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1956

Laws in Volume
Displaying 301 - 400 of 720

Chapter 301

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-482 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the cost and printing of the record, duties of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Appeals in respect thereto, and the effect of failure to pay such costs.
Judicial, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 302

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-354.2, providing for a referendum on the question of the voters required to approve bond issues in certain counties.
Budget, Bonds, Voting

Chapter 303

An Act to amend and reenact § 18-221 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the breaking and opening of certain equipment used for dispensing or storing certain petroleum products, and the punishment there
Property, Law Enforcement

Chapter 304

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 64-88.1, providing for the commutation of widows’ dower estates in real property.
Inheritance and succession, Marriage

Chapter 305

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-154 and 58-220 of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemption from inheritance and gift taxes, respectively, so as to exempt from such taxation certain non-profit organizations operated to restore, maintain and beautify historical and other gardens.
Amendments, Charity, Inheritance and succession, Public expenditures, Religious Institutions, Fraternal organizations

Chapter 306

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-249 of the Code of Virginia, relating to quarterly license taxes.
Business, Taxation

Chapter 307

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-160 and 8-165, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to entry of cases on current law docket and current chancery docket.
Judicial, Amendments, Civil Rights

Chapter 308

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3-598.1, 3-598.4 and 3-598.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the feeding of garbage to swine.
Agriculture, Amendments, Business

Chapter 309

An Act to authorize the State Board of Education, with the consent of the Governor, to lease certain property of Virginia State College, to provide for the disposition of funds received, and to prescribe other conditions relating to the leasing of such property.
Education, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 310

An Act to repeal § 3-295 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the screening of doors, windows and other openings of food producing or distributing establishments.
Public expenditures, Business

Chapter 311

An Act to provide for the coordination of the State-supported system of higher education; to this end to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 23 a chapter numbered 1.1 containing sections numbered 28-9.8 through 23-9.14, creating a State Council of Higher Education; providing for the appointment, qualifications, terms of office, and compensation of the members thereof; vesting certain powers and duties in Council; requiring certain budget requests to be submitted to such Council and providing for consolidation thereof and the submission of its recommendations to the Governor; to provide for cooperation between certain agencies as to coordination between the system of public free schools and the State-supported system of higher education; to appropriate funds, and to repeal certain statutes.
Education, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 312

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6.11, 6.12 and 10.01 of Chapter 9 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, Extra Session, approved December 16, 1952, being the Charter of the city of Hampton, the sections relating, respectively, to budget hearings, adoption of the budget, and the Director of Public Welfare; to amend said Chapter by adding therein sections numbered 4.08, 5.05, 5.06, 6.18, 6.18 (a), 6.18 (b), 6.19 and 6.20, the new sections relating, respectively, to absence of the City Manager, Department of Public Safety, fire and police functions, Division of Purchases, emergency requirements, purchasing specifications, penalties for nonpayment of taxes; and to repeal §§ 5.01, 5.02, 5.08 and 5.04 of said chapter, the sections relating, respectively, to the City Purchasing Agent, centralized purchasing procedures, procedures for emergency purchases, and purchasing specifications.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Public officers, Budget, Taxation

Chapter 313

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-98.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to opening and closing natural oyster rocks for certain purposes.
Fishing

Chapter 314

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1, 28, 25, 81, 84, 44, 45, 51, 59, 66, 88, 84, 86, 88, 89, 90, 104, 105, 109, 110, 112, as heretofore amended, of an act entitled, "An Act to incorporate the City of Newport News, in the County of Warwick, and to provide a charter therefor"
Amendments, Boundaries, Budget, Cemeteries, Civil Rights, Judicial, Property, Taxation, Utilities

Chapter 315

An Act to provide a new charter for the town of Farmville, in the county of Prince Edward, and to repeal all former charters and all amendments thereto.
Municipal charters, Budget, Property, Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 316

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-247 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation and expenses of certain probation and parole oficen
Amendments, Budget, Employment and labor, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 317

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-67, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to compensation of members of county school boards.
Education, Public expenditures, Salaries, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 318

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-90, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the penalty for certain acts related to the hunting and shooting of migratory waterfowl.
Hunting

Chapter 319

An Act to provide the season for hunting squirrels in certain Ca Boek
Hunting

Chapter 320

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 15-692.2, authorizing joint acquisition of property for educational purposes by counties and cities and how the same may be disposed of.
Education, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 321

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-142 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adjustment of school funds when nonresident pupils attend schools of another locality.
Education, Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures, Public spaces

