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1912

Laws in Volume
Displaying 201 - 300 of 349

Chapter 201

An ACT to prohibit the taking or removing of fish, except such as are excepted, from the water courses of the county of Augusta.
Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 202

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to authorize the Washington and Leesburg turnpike company, a corpor-ation incorporated under the laws of Virginia, to take possession of certain turnpikes abandoned as such and now used as county roads, in the counties of Loudoun, Fairfax and Alexandria; and also to take possession of a portion of a county road in Fairfax county, and to improve said abandoned turnpikes or county roads, and said portion of a county road, and to convert the same into a modern and high class turnpike for the public convenience, whereon toll may be charged to pay for the construction, operation and maintenance of the same," approved January 31, 1910.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities, Municipal charters

Chapter 203

An ACT to authorize the submission to the legal voters of the city of Winchester of the question whether or not they will favor the issuance by said city of not more than one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of “gravity water bonds,” and to authorize the issuance by said city of not more than $150,000 of said bonds, if a majority of those voting, vote in favor of such issuance.
Bonds, Utilities, Public expenditures

Chapter 204

An ACT to amend and re-enact section five of the charter of the town of Highland Park.
Municipal charters

Chapter 205

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of Rockingham county. In the State of Virginia, to establish toll gates for the purpose of maintaining the macadam roads in said county.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 206

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 5 and 12 of an act entitled an act to protect and advance agriculture by regulating the sale and purity of commercial fertilizers, and the guarantee and condition upon which they are to be sold, and fixing penalties incurred for violation of same, as heretofore amended.
Agriculture

Chapter 207

An ACT to amend and re-enact section forty-three of chapter five of the charter of Basic City, Virginia.
Taxation, Industry, Public expenditures, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 208

An ACT to repeal chapter 441, acts of assembly, eighteen hundred and ninety-five and ninety-six, entitled an act to incorporate
Municipal charters

Chapter 209

An ACT to authorize and direct the register of the land office
Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Fishing

Chapter 210

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide for the improvement of public roads in Charlotte county, to authorize the issuance of county bonds for the purpose and to apportion the proceeds of said bonds among the several magisterial districts, and to provide for the authorization of the issue of bonds by an election
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation, Budget, Amendments

Chapter 211

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 541 of the acts-of the general assembly, session 1897.8, relating to the lot in the city of Richmond belonging to Henrico county, on which the courthouse of said county is situated.
Amendments, Judicial, Property

Chapter 212

An ACT to appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars
Budget, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 213

An ACT to prohibit the use of gill nets or seines, or the taking of fish therewith, in the waters of Dan river, any lake or pond formed thereby, or any back-water therefrom, within Pittsyl-vania county and the corporate limits of the city of Danville.
Fishing

Chapter 214

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 16, 1910, entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 17, 1906, entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact section 27 of an act entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section 189 of the constitution, approved April 16, 1903, as amended and re-enacted.'
Amendments, Budget, Business, Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Taxation

Chapter 215

An ACT to provide for payment to the assessors of real estate for the city of Roanoke for work done by them in consequence of the death of one of said assessors.
Budget, Public expenditures, Death and burial, Property

Chapter 216

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to change the name of the town of East Big Stone Gap, in Wise county, to East Stone Gap, and to amend and re-enact an act approved March 5, 1890, entitled an act to incorporate the town of East Big Stone Gap, in Wise county, Virginia, approved March 8, 1894.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 217

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 34 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 12, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 27, 34, 36, 41, 45, 46 and 47 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887, April 28, 1887, May 14, 1887, February 14, 1900, February 21, 1900, February 26, 1900, February 2, 1901, February 15, 1901, and March 15, 1902, and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk as extended by the several acts of the general assembly and approved April 6, 1887, February 22, 1890 and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county which was entered on the 9th day of January, 1906, and add an independent section thereto to be known as section 33-a.
Municipal charters, Budget, Public officers, Property

