Chap. 234.—An ACT for the relief of W. H. Williams and Company, Incorporated,
W. H. Harris Grocery Company, Incorporated, Nelson Canning Company,
C. G. Reaburn, Staples Grocery Company, Incorporated, Phillips-Lewis Com-
pany, Incorporated, Curtice Brothers Company, Barrow, Penn and Company,
Banner Fuel Corporation and Smokeless Fuel Corporation. [S B 116]

Approved March 27, 1934

Whereas, pursuant to contracts previously made with the several
persons hereinafter named, merchandise has been purchased by various
departments, divisions and institutions of the Commonwealth from
such persons and deliveries of such merchandise made thereby ; and,

Whereas, the persons hereinafter named have, as a result of an act
of the Congress of the United States, approved June sixteenth, nineteen
hundred and thirty-three, and known as the National Industrial Re-
covery Act, and an act of the Congress of the United States, approved
May twelfth, nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and known as the
Agricultural Adjustment Act, in supplying the said merchandise pur-
suant to the said contracts, suffered the following respective losses:

W. H. Williams and Company, Incorporated, five dollars.

W. H. Harris Grocery Company, Incorporated, two hundred and
fifty-six dollars and three cents.

Nelson Canning Company, two hundred and forty-seven dollars.

C. G. Reaburn, thirty dollars.

Staples Grocery Company, Incorporated, two hundred and sixty-
seven dollars and thirty-four cents.

Phillips-Lewis Company, Incorporated, eight hundred and eighty-
nine dollars and forty-six cents.

Curtice Brothers Company, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and
ninety-five cents.

Barrow, Penn and Company, ten dollars, and

Banner Fuel Corporation, Clinchfield, Virginia, and Smokeless Fuel
Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia, such sums as may be ascertained by
the Director of the Division of Purchase and Printing, and approved
by the Governor to be due the said corporations as a result of increased
labor cost because of the operation of the foregoing act.

Whereas, the foregoing persons should not be called upon or ex-
pected to suffer such losses in supplying the said merchandise to the
departments, divisions and institutions of the Commonwealth; now,
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
Comptroller be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue his warrants on
the Treasurer of Virginia in favor of the persons hereinafter named
for the amounts set opposite their respective names:

W. H. Williams and Company, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia.
five dollars.

W. H. Harris Grocery Company, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia
two hundred and fifty-six dollars and three cents.

Nelson Canning Company, Lovingston, Virginia, two hundred anc
forty-seven dollars.

C. G. Reaburn, Roanoke, Virginia, thirty dollars.

Staples Grocery Company, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia, twc
hundred and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents.

Phillips-Lewis Company, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia, eight
hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty-six cents.

Curtice Brothers Company, Rochester, New York, one hundrec
and fifty-five dollars and ninety-five cents.

Barrow, Penn and Company, Roanoke, Virginia, ten dollars.

Banner Fuel Corporation, Clinchfield, Virginia, and Smokeless Fue
Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia, such sums as may be ascertained by

the Director of the Division of Purchase and Printing, and approved
by the Governor, to be due the said corporations as a result of increased
labor cost because of the operation of the foregoing act.

Upon such warrants being issued, the said amounts shall be paid
to the respective persons by the Treasurer out of general funds in the
State treasury not otherwise appropriated.