Chapter 322

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.5, relating to terms of court for the county of Dinwiddie.
Legislative Amendments, Judicial

Chapter 323

An Act to validate the establishment and organization of, and certain acts done by, the Regional Redevelopment and Housing Authority for Hampton and Warwick, Virginia.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 324

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22-9.4, to provide for public transportation of certain handicapped children who attend special classes.
Children -- Institutional care, Education, Public expenditures, Transportation

Chapter 325

An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 292 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved April 4, 1950, relating to fishing below Chickahominy Dam.
Fishing

Chapter 326

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.8, providing for terms of court in the twenty-ninth judicial circuit.
Judicial

Chapter 327

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 86-47.1, to provide for compensation for commissioners of certain regional housing authorities.
Public officers, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 328

An Act to authorize the city of Suffolk and county of Nansemond to join together in the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and operation of a building or buildings to serve as a joint courthouse and related facilities for such city and county.
Judicial, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 329

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-686, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to real estate for certain county buildings.
Amendments, Public officers, Property, Municipal charters

Chapter 330

An Act to authorize the city of Suffolk to acquire and convey real property located within the city by purchase, gift, condemnation or otherwise for the purposes of conveying same to the county of Nansemond for use as a court house and related facilities to serve the area; to convey same to the county of Nansemond and to authorize the county to accept same.
Property, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 331

An Act to prohibit removal, change or alteration of manufacturers’ serial or other identification numbers from certain household appliances; to prohibit possession of such appliances for purposes of re-sale when such number has been removed, changed or altered; and to prescribe penalties for violation.
Business

Chapter 332

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17-127.9, fixing the terms of court in the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 333

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6.04 through 6.09, inclusive, 10.01 and 18.01 of Chapter 562 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 6, 1954, which provided a charter for the city of Galax, the amended sections relating, respectively, to fees and costs, jurisdiction, docket books, and records of the civil and police justice, the substitute civil and police justice, the clerk of the civil and police court, jurisdiction to hear and try removals and appeals from the civil and police court, and appointment, powers and duties of the special justice; to further amend said chapter by adding a section numbered 6.10 relating to the jurisdiction of certain trial justices; and to repeal § 7.01 of said chapter relating to the judge of the juvenile and domestic relations
Judicial, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 334

An Act to amend and reenact § 6 of Chapter 180 of the Acts of Assembly of 1942, approved March 9, 1942, relating to composition, term of office, organization and salaries of the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission.
Transportation, Public officers, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 335

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-152 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transaction of business without disclosing name of principal or partner.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 336

An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter $79 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which chapter as amended was continued in effect by § 15-795 of the Code of Virginia, the section and act relating to subdivision of land in certain counties and approval of plats therefor, so as to provide for additional matters in relation thereto.
Amendments, Property, Public officers, Utilities, Municipal charters

Chapter 337

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 29-21 and 29-22 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to how Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries required to keep and disburse funds, and limitations thereon, and how accounts for payments are certified.
Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 338

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-209, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to disposition of dog fund.
Agriculture, Hunting, Wildlife, Public expenditures

Chapter 339

An Act to amend and reenact §§ $2, $8 and 85 of Chapter 84 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, as amended, which chapter provided a charter and special form of government for the city of Norfolk, and whieh sections relate, respectively, to petition for initiative election, ballots and methods of voting, and petition for referendum.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Voting, Public officers

Chapter 340

An Act to amend the Code of Verges by adding thereto a section numbered 18-281.2, making it unlawful to enter the property of others under certain conditions and providing penalties for violations
Property, Law Enforcement, Amendments

Chapter 341

An Act to amend and reenact § 47-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notaries public for counties and cities.
Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 342

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-272, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspension of sentence and probation.
Judicial, Children -- Institutional care, Civil Rights

Chapter 343

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-110 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the taking of fish with nets in inland waters.
Fishing

Chapter 344

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-$12.1, relating to unclaimed personal property of convicts, and to provide for the disposal thereof.
Prisons, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 345

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the establishing of, and constructing buildings for, farms for misdemeanants and felons.
Amendments, Armed forces, Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor, Jails, Prisons, Public expenditures, Reformatories, Slavery

Chapter 346

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 17-118.1, as amended, and § 24-164 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clerks of circuit courts of certain "850"
Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 347

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-477 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appeal and supersedeas bonds, so as to provide that supersedeas may
Judicial, Bonds, Amendments

