Chap. 341.—An ACT to authorize the supervisors of each county and the
council of each city to make a special levy for the support and maintenance
of maimed and disabled Confederate soldiers, or the needy and indigent widows
of Confederate soldiers, in their respective counties and cities.

Approved March 14, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be lawful, and authority is especially given to the board of supervisors
of each county, and the council of each city in the State, to make an
annual levy, at their discretion, on the real and personal property in
said county and city of not less than five cents, nor more than fifteen
cents, on every one hundred dollars’ worth of said property, .to be col-
lected and set apart and known as pension fund, and to be used only in
caring for, supporting and helping the maimed, disabled, afflicted and
indigent Confederate soldiers living in said county or city, or the needy
and indigent widows of Confederate soldiers, who shall receive the care,
support and help from said pension fund, as provided for in this act.

2. The levy, when made, shall be collected as other county and city
levies are collected, and the treasurer shall keep it as a separate fund,
and his books shall show it, as the pension fund, and pay it out only
as is provided by this act, and shall make a settlement with the board
of supervisors or city council when he settles for other county and city
levies in his hands.

3. In every county, city or town, where there is a camp of Confed-
erate veterans, the said camp shall appoint a committee of citizens, to
consist of one taxpayer from each magisterial district, or ward, before
whom all applications shall be made for aid, care and support, and this
committee shall make a report in writing to the circuit court of said
county or to the corporation court of said city, either in term time or
vacation, stating the facts in each case, and the court or judge shall
examine each case thoroughly, and if satisfied that help should be
given to the applicant, he shall make an order, to be entered of record
on the record book, directing the treasurer to pay to said applicant,
out of the pension fund, so much money, at such stated periods as he
may deem proper.

4. In any county or city where there is no camp of Confederate vet-
erans, or if a camp, and it fails to appoint a committee, the court of
the county or court of corporation shall at the April term of the court
appoint a committee of discreet citizens as before said whose duties
shall be to hear applications for aid, care and support and make their
report in writing to the court as provided in the preceding section.

5 When a camp of Confederate veterans shall appoint a committee
as provided in the third section of this act, this fact shall be reported
at once to the court.
6. All maimed or disabled or afflicted or indigent Confederate sol-
diers or sailors, who were in the Confederate army or navy and were
honorably discharged therefrom, or who were loyal to Virginia through
the whole war, and did not desert her cause, or the needy widows of
loyal Confederate soldiers or sailors, and none others, shall receive the
benefit of the pension fund.

’. The court shall require such committee, as soon as possible, after
the April term of the court, to hear and examine all applications and
make reports, so the court can be able to give to the board of supervisors
or the council of the city, before the next annual levy is made, an ap-
proximate amount needed, if the board of supervisors or city council
should, in their discretion, decide to levy for the amount.