Chapter 218

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2965 of the Code of Virginia, with reference to the direction and return of an attachment, as amended by acts approved January 30, 1894, February 27, 1894, and December 10, 1908, by adding a provision requiring the payment within thirty days, under the penalty of dismissal, of the proper writ tax in case of an attachment for an amount exceeding twenty dollars returned to a circuit or city court.
Amendments, Judicial, Debt, Property

Chapter 219

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to protect sheep and other stock in the counties of this State"
Agriculture, Property, Taxation, Recreation, Public expenditures

Chapter 220

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 107, section 108, and section 109 of an act approved March 16, 1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 107, section 108, and section 109 of an act approved April 16, 1903, entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the constitution, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 19, 1904, entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 75 to 147, inclusive of an act approved April 16, 1903, entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions as authorized by section 189 of the constitution.
Amusement, Taxation, Circus

Chapter 221

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved March 15, 1910, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to empower boards of supervisors to enact special and local legislation to protect the public roads and bridges from obstruction, encroachment and injury, to make violations of such enactments a misdemeanor, and to provide penalties.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 222

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to pay certain claims due the treasurer of Elizabeth City county by the State which were refused payment on account of certain clerical errors.
Budget, Public expenditures, Taxation

Chapter 223

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act approved February 7, 1901, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 3, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to regulate the salary of the police justice of the city of Norfolk, approved February 18, 1896, and also in relation to the said police justice and to the clerk of the corporation court of the city of Norfolk, in connection with fines imposed by said police justice.
Amendments, Legislative Amendments, Salaries, Law Enforcement, Municipal charters

Chapter 224

An ACT to authorize the auditor of public accounts to pay certain costs incurred in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.
Judicial, Death and burial

Chapter 225

An ACT to provide for the issuing of county bonds for permanent road or bridge improvement in the magisterial districts of the counties of the State.
Bonds, Property, Public expenditures, Transportation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 226

An ACT to empower the State library board to exchange or sell duplicates in the Virginia State library.
Libraries, Public expenditures

Chapter 227

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 14, 1906, entitled an act to empower boards of supervisors to enact special and local legislation to protect the public roads and bridges from obstruction, encroachment, and injury, to make violations of such enactments a misdemeanor, and to provide penalties, approved March 15th, 1910.
Amendments, Business, Transportation

Chapter 228

An ACT to amend and re-enact subsections two, six, eleven, twelve and fifteen of section two thousand and eighty-six of the Code of Virginia, as heretofore amended.
Fishing, Business, Taxation

Chapter 229

An ACT to authorize the boards of supervisors of the several counties and the councils of the several cities and towns of this commonwealth to exempt from local taxation, obligations issued by such counties, cities and towns.
Taxation, Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 230

An ACT to protect pheasants in the county of Middlesex.
Hunting

Chapter 231

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1906, entitled 'an act to amend and re-enact an act of the general assembly of Virginia, in force January 21, 1884, entitled ‘an act providing a charter for the city of Norfolk, and repealing the existing charter, approved April 21, 1882, as amended by the several acts of the general assembly of Virginia, approved, respectively, April 6, 1887, April 28, 1887, May 14, 1887, February 14, 1900, February 21, 1900, February 26, 1900, February 2, 1901, February 15, 1901, March 15, 1902; and to define the boundaries of the said city of Norfolk, as extended by the several acts of the general assembly, approved April 6, 1887, February 22, 1890, and March 14, 1902, and by an order of the circuit court of Norfolk county, which was entered on the ninth day of January, 1906.'
Amendments, Municipal charters, Boundaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 232

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved January 18, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved March 8, 1875, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Glade Spring in Washington county.
Incorporation, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 233

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to author-ize the superintendent of public printing to furnish certain persons with copies of house and senate bills, advance sheets of house and senate journals, acts of assembly, etc., to collect fees therefor, and to report collections to the auditor of public accounts, approved March 5, 1908.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 234

