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1958

Laws in Volume
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Chapter 1

AN ACT to provide for the appointment by the Governor of a Secretary of the Commonwealth and to establish the term of office thereof; to provide for appointments to fill vacancies; and to fix the salary of such officer and to appropriate funds therefor.
Public officers, Budget, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 2

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2-75.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parking in Capitol Square, and to provide a penalty for violations thereof.
Legislative Amendments, Transportation, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Budget, Business

Chapter 3

An Act to appropriate the sum of ten million dollars from the unappropriated surplus in the General Fund of the State treasury to the Literary Fund.
Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 4

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-295, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to jurisdiction for the trial of convicts.
Amendments, Judicial, Prisons, Law Enforcement

Chapter 5

An Act to amend and reenact § 64-25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assignment of curtesy.
Amendments, Divorce, Custody of children, Employment and labor, Judicial, Labor, Public officers, Transportation, Unclassified

Chapter 6

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-a, as amended, of Chapter 875 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, being the charter of the city of Radford, relating to the appointment of special justices for the city.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public officers, Transportation, Taxation, Debt, Civil Rights, Public expenditures

Chapter 7

An Act to authorize city councils to require bonds of officers and employees of their cities and to provide for the same.
Bonds, Business, Employment and labor, Transportation

Chapter 8

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 20-14.1, to provide that marriage licenses shall constitute authority for only sixty days from date of issuance for the solemnization of marriage ceremonies, to provide that the expiration dates of marriage licenses be placed on the face thereof, and to provide for the issuance of successive marriage licenses.
Marriage, Budget, Transportation, Public officers

Chapter 9

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-5.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to microphotographing municipal records and destruction of originals so as to extend such authority to counties, and to provide for microphotographing records in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of the county.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public spaces, Judicial, Recreation

Chapter 10

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-259.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the prohibition by counties of certain parking.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Judicial, Education, Taxation, Transportation, Recreation, Agriculture

Chapter 11

An Act to amend and reenact § 56-56 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of issuance of securities by public service companies.
Public officers, Business, Utilities, Taxation

Chapter 12

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-115 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disposition of papers in civil matters in courts not of record.
Judicial, Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Civil Rights

Chapter 13

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-59, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to service of process on domestic corporations.
Business

Chapter 14

An Act to amend and reenact § 55-66.8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to marginal release of deed of trust or other lien.
Amendments, Debt, Property

Chapter 15

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28-49.1, to constitute the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and the Richmond Professional Institute, respectively, as divisions of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and to provide for the control and management thereof.
Education, Amendments, Public expenditures

Chapter 16

An Act authorizing the Governor to acquire by condemnation proceedings certain property for needed uses for the seat of government.
Property, Public officers, Transportation

Chapter 17

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 23-19, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to issuance of bonds and the incurring of certain obligations by certain educational institutions and the conditions for repayment thereof.
Amendments, Bonds, Business, Education, Public expenditures

Chapter 18

An Act to amend and reenact § 11 as amended, of Chapter 808 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, which provided for a retirement and pension system for personnel of police departments in certain counties, the amended section relating to investment of funds.
Pensions, Public officers, Law Enforcement

Chapter 19

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-185 of the Code of Virginia, relating to corporations authorized to invest in shares of associations by eliminating credit unions from the excepting clause of said section.
Business, Amendments

Chapter 20

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-183 of the Code of Virginia, relating to shares issued in trust for another; payment to a minor by omitting the age limitation as to said minor; and by making said section applicable to federal savings and loan associations.
Amendments, Business, Children -- Institutional care, Property

Chapter 21

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-225, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to investment of funds of credit unions by permitting investments in shares in building and loan and savings and loan associations doing business in this State.
Business, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 22

An Act to authorize the Virginia Truck Experiment Station, with the approval of the Governor, to lease a certain parcel of land.
Agriculture

Chapter 23

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-182 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the pledge of securities held by another bank for a depository
Amendments, Budget, Business, Public officers

