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1956

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Chapter 401

An Act to amend Chapter 175, as amended, of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 12, 1946, which was continued in force by § 15-756 of the Code of Virginia and which provided for water supply systems in certain counties, by adding a new section numbered 4-a relating to the refunding of bonds issued pursuant to said Act.
Amendments, Bonds, Public expenditures

Chapter 402

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-577.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the procedure for changing names.
Amendments, Custody of children, Judicial

Chapter 403

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 14-155.11, relating to additional increase of maximum compensation
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 404

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 1 and 4 of Chapter 449 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 8, 1954, creating the Virginia 850th Anniversary Celebration Commission and to further amend said chapter by adding thereto a new section numbered 9, the amended and new section relating respectively to the terms of members of the Commission; acquisition of land by the Commission so as to provide it with the power of eminent domain; to provide for the leasing of land by the Commission; and borrowing money for certain purposes.
Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 405

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-172.44, as amended, and 16-172.47 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain decrees and orders affecting children or minors, to the transfer of certain information upon the commitment of children.
Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Healthcare, Judicial, Public officers, Property, Amendments

Chapter 406

An Act providing for the organization of a Parking Authority as a public body and body politic and corporate by the city of Alexandria in the Commonwealth of Virginia; authorizing and empowering the Authority to acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip, improve, extend, enlarge, maintain, repair and operate off-street parking facilities; providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the Parking Authority, payable solely from revenues; to pay all or any part of the cost of such parking facilities; granting to the Authority power to acquire necessary real and personal property and to exercise the power of eminent domain; providing for the imposition and collection of rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use of land for the services furnished by the parking facilities; authorizing the issuance of revenue refunding bonds; exempting from taxation and assessment such bonds and the parking facilities and the income therefrom; and prescribing the powers and duties of the Authority in connection with the foregoing and the rights and remedies of the holders of any bonds issued under the provisions of this act.
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Transportation, Business

Chapter 407

An Act to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter XII of Chapter 578 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a new charter for the city of Danville, the section relating to the issuance of notes in anticipation of bonds and revenues.
Amendments, Bonds, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 408

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto sections numbered 26-16.1 and 26-85.1, relating to certain information to be returned to fiduciaries under certain circumstances.
Amendments, Business, Property

Chapter 409

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-220, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to consolidation of counties, cities and towns.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Property, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 410

An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Article III of Chapter 177 of the Acts of Assembly of 1948, approved March 10, 1948, which provided a new charter for the town of Bowling Green, the section relating to powers of the town.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Budget, Salaries, Civil Rights

Chapter 411

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54-482.8, relating to injunction to prohibit the practice of pharmacy.
Healthcare, Business, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 412

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-887, 32-887.1 and 82-887.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to furnishing copies of birth and death certificates.
Death and burial, Public officers

Chapter 413

An Act to authorize and direct the Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals to convey certain real estate to the county of Henrico for highway purposes.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Healthcare

Chapter 414

An Act to authorize the creation of special taxing districts in certain cities and to confer upon the governing bodies thereof power to provide facilities and services therein and in this connection to exercise certain powers and perform certain acts therein and adjacent thereto; providing for the issuance of bonds, the adoption of ordinances, levy and collection of taxes, assessments and charges, and the handling thereof; and authorizing the exercise by such governing bodies of certain powers in relation to health, safety and improvements to the public or portion thereof.
Taxation, Public expenditures, Bonds, Municipal charters, Transportation

Chapter 415

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 68-81.1, to require that certain employees of local welfare boards give bond.
Amendments, Employment and labor, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 416

An Act to amend and reenact § 19-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to when search warrants may issue in er eain ete
Amendments, Gambling, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 417

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 88.1-406 and $8.1-435 of the Code of Virginia, relating to life insurance and annuity policies and contracts.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 418

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-41 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the evidencing of payment of excise taxes upon beer.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 419

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 197 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, as amended, which was incorporated by reference in § 29-36.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to game wardens in certain counties.
Wildlife, Budget

Chapter 420

An Act to amend and reenact § 22 of Chapter 150 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980, approved March 20, 1980, which act provided a new charter for the town of Bluefield, the section relating to the town treasurer.
Amendments, Budget, Public officers, Taxation