An ACT providing the manner in which cities and towns of this commonwealth may obtain leave to erect a dam in or across a water course, and prescribing the procedure to be had in connection therewith.
Judicial, Property

Chapter 235

An ACT to prescribe the effect as evidence to be given to deeds recorded prior to the year 1865.
Property, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 236

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1527 of chapter 67 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act of the general assembly, entitled “an act to amend and re-enact chapter 67 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to public free schools in cities and towns, constituting separate school districts,” so as to provide that certain officers shall not be eligible to more than one office.
Education, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 237

An ACT to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Virginia, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts of the general assembly of Virginia, and any section or sections of the Code of Virginia in conflict with the provisions thereof, especially an act entitled an act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Virginia, approved February 22d, 1894, and sections 1744, 1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751 and 1752 of the Code of Virginia of 1887, and all amendments thereto.
Healthcare, Education

Chapter 238

An ACT to prevent the hearing of causes in the supreme court of appeals of Virginia on imperfect records and their decision on technical points without regard to the merits; and to simplify prace- dure in that court, in regard to bills of exceptions.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 239

An ACT to establish a dispensary for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of Ridgeway, in the county of Henry, Virginia, and to prohibit the sale, barter or exchange of such liquors in said town, except as provided by this act
Alcohol

Chapter 240

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled "an act to amend and combine chapter 19 of the Code of Virginia, as amended as to section 277 of said chapter by an act approved January 165, 1890, and by an act approved January 16, 1892, and further amended by act approved May 13, 1903, and chapter 377 of the acts of assembly, extra session, 1887, entitled ‘an act to amend and consolidate into one act the laws relating to the public printing and binding and defining the duties of the superintendent of public printing, and to repeal chapter 185 of the acts of assembly, 1879-1880, approved May 23, 1887, as amended as to section ten of said act by act approved March 5, 1888, and by act approved February 5, 1892, and as amended as to section 11 of said act by act approved February 24, 1890, and by act approved February 9, 1894, and to consolidate and re-enact the same into chapter 19 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict therewith," approved December 31, 1903, as amended by an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact section 273 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the duties of the superintendent of puble printing, approved March 15, 1904; as further amended as to section 273 by an act approved March 14, 1908; to repeal chapter 421, acts 1902-3-4 (extra session) in conflict; and to enlarge the duties of the superintendent of public print- ing and to provide additional help, when necessary, in the department of public printing.
Amendments, Budget, Business, Public officers, Utilities, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 241

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 15 of an act approved March 15, 1910, entitled ‘‘an act to amend and re-enact an act approved March 12, 1908, entitled an act to define and regulate the sale, distribution, rectifying, manufacture and distilling of intoxicating liquors and malt beverages, and to impose license taxes thereon, and to prohibit the drinking of ardent spirits on railroad trains, and to repeal sections 141 and 142 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact sections 75 to 147, inclusive, of an act approved April 16, 1903, entitled an act to raise revenue for the support of the government and public free schools, and to pay the interest on the public debt, and to provide a special tax for pensions, as authorized by section 189 of the constitution, approved February 19, 1904, and to prescribe penalties.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 242

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 71-a of an act to provide a new charter for the city of Bristol, and to repeal all other acts or parts of acts in conflict therewith
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Utilities, Property

Chapter 243

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 11 of chapter 1; sections 7, 8 9, 17, 19, 34 and 39 of chapter 2, and to add new sections a2, 53, 54 and 50 to chapter 2 of an act entitled "an act concerning the bureau of insurance, and insurance, guaranty, trust, indemnity, fidelity, security, and fraternal benefit companies, associations, societies, and orders, and imposing penalties for its violation," approved March 9, 1906, as amended by an act approved March 12, 1908.
Amendments, Business, Fraternal organizations, Public officers

Chapter 244

An ACT requiring two suitable fish ladders at suitable places upon the mill dam across Clinch river at Speers’ ferry, Scott county, Virginia.
Fishing, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 245

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 7 of an act approved April 10, 1903, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Bowling Green, in the county of Caroline.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 246