Chapter 24

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 2-299, relating to when the deposit of public funds not to be considered an investment, and to declare an emergency.
Budget, Business, Public expenditures

Chapter 26

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-188 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the payment of small credit balances to the next of kin of decedents by building and loan associations and federal savings and loan associations.
Inheritance and succession

Chapter 27

An Act to amend and reenact § 88.1-479 of the Code of Virginia, relating to group life insurance which may be issued to trustees of funds established by two or more employers, or by one or more labor unions, or by one or more employers and labor unions.
Amendments, Employment and labor

Chapter 28

An Act to amend and reenact § 88.1-195 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Canadian securities in which domestic insurance companies and insurers may invest.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 29

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 30-6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to privilege of members of the General Assembly, clerks and assistants.
Legislative Amendments, Public officers, Judicial

Chapter 30

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 3-220 of the Code of Virginia, relating to composition of the State Certified Seed Commission.
Agriculture, Business, Transportation

Chapter 31

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-821.1, to exempt certain establishments operated in connection with charitable or nonprofit hospitals or auxiliary associations thereof from taxation as retail merchants.
Charity, Taxation, Healthcare, Business

Chapter 32

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-770.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the assessment of real property in the name of "unknown owner".
Property, Taxation

Chapter 33

An Act to amend Chapter 32 of the Acts of Assembly of 1956, approved February 18, 1956, which act provided for the assessment and equalization of assessments of real estate in certain cities, by adding thereto a section numbered 8, extending the applicability of the provisions of said act after nineteen hundred sixty to cities to which such act is applicable prior thereto.
Amendments, Property, Public expenditures

Chapter 34

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-84.1, setting forth certain specific items Neh are not deductible in computing net income.
Taxation

Chapter 35

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-839, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to when county governing bodies to fix the amount and order the levy of taxes.
Taxation, Budget, Public expenditures

Chapter 36

An Act to amend and reenact § 60-68, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, to preclude certain benefit wages from the wages deemed to have been paid by an employer.
Employment and labor, Unclassified, Prisons, Judicial

Chapter 37

An Act to authorize the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to convey certain lands in exchange for certain other lands.
Hunting, Wildlife, Property

Chapter 38

An Act to amend and reenact § 29-81 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licenses for waterfowl hunting blinds.
Hunting

Chapter 39

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

Chapter 40

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter 83 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 2, 1950, relating to open season on bear and deer in certain counties so as to change the boundaries therefor.
Hunting, Boundaries, Amendments

Chapter 41

AN ACT to establish the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia with respect to public schools whenever under any Federal authority the operation thereof is policed by military troops or enforcement officers; to provide for the closing of such schools; to vest and confer certain powers in the Governor; to provide the conditions for return of such schools to the local authorities.
Education, Civil Rights, Amendments, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 42

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 24-87 as amended, and 24-89 of the Code of Virginia, relating, respectively, to compensation of secretaries and members of electoral boards generally and compensation of such secretaries and members in certain cities and counties.
Public officers, Amendments

Chapter 43

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 40-84 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the regulation of hours of work of women.
Employment and labor, Civil Rights, Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 44

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 22-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment and term of school division superintendents.
Education, Amendments, Public officers

Chapter 45

AN ACT to permit the governing bodies of certain counties to lay a uniform levy for school purposes in lieu of district levies; to provide how such action may be required; and to repeal certain acts.
Education, Taxation, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 46

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15-10.1:2, relating to procedure for adoption of revision and recodification of ordinances in certain counties.
Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 47

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2-4.2 and 28-9.1 of the Code of Virginia, to authorize State departments, agencies and institutions to convey easements to political subdivisions of the State.
Amendments, Business, Property, Public officers, Utilities, Education

Chapter 48

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-861.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to validation of certain ordinances.
Legislative Amendments, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 49