Chapter 348

An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to provide for annual assessment of real estate in such counties; to provide for the appointment of such assessors and prescribe their powers, terms of office and duties; to provide for the compensation of such assessors; to prescribe certain duties of the commissioners of the revenue for such counties; to provide for assessments of real estate, appeals from assessments and other matters in connection therewith; and to repeal certain acts and parts thereof.
Property, Taxation, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 349

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-820, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the director of finance and the department of finance in certain counties, so as to add certain provisions relating to the assessment of real estate.
Budget, Taxation, Property, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 350

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-158, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to classification and exemptions of beneficiaries for purposes of taxation of inheritances and rates of tax so as to increase certain exemptions.
Inheritance and succession, Taxation, Amendments

Chapter 351

An Act to amend and reenact § 65-115 of the Code of Virginia, relating to records and reports of industrial accidents.
Employment and labor, Business, Healthcare, Judicial

Chapter 352

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-888.14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transfer or lease of certificate under household goods care 8b)
Amendments, Business, Public officers, Transportation

Chapter 353

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-304.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the registration cards and identification markers required of private carriers of property.
Transportation, Business

Chapter 354

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-22 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reciprocal agreements with respect to taxes imposed on motor vehicles,
Amendments, Taxation, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 355

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-688 and 58-689 of the Code of Virginia relating to road tax on motor vehicle carriers, based on gross receipts.
Taxation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 356

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-128 and 38.1-124 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the regulation of the sale of stock in new insurance companies.
Business

Chapter 357

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-172.1, to provide that the Commission of Fisheries may, by regulation, limit the catch of crabs; and to provide penalties for violation.
Fishing, Public expenditures

Chapter 358

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding new sections numbered 65-114.1 through 65-114.5, inclusive, to provide for assignment of risks to insurance carriers under workmen’s compensation; and to confer certain powers and impose certain duties on the State Corporation Commission.
Employment and labor

Chapter 359

An Act to authorize the governing bodies of counties, cities, towns, sanitary districts, authorities, other political subdivisions and school districts to provide for the execution and delivery of bonds or other obligations to replace mutilated, destroyed, or lost bonds or other obligations, subject to the approval of the State Commission on Local Debts.
Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 360

An Act to amend and reenact § 38.1-472 of the Code of Virginia, relating to group life insurance.
Employment and labor

Chapter 361

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-126, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the authority of counties and cities to levy school taxes.
Education, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 362

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-810 and 58-826 of the Code of Virginia, relating to license taxes on wholesale and retail merchants respectively so as to require refunds of certain overpayments of such tax.
Business, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 363

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.18, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to Members of the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Supplemental Retirement System.
Pensions

Chapter 364

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-212, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to speed limits and other driving regulations so as to revise certain speed limits.
Civil Rights, Transportation

Chapter 365

An Act to amend and reenact § 22-60 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school trustee electoral boards.
Education, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 366

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-20.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, permitting certain banks to close on Saturday under certatn circumstances.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 367

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 58-688.1, relating to optional reports by certain motor carriers for taxation under the motor fuel road tax.
Transportation, Taxation, Business

Chapter 368

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-688.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to charges of cities and towns for use of roads, and permitting the deduction of certain charges from gross receipts subject to taxation.
Taxation, Transportation, Business

Chapter 369

An Act to authorize the establishment of a joint or regional detention facilities for juveniles; to provide for the appointment of a commission as the governing body of such facilities and prescribe its powers and duties; to authorize participating political subdivisions to appropriate funds and the proceeds of bond issues to the commission; and to require certain records and reports.
Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures, Education, Property

Chapter 370

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-194.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the appointment of additional judges of election and clerks in certain counties.
Voting, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 371

An Act to provide for the submission of a proposed amendment to § 169 of the Constitution of Virginia to the qualified voters for ratification or rejection, and to prescribe when and how such referendum shall be had, and the manner in which the results thereof shall be ascertained and certified, the returns canvassed, and the vote thereon proclaimed by the Governor.
Amendments, Taxation, Property, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 372

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-919.1, to provide that certain records may be destroyed after first being microphotographed or otherwise reproduced.
Public expenditures, Taxation, Judicial

Chapter 373

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-14 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain educational institutions declared to be governmental in-
Education

Chapter 374

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-784.2, as amended, of the Code of Virginia which was enacted as § 58-784, relating to postponement of reassessments of real estate.
Taxation

Chapter 375

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-186, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to hunting season for nonmigratory game birds
Hunting

Chapter 376

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-584 and 8-589 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to condemnation or quarantine of cattle and the duty of owners and custodians to submit cattle to certain ae
Agriculture

