Chap. 1184.—An ACT for the relief of Joseph Cooke, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas Joseph Cooke, a disabled Confederate soldier of Virginia,
was a true and gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Vir-
ginia; and

Whereas he is now suffering from the following disabilities—to wit:

Constitution broken down from service in the war, and is afflicted
with cancer and rheumatism; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assemblv of Virginia, That the
county court of King and Queen county shall examine into the con-
dition of the above-named Joseph Cooke, a Confederate soldier, and
should it be found that he was true and loyal to Virginia through the
war, and that he is now afflicted and incapacitated for manual labor
from the effects of service in the Confederate army, that he is needv
and poor and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county
court of King and Queen county should send a certificate of the facts
to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public
accounts is directed to place the name of Joseph Cooke on the pension
list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dollars on and after the
first day of April, nineteen hundred.

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