Chap. 561.—An ACT for the relief of Wm. Henry Harrison Cawood.

Approved February 27, 1896.

Whereas William Henry Harrison Cawood of King George county,
discovered in said county, the skeleton of a man in an iron encase-
ment; and whereas such may be of historical value, if placed on ex-
hibition in this commonwealth, as one of the curiosities of the ear-
ly colonial period; and it appearing that said Cawood is a man of
extremely limited means and is unable pecuniarily to exhibit this
valuable relic of the mode of punishment imposed by colonial
courts under English laws: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the genera] assembly of Virginia, That said
William Henry Harrison Cawood, be, and he is hereby permitted to
place the said curiosity and relic upon exhibition in any county,
city or town in this state, without the payment to any authority of a
license tax.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.