Chapter 421

An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 242 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved March 18, 1954, relating to the jurisdiction and control by the county of Henrico over certain-real estate, so as to change the area of real estate included therein.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 422

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 23-180.1, to authorize and empower the Virginia State School’s ail News to receive and enjoy gifts, grants, devises and requests.
Education, Charity

Chapter 423

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-54 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of certain bank balances to next of kin of a deceased person
Inheritance and succession

Chapter 424

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-40 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of the Governor.
Amendments, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 425

An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.28, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of juvenile and domestic relations courts.
Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Divorce, Judicial, Labor, Marriage, Education, Public officers

Chapter 426

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-66.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to releases by eae of encumbrances on property, so as to permit such releases in other cases.
Property, Amendments

Chapter 427

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 24-118.12, providing for precinct registrars in certain counties, providing for transfer of certain records, and providing for the powers and duties of such precinct registrars.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 428

An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general corporation laws of Virginia; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which includes Chapters 1 through 15 and Sections 18-1 through 18-292 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which Title relates to corporations and securities generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto, in lieu of such Title, Chapters and Sections of the Code repealed by this Act, a new Title numbered 18.1 which Title includes five Articles numbered 1 through 5 and new Sections numbered Sections 13.1-1 through 13.1-527, relating to corporations and securities generally.
Amendments, Business, Healthcare, Labor, Public officers, Taxation, Utilities

Chapter 429

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-75 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees payable by public service companies in connection with applications for authority to issue securities.
Amendments, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 430

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-74.4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to service of process on a labor union or labor organization doing business in this State all of whose officers and trustees are nonresidents of this State.
Labor, Employment and labor, Business

Chapter 431

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 38.1-64, 38.1-65, 38.1-71, 38.1-74, 38.1-75, 38.1-80, 38.1-81, 38.1-88, 38.1-495.5, 38.1-551, 38.1-579, 38.1-589, 38.1-666 and 38.1-667 of the Code of Virginia, and to repeal § 38.1-82 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to insurance, in order to conform such sections to the proposed revision of the General Corporation Law of Virginia.
Business, Municipal charters, Fraternal organizations, Healthcare, Amendments

Chapter 432

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-38 and 8-59 of the Code of Virginia, relating to venue, and the service of process on domestic corporations; to amend and reenact effective July 1, 1958, §§ 8-60 and 8-65 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the service of process on a foreign corporation; and to repeal effective July 1, 1958, §§ 8-61 and 8-62 relating to the service of process on cooperative non-profit life benefit corporations.
Amendments, Business, Judicial, Public officers, Law Enforcement

Chapter 433

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 6-10, 6-20, 6-146, 6-152, 6-164, 6-204, 6-206, 6-286, 6-242, 6-250 and 6-251 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the incorporation of banks, building and loan associations, credit unions and industrial loan associations, the merger and consolidation of banks and the conversion of such corporations, dissolution thereof and deposit requirements in order to conform the provisions of such sections as presently existing to proposed revisions of the Code of Virginia relating to the law of corporations, and to repeal § 6-12.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the amendment of bank charters to abolish cumulative voting.
Business, Incorporation

Chapter 434

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 16 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia, consisting of §§ 56-485 to 56-508, both inclusive, relating to telephone co-operative associations.
Business, Utilities

Chapter 435

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 56-345, 56-346 and 56-347 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the consolidation or merger and certain powers of railroad corporations; and to repeal §§ 56-339, 56-340, 56-341, 56-842, 56-348, 56-844, 56-849, 56-850, 56-3851, 56-355, 56-356, 56-357, 56-358 and 56-870 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the creation of railroad corporations, the powers and duties of railroad corporations and extensions of lines by railroad corporations.
Transportation, Legislative Amendments, Property

Chapter 436

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-232 of the Code of Virginia, defining public utility and schedules.
Utilities, Public expenditures, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 437

An Act to amend and reenact Chapter 9 of Title 56 of the Code of Virginia, consisting of §§ 56-209 to 56-281, both inclusive, relating to electric co-operative associations.
Amendments, Business, Utilities, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 438