An Act to amend and reenact § 2, as amended, of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, which provided a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, so as to increase the number of wards in the city.
Municipal charters, Taxation, Public officers, Boundaries

Chapter 51

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-926.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to planning commissions in certain counties.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Property

Chapter 52

An Act to amend and reenact § 5 as amended of Chapter 12 of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, relating to certain qualifications required of applicants for rosea
Employment and labor, Civil Rights, Public officers, Voting

Chapter 53

An Act to amend and reenact § 5 of Chapter XVI of Chapter 578 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 3, 1952, which provided a new charter for the city of Danville, the section relating to compensation of members of Electoral Board and election officials.
Public officers, Voting, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 54

An Act to amend and reenact § 4 of Chapter $77 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved March 28, 1946, which provided a new charter for the Town of Chase City, the section relating to administration and government so as to allow the council to appoint a justice of the peace.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public officers, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Salaries

Chapter 55

An Act to amend and reenact § 11.01 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 section relating to school board and superintendent of schools; and to amend such chapter by adding a section numbered 18.11, relating to associate civil and police justice.
Education, Judicial, Municipal charters, Public officers

Chapter 56

An Act to provide that it shall be lawful for blind persons accompanied Lil eye” dogs to take such dogs with them into eating estab-
Civil Rights, Public spaces

Chapter 57

An Act to amend and reenact § 1 of Chapter XIV of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, which provided a charter for the city of Portsmouth, relating to the appointment of the city manager.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 58

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 16 of Title 8 thereof an article numbered 7.1, containing sections numbered 8-816.1 through 8-816.4, to compel attendance of witnesses within this State for the purpose of taking depositions to be used in any foreign jurisdiction; to provide for judicial interpretation of such chapter; and to repeal certain acts.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement

Chapter 59

An Act to authorize the Governor to grant, release and quit claim to George Cole Scott and Thomas S. Martin, Jr., and Catherine R. Martin, his wife, the owners of tracts of land totalling 50 acres, more or less, in the city of Richmond, all those rights and things reserved to the Commonwealth in a certain deed made by it to George W. Jordan and others insofar as such reservations affect such land.
Property, Legislative Amendments, Inheritance and succession

Chapter 60

An Act to amend and reenact § 14-168.1, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to allowances to be made to county clerks.
Amendments, Budget, Public officers, Property

Chapter 61

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 27-26.1 through 27-26.8, authorizing certain advances by counties to fire districts, the reimbursement thereof, the expenditure of fire district funds, and validating certain such expenditures.
Fire fighters, Public expenditures, Budget

Chapter 62

An Act to amend and reenact § 22 of Chapter 607 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which chapter provided a new charter for the town of Coeburn and which section relates to municipal securities.
Bonds, Municipal charters, Public expenditures

Chapter 63

An Act to amend and reenact § 8 of Chapter 184 of the Acts of Assembly of 1988, approved March 18, 1988, which provided a new charter for the Town of Manassas, so as to define the powers of the mayor and provide for the appointment of a police justice and defining his powers.
Amendments, Business, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Municipal charters, Salaries

Chapter 64

An Act to amend Chapter 57 of the Acts of Assembly of 1940, approved February 20, 1940, which provided a new charter for the town of Wise, by adding new sections numbered 5-A and 5-B, relating to a special justice and a police justice; and to amend and reenact §§ 8 and 22 thereof, relating to salaries of certain officers and municipal securitves.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Salaries, Law Enforcement, Bonds

Chapter 65

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-739.8, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the disapproval of sewerage systems by the governing bodies of counties.
Utilities

Chapter 66

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-114, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to when proof of writing not required.
Amendments, Judicial, Lawyers

Chapter 67

An Act to amend and reenact § 8-257 of the Code of Virginia, relating to when hearing held on commissioner's report.
Judicial

Chapter 68

An Act to amend Chapter 22 of the Acts of Assembly of 1946, approved February 18, 1946, as amended, which created the Peninsula Airport Commission, by adding a section numbered 3-a, to empower the Commission to lease, sell or encumber certain real property.
Amendments, Public officers, Property