Chapter 377

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-64, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to exemptions from the State tax upon the recorda-tion of deeds and deeds of trust.
Amendments, Education, Religious Institutions, Healthcare, Property

Chapter 378

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-44 and 24-45, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to election districts in cities.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 379

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-626 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bond elections in cities and towns.
Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 380

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-79 of the Code of Virginia, relating to rights of certain persons holding positions in the service of the Commonwealth who leave or have left such service for service in one of the armed forces of the United States.
Armed forces, Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 381

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-818, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to inspection of vehicles.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 382

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-845 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalties for aiding or abetting fraud in connection with elections.
Voting, Public officers

Chapter 383

An Act to authorize the governing bodies of certain counties to provide for annual assessment of real estate in such counties; to provide for assessments of real estate, appeals from assessments and other matters in connection therewith.
Taxation, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 384

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-109 of the Code of Virginia, relating to stamps, crowns, and lids evidencing payment of excise taxes upon beverages of not more than three and two-tenths per centum alcohol.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 385

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certificates of physical fitness required in connection with employment of children.
Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor, Healthcare

Chapter 386

An Act to repeal §§ 58-19, 58-27, 58-28, 53-29, 58-80, 58-81, 58-85, 58-86, 58-41, 58-44, 53-46, 58-49, 53-51, 53-52, 58-58, 58-54, 58-56, 58-58, 58-59, 58-88, 53-101, 53-105, 58-106, 53-110, 53-111, 58-112, 53-118, 58-121, 58-128, 58-127, 58-132, 58-148, 58-158, 53-196, and 53-218 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to prisons and other methods of correction.
Prisons, Repeal of legislation

Chapter 387

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-92 of the Code of Virginia, relating to compromise and settlement of disputes, claims, and controversies, to permit the discharge of certain claims.
Judicial, Amendments, Public officers, Business

Chapter 388

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18-261.1, so as to prohibit making sound recordings of jury deliberations and to provide penalties for violation.
Judicial

Chapter 389

An Act to amend and reenact Section 54-278, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to division of fees between physicians and surgeons.
Healthcare, Amendments, Civil Rights, Business

Chapter 390

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-9.2 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter 707 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, relating to the public policy of the State concerning endowment funds of State-supported institutions of higher education.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 391

An Act to amend and reenact § 144 (c) of Chapter 34, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved February 7, 1918, which chapter provided a new charter for the city of Norfolk and which section relates to the powers and duties of the Norfolk Port Authority.
Amendments, Business, Transportation, Agriculture, Industry, Municipal charters

Chapter 392

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-24 of the Code of Virginia, which created the State Board of Elections, as to the terms of office of members thereof.
Amendments, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 393

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2, 4,12, 13, 14, 19, 28, 28, 33, 48 and 56 of Chapter 216 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved March 7, 1952, which provided a charter for the city of Roanoke, the amended sections relating, respectively, to the powers of the city; composition of the city council; legislative procedure of the council; effective date of ordinances and emergency measures; record and publication of ordinances and resolutions; conduct of elections; creation of city departments; clerk of the municipal court; the annual budget; public advertising; and the powers and duties of the school board.
Amendments, Budget, Business, Civil Rights, Education, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Public officers, Public spaces, Transportation, Utilities, Voting

Chapter 394

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 85-16.1, so as to require that a permit be issued by the State Health Commissioner before construction of certain swimming pools and to authorize the State Health Commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations concerning sanitary design and construction of same.
Recreation

Chapter 395

An Act to amend and reenact § 24-218 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to printing of ballots.
Voting

Chapter 396

An Act to amend and reenact § 82-1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment, terms and qualifications of State Board of Health.
Healthcare, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 397

An Act to amend and reenact § 54-142 of the Code of Virginia, relating to penalty for violation of provisions of Chapter 7, Title 54, concerning contractors, and to prescribe certain conditions precedent to asserting said section as a defense in certain actions.
Amendments, Business, Judicial

Chapter 398

An Act to require certain information on material concerning candidates for public office and elections to prohibit certain acts and to provide penalties for violations.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Civil Rights

Chapter 399

An Act to amend and reenact § 48-17 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the limitation upon suits to enforce mechanics’ and material men’s liens.
Business, Property

Chapter 400

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 68-298.2, relating to the acceptance and expenditure by the State Board of Welfare and Institutions of certain funds for delinquents, dependent and neglected children.
Children -- Institutional care, Public expenditures
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