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections, 1168, 1169, 1170f and 1171 of an act entitled "an act to amend and re-enact sections 1164, 1168, 1169 and 1170 and 1171 of the Code of Virginia, and to add ‘independent sections thereto, so as to provide for the examination of banks and other similar institutions in this State, and to make certain general provisions and for the conduct of the business of banking, and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof"
Business, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 247

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act to further preserve and protect the game in the county of Patrick, approved March 15, 1910.
Hunting

Chapter 248

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to reg-ulate the hours of labor in factories and manufacturing establishments where females and children under fourteen years of age are employed as operatives, approved March 4, 1890, so as to embrace work-shops, and mercantile establishments.
Employment and labor, Children -- Institutional care, Labor

Chapter 249

An ACT to authorize and direct work on the public roads of Goochland County by convicts at the State farm now located in Goochland county.
Armed forces, Labor, Prisons, Transportation

Chapter 250

An ACT to remove the obstructions across and in Sandy creek, between the old ford, in Halifax county, below the bridge across said creek at Henrvy’s mill, and the source of said stream in Pittsylvnaia county.
Property, Public spaces, Agriculture

Chapter 251

An ACT to repeal an act entitled "an act for the protection of deer in the counties of Gloucester and Mathews"
Hunting

Chapter 252

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Accomac county to levy a tax for the support and maintenance of a public library.
Libraries, Public expenditures

Chapter 253

An ACT to allow the council of the town of Rocky Mount, Virginia, to appropriate from the town revenues a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars to be used in the construction of a high school building in said town.
Education, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 254

An ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of Madison, Virginia, to expend money for the construction, maintenance and improvement of the roads of said county.
Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 255

An ACT to authorize the cities of Newport News and Hampton, and the counties of Warwick and Elizabeth City, to appropriate money and to issue bonds for drainage of any lands lying in the counties of Warwick or Elizabeth City.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 256

An ACT to require taxes levied upon dogs to be put upon the same tax bill with taxes levied on personal property, and to give the same remedies for collecting such taxes in certain cases.
Taxation, Property

Chapter 257

An ACT to prevent the trapping of foxes in the Jefferson magisterial district of the county of Culpeper except during the months of November and December in any year, and requiring those who trap foxes to visit their traps every day they so trap and re-lease any dog or dogs that may have been caught in said traps.
Hunting

Chapter 258

An ACT to require the State board of education to ascertain and report the amount paid by patrons of public schools for adopted school books.
Education, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 259

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6, chapter 240, of an act approved March 12, 1908, to incorporate the town of Branchville, Southampton county, Virginia.
Incorporation, Taxation, Budget, Municipal charters

Chapter 260

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over certain lands acquired for public purposes within this State, and authorizing the acquisition thereof
Amendments, Public officers, Property, Utilities

Chapter 261

An ACT to make an appropriation to provide for the relief of needy Confederate veterans who are not eligible to become inmates of the Soldiers’ home because of suffering with cancerous affection or contagious disease.
Charity, Confederate, Healthcare, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 262

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled ‘“‘an act to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of any county in this State, in their discretion, to contribute and expend annually, out of the general county levy of the said county, a sum of money for the purpose of promoting agriculture in said county,” approved March 17, 1900.
Agriculture, Budget, Property

Chapter 263

An ACT to amend and re-enact section twenty-six hundred and twenty-seven of the Code of Virginia.
Debt, Inheritance and succession, Judicial

Chapter 264

An ACT to repeal an act to protect fish in the Blackwater river, within the county of Isle of Wight
Fishing

Chapter 265

An ACT to authorize J. F. Smith, of York County Va. to erect a wharf on Cheeseman’s creek.
Transportation, Property

Chapter 266

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of Culpeper county to issue bonds to raise money for the purpose of providing for and erecting and building certain bridges in said county.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 267

An ACT to make the unauthorized use of automobiles or motor vehicles a misdemeanor.
Property