Chapter 69

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 54-129, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to registration, examination and issuance of certificate to engage in business as a contractor in this State so as to provide for issuance of temporary certificates in certain cases.
Business, Amendments, Employment and labor

Chapter 70

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-292 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the taxation of certain wholesale merchandise brokers, so as to authorize the local taxation of certain tangible personal property belonging to wholesale merchandise brokers.
Taxation, Business

Chapter 71

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-1142.1, to permit refunds of local levies erroneously paid.
Amendments, Taxation, Public expenditures

Chapter 72

An Act to allow the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns to exempt in whole or in part household goods and personal effects from taxation and, to this end, to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58-829.1 defining household goods and personal effects as a separate subject of taxation, classifying the same and providing how the governing bodies of counties, cities and towns may exempt in whole or in part such property from taxation.
Taxation, Property, Budget

Chapter 73

An Act to amend and reenact § 1 as amended 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.
Amendments, Property, Municipal charters, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 74

An Act to amend and reenact § 6-76, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to limit of liability of a borrower to a bank.
Amendments, Business, Debt, Public expenditures

Chapter 75

An Act to amend and reenact § 23 of Chapter 217 of the Acts of Assembly of 1918, approved March 14, 1918, being the charter of the city of Clifton Forge, the section relating to the powers of council.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Public officers, Healthcare, Property, Utilities, Public spaces, Death and burial, Charity, Taxation, Alcohol, Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Cemeteries, Recreation, Employment and labor, Judicial

Chapter 76

An Act to amend and reenact § 5 of Chapter 303 of the Acts of Assembly of 1944, approved March 29, 1944, relating to benefits payable under retirement and pension systems of certain counties.
Pensions, Death and burial, Public officers, Children -- Institutional care

Chapter 77

An Act to amend and reenact § 58-811.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assessment of new buildings.
Amendments, Property, Taxation

Chapter 78

An Act to amend and reenact § 4, as amended, of Chapter 244 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887, approved May 16, 1887, which act provided a charter for the town of Banister, now the town of Halifax, the section relating to the mayor and council of the town; and to further amend such chapter by adding a section numbered 6-a, providing for a police court and police justice for such town.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Law Enforcement, Judicial, Property, Public officers

Chapter 79

An Act to amend and reenact § 4-42, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to refund of taxes on beer subsequently destroyed.
Alcohol, Taxation, Business

Chapter 80

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 8 and 29, as amended, of an act entitled “An act to amend and reenact the charter of the town of Culpeper’
Municipal charters, Public expenditures, Public spaces, Employment and labor, Property, Death and burial

Chapter 81

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 76, as amended, of Chapter 157 of the Acts of Assembly of 1908, approved March 10, 1908, which provided a new charter for the city of Portsmouth, and to add thereto a new chapter numbered 11.1, relating to the compensation of the mayor, councilmen and other city officers.
Amendments, Municipal charters, Salaries, Public officers

Chapter 82

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 36-11 as amended, 36-13, 36-17 and 86-47 of the Code of Virginia, relating to appointment and removal of commissioners of housing authorities, and appointment of chairmen of such commissioners.
Municipal charters, Public officers, Public expenditures

Chapter 83

AN ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 36-7.1 so as to require liquidation of a housing project under certain conditions.
Public expenditures, Municipal charters, Property

Chapter 84

An Act to amend and reenact § 54-751, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to applications for real estate broker’s and salesman’s licenses, respectively, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding new sections numbered 54-751.1 and 54-751.2, providing for payment of examination fees by applicants for such licenses and requiring the furnishing of a real estate manual to each such applicant.
Business, Employment and labor

Chapter 85

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 9-78, 9-80, 9-81, 9-82 and 9-84 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Amendments, Education

