and duties; the term of office, salary and qualifications of the commissioner; to authorize the commissioner to call into consultation the professors of engineering in certain State institutions, and appropriating money to carry the provisions of this act into effect.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Amendments, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 74

An ACT to create the State convict road force; to authorize the working of certain prisoners on the public roads of this State; providing for the guarding, transportation, lodging, feeding, clothing and medical attention of the State convict road force; providing for an increase of the penitentiary guard not to exceed forty-five men; providing how a county may have the benefit of the labor of the State convict road force; and appropriating money from the public treasury to carry the provisions of this act into effect.
Amendments, Armed forces, Jails, Labor, Prisons, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 75

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6 of the charter of the city of Richmond relating to the filling of vacancies in elective offices, and to amend and re-enact section 19 and sub-sections III., V., VIII. and XI. of section 19 of the charter of the city of Richmond relating to the powers of the council of the city of Richmond, and to amend and re-enact section 22 of the charter of the city of Richmond relating to the making of compensation and the payment of damages for land or other property taken by the city of Richmond for its purposes.
Amendments, Property

Chapter 76

An ACT to incorporate the town of Virginia Beach, in the county of Princess Anne, Virginia.
Incorporation

Chapter 77

An ACT to authorize the special board of directors of the Southwestern hospital to convey to the town of Marion a strip of land to be used as a public street.
Public spaces, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 78

An ACT to validate the acknowledgment taken by mayors and members of councils who are ex-officio justices of the peace, and whose power to take such acknowledgments has been questioned.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Property

Chapter 79

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3 of an act approved May 15, 1903, entitled “an act to appropriate the sum of $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to carry out the provisions of the act to provide a statue of Robert Edward Lee, to be placed in statuary hall in Washington, and to constitute a commission to contract for said statue and present the same.”
Amendments, Monuments and memorials

Chapter 80

An ACT to amend section 1529 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the levy of taxes for school purposes.
Taxation, Education

Chapter 81

An ACT to authorize the city of Portsmouth to issue bonds to establish water works to furnish a supply of water and to create a board of commissioners to manage and conduct the same.
Bonds, Utilities

Chapter 82

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to regulate the issue and sale of the bonds of the town of Pulaski,” approved February 19, 1896.
Bonds

Chapter 83

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 58 of the Code of Virginia
Amendments, Legislative Amendments, Voting

Chapter 84

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 10, 1904 entitled “an act to amend and re-enact an act approved April 2, 1902, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to provide a road law for Campbell county,” approved March 5, 1900, providing and regulating a road board for said county, and directing the disbursement of the county road fund.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters

Chapter 85

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 10 of an act approved February 17, 1890, entitled ‘an act to incorporate the city of Danville.”
Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 86

An ACT to incorporate the town of Galax, in the counties of Grayson and Carroll.
Incorporation, Municipal charters, Voting, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 87

An ACT to repeal an act approved March 2, 1904, entitled “an act to provide for working and keeping in repair the roads and bridges in the counties of Sussex and Greenesville, and providing what tax shall be used for keeping the same in order.
Repeal of legislation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 88

An ACT to constitute the district road boards of the several magisterial districts in the county of Mecklenburg, Virginia, a body corporate, with power to sue, be sued, plead and be impleaded.
Bonds, Budget, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 89

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act incorporating Pamplin City, Virginia, approved March 24, 1874, as amended by an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact the third section of an act entitled an act incorporating Pamplin City, Virginia, approved March 31, 1875.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures, Public spaces

Chapter 90

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Buckingham county to assist in the erection of a Confederate soldiers’ monument by donation of land and appropriation of money.
Confederate, Monuments and memorials, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 91

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 47, chapter 4, of an “act concerning public service corporations,” approved January 18, 1904, so as to require a separation of white and colored passengers on cars operated by electricity.
Segregation, Transportation, Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Reformatories

Chapter 92

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to establish a normal school at William and Mary college in connection with its collegiate course, approved March 5, 1888, and to transfer the ownership of the real estate and personal property of the said college to the State.
Education, Amendments, Public officers, Public expenditures, Property, Civil Rights

Chapter 93

An ACT to authorize the school board of Tanner’s Creek magisterial district, No. 6, of the county of Norfolk, to borrow money for the purpose of school improvements in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not exceeding $30,000 in amount.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 94

An ACT to authorize the school board of Western Branch magisterial district, No. 6, of the county of Norfolk, to borrow money for the purpose of school improvements in said district, and to issue bonds therefor, not exceeding $50,000 in amount.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 95

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3140 of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended, in relation to who are exempt from jury service.
Amendments, Armed forces, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Employment and labor

Chapter 96

An ACT authorizing and empowering the several cities of this Commonwealth to condemn property and conferring the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring water sheds for the several cities and the necessary lands for laying water pipes, etc.
Property, Utilities

Chapter 97

An ACT to repeal an act entitled 'an act authorizing the circuit judge of Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, and Alleghany to appoint inspectors of all outdoor platform scales and weights used in weighing live stock, farm products, or other things in said counties, and providing compensation therefor.'
Agriculture, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 98

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled 'an act to provide for the election of justices of the peace, and their jurisdiction, in cities in which, by the terms of their charters, no provision is made for the election of justices of the peace,' so as to provide for the appointment of additional justices when necessary.
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 99

An ACT to authorize the council of the town of Edinburg to issue bonds and to borrow money for the purpose of establishing a system of water works for said town, and for other purposes.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Utilities, Municipal charters

Chapter 100

An ACT to authorize the school board of Brookland district, No. 1. of the county of Henrico, to borrow a sum of money not exceeding $15,000 for the purpose of paying for the erection of a school building at Barton Heights, in said district, to issue bonds therefor, payable out of the schdo! funds of said district, and to provide for the payment of the same.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures
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