Chapter 268

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2 of an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1902, entitled an act to annex additional territory to the city of Norfolk, and to provide for the government of said annexed territory.
Municipal charters, Boundaries, Property

Chapter 269

An ACT for the protection of fish in the Meherrin river
Fishing, Wildlife

Chapter 270

An ACT to permit the establishment of a private bridge over the waters of Skiff’s creek, between the counties of Warwick and James City, Virginia.
Transportation, Boundaries, Property

Chapter 271

An ACT to amend section 11 of chapter 74, acts 1908, approved February 25, 1908, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 184 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia, 1890, entitled, an act to provide for the working of and keeping in repair the public roads and bridges of Smyth county, approved February 6, 1890.
Amendments, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 272

An ACT to prevent the spread of blight to chestnut trees in this State and to appropriate money therefor.
Agriculture, Public expenditures, Industry

Chapter 273

An ACT to authorize C. B. Woodward to establish a ferry across Powell’s river at Towell’s ford, in Lee county.
Transportation

Chapter 274

An ACT to authorize the school board of Grafton magisterial district, of York county, to borrow a sum not exceeding $2,500 and to issue bonds therefor.
Education, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 275

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 13 and 16 of an act approved March 12, 1904, entitled an act to incorporate and provide a charter for the town of Damascus, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 276

An ACT regulating the sale of seed cotton and prohibiting the sale thereof at night.
Agriculture

Chapter 277

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 2 and 3 of the act entitled an act for the protection of fish in Washington county, Virginia, approved March 8th, 1894, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 14th, 1910.
Fishing

Chapter 278

An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 6 and 7 of an act en-
Amendments, Taxation, Inheritance and succession, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 279

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 10 under schedule D
Amendments, Budget, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 280

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 484 of the Code of Virginia, 1904, to authorize commissioners of the revenue to reduce the assessment of buildings when injured or destroyed, and to reduce the assessment of timber lands when the same is decreased in value by the removal of timber therefrom.
Property, Taxation

Chapter 281

An ACT to prescribe in what cases a justice of the peace shall not have jurisdiction in a suit or warrant.
Judicial, Lawyers, Civil Rights

Chapter 282

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 2070-b of the Code of Virginia relative to the appointment of game wardens upon the application of five resident freeholders of the several counties of the State, whose jurisdiction shall be confined to the several magisterial districts.
Hunting

Chapter 283

An ACT to provide for the indexing of deeds and other records in ledgerized general index books.
Judicial, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 284

An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 13 of section 2086 of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 18, 1890, by an act approved March 8, 1898, by an act approved March 1, 1900, by an act approved March 14, 1902, by an act approved May 5, 1903, and by act approved March 14, 1908; and to repeal the following sections of the Code of Virginia, and the following acts of the general assembly of Virginia, and all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act; sections 2083, 2084, 2085, 2087, 2096, 21€0, 2102; an act entitled an act to prohibit the catching of blue fish in the waters of this commonwealth by non-residents of this State; to prohibit the employment of vessels owned by non-residents for such fishing; to require a license tax on residents for such blue fishing, and to impose a penalty for the violation of this act, approved May 5, 1903, an act entitled an act to prohibit the use of pound nets and purse nets in the waters of James and Chickahominy rivers below tidewater, approved May 16, 1887, as amended by act approved March 1, 1888; an act entitled an act to provide for setting apart and designating crab- bing grounds in the waters of the commonwealth, approved February 38, 1900; an act entitled an act to provide for clamming grounds in the waters of this State, approved March 8, 1894, approved March 14,
Amendments, Fishing, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 285

An ACT to change the name of the wharf now called Whealton to Morattico, in the county of Lancaster, Virginia.
Transportation, Municipal charters

Chapter 286

An ACT to provide for and authorize the purchase of at least one half of the property in the city of Richmond known as the Ford's hotel block, for the purpose of erecting a modern fire-proof building for the State library rooms, for the supreme court of appeals of Virginia, and for other buildings for the departments and agencies of the state.
Property, Public expenditures, Public spaces, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 287