Chapter 86

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 11-20, as amended, and 11-23 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the letting of public contracts and conditions thereupon.
Business, Public expenditures, Labor, Municipal charters

Chapter 87

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-687 as amended, 58-698, 58-695, 58-718 as amended, and 58-728 of the Code of Virginia, relating to definitions and duties of dealers, limited dealers, jobbers and limited jobbers in paying motor fuel taxes and filing reports; and to amend the Code by adding a section numbered 58-780.2, relating to certain information to be furnished by the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to such persons.
Amendments, Business, Taxation, Utilities, Transportation

Chapter 88

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 13.1-301.1 and 18.1-801.2, relating respectively to amendments to articles of incorporation of, and adoption of by-laws by, cooperative associations.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 89

An Act to amend and reenact § 54-95 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees to be paid by applicants for certificates of certified public accountants.
Amendments, Business

Chapter 90

An Act to amend and reenact § 28-50, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the board of visitors of the Medical College of Virginia.
Education, Healthcare, Public officers, Charity

Chapter 91

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 38-279.2, to prohibit the establishment or maintenance of a public or private dump containing inflammable articles within five hundred feet of any public bridge constructed of wood and to prescribe penalties for violation.
Amendments, Public officers, Public spaces

Chapter 92

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 4 and § 2 of Chapter 6 of Chapter 198 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, approved March 14, 1950, which provided a new charter for the city of Martinsville, the sections relating, respectively, to the trial justice and officers of the city.
Amendments, Judicial, Law Enforcement, Public officers

Chapter 93

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 16 of the Charter of the Town of Appomattox, which was granted by order of the Circuit Court of the County of Appomattox on June second, nineteen hundred twenty-five, relating to license taxes.
Amendments, Business, Taxation

Chapter 94

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3-228.4 and 3-228.10 of the Code of Virginia, relating to sale of seed potatoes.
Agriculture

Chapter 95

An Act to amend Chapter 227 of the Acts of Assembly of 1954, approved March 12, 1954, which chapter provided a new charter for the City of Covington, by adding thereto sections numbered 5.021 and 5.041, which sections relate to the collection and disbursement of local funds and to the method of making real estate reassessments, respectively; and to further amend the said chapter by amending and reenacting §§ 5.12 and 12.01 thereof, which sections relate to the purpose for which bonds or notes may be issued and to the school board and superintendent of schools, respectively.
Municipal charters, Budget, Property, Education, Bonds

Chapter 96

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in Chapter 7 of Title 17 an article numbered 2.1, containing sections numbered 17-195.1 through 17-195.6, which article provides for an additional judge of the Court of Law and Chancery of the City of Norfolk, prescribes his powers, duties, jurisdiction, salary and authority, his term of office, a senior judge of said court and the allowance of compensation for the clerk thereof.
Judicial, Legislative Amendments

Chapter 97

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-764.25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain liens upon real estate for rents, fees, and charges by water and sewer authorities.
Amendments, Property, Utilities

Chapter 98

An Act to amend and reenact § 8, as amended, of Chapter 457 of the Acts of Assembly of 1920, approved March 24, 1920, which act amended and reenacted the charter of the town of Marion, and to amend said act by adding a section numbered 15, authorizing the town council to create a court of limited jurisdiction to be known as the police court of the town of Marion.
Judicial, Taxation, Public officers, Municipal charters

Chapter 99

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-508 of the Code of Virginia, relating to interest of certain officials in contracts with or claims against cities or towns.
Amendments, Business, Public officers, Law Enforcement

Chapter 100

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-504, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to interest of certain officials in contracts with or claims against counties.
Amendments, Business, Judicial, Public officers

Chapter 101

An Act to amend and reenact § 15-230, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to courts in certain political subdivisions upon consolidation thereof.
Judicial, Municipal charters

Chapter 102

An Act to amend and reenact § 2-297 of the Code of Virginia, relating to legal investments for public sinking funds.
Budget, Public expenditures, Bonds, Public officers
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