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 56-49 and 56-51.1 of the Code of Virginia in relation to the creation of public service corporations other than railroads; and to repeal 8§ 56-47, 56-48, 56-49.1, 56-50, 56-51, 56-52, 56-58, 56-54 and 56-54.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters.
Amendments, Transportation, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 439

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-431, 58-445, 58-447, 58-459 and 58-468, relating to fees and taxes payable by corporations, the filing of returns and the effect of failure to pay taxes and file returns; and to repeal §§ 58-446, 58-452 and 58-458, relating to tax payments by corporations.
Business, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 440

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 60-12, 60-14 as amended, 60-20 as amended, 60-22 as amended, 60-25, 60-39, 60-42 as amended, 60-45 as amended, 60-46 as amended, 60-47 as amended, 60-63 as amended, 60-64, 60-67 as amended, 60-68 as amended, 60-70 as amended, 60-76.1, 60-81, 60-88, 60-96, 60-97 and 60-98 of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code by repealing §§ 60-6, 60-8 and 60-45 as amended, and adding four new sections numbered 60-6.1, 60-8.1, 60-45.2 and 60-76.2, the amended, repealed and new sections pertaining to the 'Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act' and relating respectively to the definition of employer, the definition of employment, the definition of unemployment, the definition of wages, contingencies affecting the operations of the title, State-federal co-operation, the weekly benefit amount, the duration of benefits, the eligibility for benefits, the disqualification for benefits, the amount of taxes, the use of collections in financing administrative expenditures, the eligibility of employers for a reduction in the maximum contribution rate, the individual's benefit wages, the employer's benefit wage ratio, the reduced contribution rate permissible under federal amendment, refunds, the termination of coverage, the moneys constituting Unemployment Compensation Administrative Fund, expenditures solely for costs of administration, the replacement of funds lost or expended for unnecessary purposes, the definition of base period, the definition of benefit year, the duration of benefits and the computation of the contribution rate of delinquent employers.
Amendments, Employment and labor, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 441

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 404 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved April 8, 1954, which provided an increase in retirement compensation for certain retired State employees and teachers and certain beneficiaries thereof.
Pensions, Employment and labor, Education

Chapter 442

An Act to amend and reenact § 17-136, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to corporation courts in cities of the first class.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 443

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 40-109 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain prohibited employment.
Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor, Amendments, Public officers, Recreation, Alcohol

Chapter 444

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-117.2, 8-117.8, 8-117.4, 8-117.6, 8-117.7, 8-117.8, 3-117.19, 3-117.21, $-117.29, 8-117.80 and 8-117.82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fertilizer and fertilizer materials; regulating the manufacture, sale, transportation and distribution thereof and providing penalties for violations.
Agriculture, Business, Public expenditures, Utilities

Chapter 445

An Act to amend and reenact Section 87-75, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees and expenses of commitment of mentally ill, mentally deficient, epileptic, and inebriate persons and drug addicts.
Healthcare, Public expenditures, Judicial

Chapter 446

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 8-289.1, relating to communications between physicians and wee
Healthcare, Judicial

Chapter 447

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to membership of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.
Amendments, Wildlife

Chapter 448

An Act to make the purchase of an annuity mandatory when directed by a testator under certain circumstances.
Inheritance and succession

Chapter 449

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-266.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of taxation of certain counties so as to extend such powers to other counties, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 58-266.5, relating to the situs for local license taxation.
Taxation, Business, Public officers

Chapter 450

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 56-338.29, 56-338.32, 56-838.34 and 56-888.86 of the Code of Virginia, relating to petroleum tank truck carriers so as to restrict issuance of certificates therefor, to provide for certain notice, restrict transfers of certificates, and restrict changes in rates.
Business, Transportation

Chapter 451

An Act to amend and reenact § 88-4 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pay and allowances of members of the State Highway Commission.
Transportation, Public officers, Budget

Chapter 452

AN ACT to authorize the Governor to execute, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a certain compact relating to juveniles; to declare the policy of the Commonwealth with regard to certain juveniles; to authorize the appointment of a compact administrator and prescribe his powers and duties; to provide for the payment of certain obligations, to prescribe the jurisdiction of certain courts in certain cases, and to authorize certain agreements with regard to the return of run away juveniles.
Children -- Institutional care, Custody of children, Judicial, Education, Legislative Amendments, Employment and labor, Healthcare, Reformatories, Public officers, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 453