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 13 of an act entitled an act to amend and re-enact an act to provide in cities containing seventy thousand inhabitants: or more for the election of a special justice of the peace, to be known as the civil justice, to prescribe his jurisdiction and duties and to fix his compensation; and to authorize the issue by other justices of the peace in said cities of warrants cognizable by said civil justice, approved March 5, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved February 14, 1910.
Amendments, Judicial, Municipal charters, Public officers, Property

Chapter 288

An ACT to amend and re-enact subsection 5 of section 2070-a of an act approved May 14, 1903, entitled an act to amend and re-enact chapter 95 of the Code of Virginia, in relation to the preservation of certain birds and animals and to prevent unlawful hunting, and to repeal certain sections of the Code, etc.
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 289

An ACT to regulate the sale of cider other than cider which is the pure juice of the apple, and mixtures, preparations and liquids containing alcohol in excess of one per cent. by volume, when sold to be used as a beverage, and to prescribe penalties.
Alcohol, Business, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 290

An ACT to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed twenty-five hundred dollers per vear for the two years nineteen hundred and twelve and ninetcen hurdred and thirteen, for the relief of needv Confederate women of Virginia who are not upon the State pension rolis.
Charity, Confederate, Public expenditures, Pensions

Chapter 291

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act imposing upon railroad corporations liability for injury to their employees in certain cases,” approved March 27, 1902
Amendments, Employment and labor, Law Enforcement

Chapter 292

An ACT to amend and re-enact chapter 365 of the acts of the general assembly of Virginia of 1910, entitled ‘an act to authorize recitals in deedg of conveyance executed prior to April, 1865, that the deed from the patentee of the land conveyed to or from his vendees was admitted to record in the general couet at Richmond, Virginia, or Frankfort, Kentucky, and authenticated copies of such original deeds to be received as prima facie evidence of the execution of the said deed in suits and actions where the title to the land purported to be conveyed is involved.
Property, Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 293

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved January 18, 1896, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 5 of an act approved March 8, 1875, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Glade Spring, in Washington county.
Amendments, Incorporation, Taxation, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 294

An ACT to authorize and empower the board of supervisors of the county of Montgomery, in their discretion, to contribute and expend annually, out of the general county levy of the said county, a sum of money for the purpose of promoting agriculture and stock raising in said county.
Agriculture, Property

Chapter 295

An ACT to provide for the working of certain long term or desperate convicts by the superintendent of the penitentiary, the governor and the commissioner of agriculture, for the manufacture of ground limestone and oyster shells, and incidentally for the disposition of the same, and the by-products suitable for road construction, to the citizens of the State.
Agriculture, Armed forces, Budget, Labor, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 296

An ACT to amend and re-enact section fifteen hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act entitled ‘fan act to amend and re-enact section fifteen hundred and seven of the Code of Virginia, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and three,” approved March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eight.
Budget, Education, Public expenditures, Public officers

Chapter 297

An ACT to authorize the county school board of the county of James City to convey what is known as the Hickory Neck academy lot, with the building thereon, to the duly appointed trustees for the congregation of Hickory Neck Protestant Episcopal church of Blissland-parish, in James City county, Virginia.
Education, Religious Institutions, Property

Chapter 298

An ACT to amend and re-enact section 113 of the Code of Virginia, as amended by an act approved January 11, 1904.
Amendments, Boundaries, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 299

An ACT relative to payment and custody of deposits in two or more names.
Property, Inheritance and succession, Judicial

Chapter 300

An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled “an act to establish a general road fund for the permanent improvement of roads and bridges in Dinwiddie county, to create a road board for Dinwiddie county, and to prescribe its powers and duties, and to provide for the appointment of a county superintendent of roads, and to regulate his duties,” approved March 8, 1904 as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 15, 1906, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 12, 1908, as amended and re-enacted by an act approved March 10, 1910.
Amendments, Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Budget
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