Chap. 266.—An ACT directing the disposition of the interest on investments
made with the money which remains of a fund appropriated by the United
States government on June 25, 1908, to pay the Virginia National Guard
from the time of call until muster into the service of the United States for
the Spanish-American war, by payment thereof to the United Spanish War
Veterans. [S B 196]

Approved March 24, 1930

Whereas, there remains unclaimed about ninety-five hundred dol-
lars in the hands of the governor of Virginia as trustee, of a fund ap-
propriated by the United States government, on June twenty-fifth, nine-
teen hundred and eight, for the pay of members of the Virginia Na-
tional Guard between the time of call and muster into the service of the
United States during the Spanish-American war, and

Whereas, also, there have been few claimants in recent years; the
chances of further claims rather remote, and income has been used to
pay a custodian for handling and investigating claims which can now
be handled otherwise. Now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
governor shall remain the trustee of the Spanish-American war fund,
and that from and after the passage of this act the said trustee, in
the usual manner of paying funds from this account, shall pay the
interest semi-annually to the quartermaster of the United Spanish War
Veterans, department of Virginia, as of January first and July first, of
each and every year, which shall accrue on the said fund which re-
mains of an amount appropriated by the United States government on
June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and eight, to pay the Virginia
National Guard from time of call until muster into the service of the
United States service.

2. Receipts from the quartermaster of the United Spanish War
Veterans who shall appear, duly appointed and qualified and bonded in
some solvent surety company shall be a sufficient discharge for the said
trustee in the performance of his duty hereunder. The said interest
when so paid over shall be for the current use of the said organization,
but with the primary object of providing for welfare work among its
needy comrades, their widows and orphans.

3. The said trustee shall have the right to invest the said fund in
such securities as are legal for trust funds in this State.

4. All acts. and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed, |