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-249, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the board of administration of the Virginia Fisheries
Amendments, Business, Labor

Chapter 454

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 57-20 of the Code of Virginia relating to quantity of land which certain associations may hold; and to validate certain holdings.
Amendments, Children -- Institutional care, Charity, Employment and labor, Armed forces, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 455

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-75 of the Code of Virginia, relating to increase in maximum compensation in certain cases.
Salaries, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 456

An Act to provide a new charter for the Town of Vienna, in Fairfax County, and to repeal Chapter 420 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved April 1, 1940, as amended
Municipal charters, Public officers, Public spaces

Chapter 457

An Act to regulate the introduction of certain chemicals in certain public water systems and to provide for referendums under certain circumstances.
Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 458

An Act to amend and reenact § 51-111.54, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to retirement of persons upon attaining seventy years of age.
Employment and labor, Public officers

Chapter 459

An Act to make it lawful for German carp to be taken by means of gigs, bows and arrows, and artificial lights in the Shenandoah River in the counties of Page, Rockingham, Clarke, Warren and Shenondoah at certain times and under certain conditions, and to provide that this act shall not affect certain powers and duties of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries nor cause any discrimination as to restocking of the said Shenandoah River.
Fishing

Chapter 460

An Act to amend and reenact § 9-26 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reports of Virginia Athletic Commission.
Amendments, Business, Public officers

Chapter 461

An Act to authorize the governing bodies of counties to provide for the licensing, inspection and regulation of horse riding schools.
Agriculture, Amusement, Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 462

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 5 and 6 of Chapter 698 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, known as the “Chesapeake Bay Ferry Revenue Bond Act”, by enlarging the boundaries of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District and by increasing the membership of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission, and redefining the incidental powers of the Commission.
Amendments, Boundaries, Business, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 463

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-109 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain employment prohibited for children under eighteen years of age.
Children -- Institutional care, Employment and labor, Amendments, Recreation

Chapter 464

An Act to authorize the State Hospital Board to sell certain real estate and apply the proceeds of such sale for the benefit of Western State Hospital.
Healthcare, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 465

An Act to amend and eomnaal § 22-9.8 of the Code of Virginia, which was enacted by Chapter 148 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, so as to provide for an Overall Advisory Council on Needs of Handicapped Children, its composition, and its duties, and to make an appropria-tion.
Children -- Institutional care, Healthcare, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 466

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-162 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the killing of elk and deer illegally and the penalties
Hunting, Wildlife

Chapter 467

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 65-101 of the Code of Virginia, relating to notice of cancellation of workmen’s compensation insurance policies.
Employment and labor

Chapter 468

An Act to appropriate funds to payment of a reward.
Hunting, Law Enforcement, Public expenditures

Chapter 469

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to awarding premiums for scalps of certain predators.
Wildlife, Hunting

Chapter 470

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29-184.8 to provide for enforcement of dog laws in certain counties; to transfer certain powers in such connection from game wardens and to confer the same upon dog wardens and deputy dog wardens; to provide for appointment of dog wardens and deputy dog wardens, their terms of office, powers, duties and compensation; and to provide for license taxes and the disposition thereof.
Law Enforcement, Taxation

Chapter 471

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter 407 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, which was continued in effect by § 21-291 of the Code of Virginia, relating to qualifications of members of Hampton Roads Sanitation Commission.
Public officers, Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters

Chapter 472

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-714.5, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of park authorities, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-714.10, concerning the issuance of revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds by such authorities.
Bonds, Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 473

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 32-292 and 32-298.1, as amended, relating, respectively, to the allocation and payment of funds to counties and cities for hospitalization and treatment of indigent persons, and to certain contracts for hospitalization, care and treatment.
Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 474

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-714.9 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of park authorities created thereunder and to powers of counties, municipalities and other public bodies to contract with any such authority for park services.
Amendments, Public spaces, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 475

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-627, 58-628, 58-629, 58-682, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding therein § 58-634.1, the amended and new sections relating to road tax on motor carriers, "calculated on fuel used within this State.
Transportation, Taxation, Business

