Chap. 389.—An ACT to amend chapter 46 of the Code of Virginia by adding
thereto a new section, to be designated as section 1050a of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to the appointment of trustees for ex-service persons found

to be incompetent by the medical authorities of the United States veterans
bureau. [S B 369]

Approved March 22, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That chapter
forty-six of the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a new
section to be designated as section ten hundred and fifty-A of the
Code of Virginia, and to read as follows:

Section 1050-A. Whenever any former soldier, sailor or marine, or
other ex-service person, of the United States is found to be incompetent
by the medical authorities of the United States veterans bureau, on
motion by the United States veterans bureau, or any person in interest,
the circuit court of the county or the corporation court of the city, or
such courts as now have jurisdiction to appoint committees for insane
persons of which such ex-service person has his or her legal residence,
in lieu of appointing a committee, or adjudging such ex-service person
insane, shall appoint a trustee for such ex-service man, where it
appears to the court that a trustee is necded for the purpose of receiv-
ing and administering such bencfits of compensation and insurance as
might be paid by the United States government. Such trustee, in
addition to such duties and obligations imposed upon him under his
trust by the Federal government, shall be subject to such State laws
as are now m force or hereafter enacted applicable to the appointment
and administration of committees for insane persons.