Chapter 476

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-828, 46-884 and 46-889 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum size and weight of motor vehicles; and to repeal § 46-886 of the Code of Virginia.
Transportation, Public expenditures

Chapter 477

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46-162, 46-165, 46-166 and 46-168 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees for registration and license plates for certain types of property carrying motor vehicles, and to prohibit certain acts and provide penalties for violations.
Transportation, Amendments, Business

Chapter 478

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-12, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to property exempt from taxation.
Taxation, Religious Institutions, Cemeteries, Charity, Libraries, Public expenditures, Public spaces, Healthcare

Chapter 479

An Act to amend and reenact § 65-4, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, defining employees for purposes of workmen’s compensation.
Employment and labor, Armed forces

Chapter 480

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-10.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to furnishing supplies and equipment for certain officers.
Budget, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 481

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-155, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum fees for court clerks, high constables and certain city sergeants.
Amendments, Judicial, Public officers, Salaries

Chapter 482

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 82-85.1 through 82-85.6, and to repeal §§ 32-84 and 82-85 of the Code of Virginia, all relating to tuberculosis and the prevention of the spread thereof.
Healthcare, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 483

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 46-826 and 46-828, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the width and length of vehicles and exceptions as to size.
Transportation, Agriculture, Public officers

Chapter 484

AN ACT to appropriate certain sums of money in aid of certain Confederate Memorial Associations and organizations of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Virginia, to be used in caring for Confederate cemeteries and graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors not otherwise cared for and in erecting and caring for markers and monuments to such soldiers and sailors.
Confederate, Cemeteries, Public expenditures

Chapter 485

An Act to authorize the Governor to accept conveyance to the Commonwealth of the Old Staunton River Battle Field; and to authorize the Board of Conservation and Development to establish and maintain a State park thereon, and to expend certain funds for such purpose.
Monuments and memorials, Public spaces, Recreation

Chapter 486

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 62-48 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the unlawful pollution of water used for the supply of cities and towns.
Utilities

Chapter 487

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-766, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the alteration and vacation of streets and alleys.
Municipal charters, Public spaces, Transportation

Chapter 488

An Act to prohibit the use of the words “Official Tourist Information”, “Official Information Service” and similar languages for certain purposes, and to provide that violations shall be punished as misdemeanors.
Business, Public spaces, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 489

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter 22 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved February 18, 1946, which created The Peninsula Airport Commission, the: section relating to the right of eminent domain of the Commission.
Transportation, Public expenditures, Property

Chapter 490

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 29-148 of the Code of Virginia, relating to taking, possessing, selling and transporting certain fresh water fish.
Fishing

Chapter 491

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 10-127 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the Advisory Council on the Virginia Economy.
Agriculture, Industry, Business, Employment and labor, Education, Healthcare, Transportation

Chapter 492

AN ACT to provide for the regulation of the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles in this State; to provide penalties for violations; and to repeal Sections 56-183, 56-134 and 56-135 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same subject.
Transportation, Law Enforcement

Chapter 493

An Act to amend and reenact Sections 37-125.1, 87-125.15 and 87-185.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to mentally-ill, epileptic, mentally-deficient and inebriate persons.
Healthcare, Alcohol, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 494

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by inserting in Title 56 a Chapter numbered 12.8 containing sections numbered 56-338.40 through 56-338.48, so as to provide for the regulation by the State Corporation Commission of sightseeing carriers as a class of restricted common carriers of passengers.
Transportation, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 495

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-514.1, relating to the penalty for nonpayment of State taxes by a public service corporation within the time prescribed by law.
Taxation, Public officers

Chapter 496

An Act to amend and reenact § 1, as amended, of Chapter 202 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, relating to the season in which squirrels may be lawfully taken in certain counties.
Hunting

Chapter 497

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 15-916 of the Code of Virginia, relating to county planning commissions, their creation and appointment.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 498

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 24-118.5 of the Code of Virginia, relating to general registrars and assistant registrars generally.
Voting, Legislative Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 499

An Act to amend and reenact § 32-812.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to charges for care at certain tuberculosis sanatoria.
Healthcare, Public expenditures

Chapter 500

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-228 and 58-238 of the Code of Virginia, relating to gift taxes.
Taxation
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