Chap. 1209.—An ACT for the relief of W. B. Madison, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas W. B. Madison, a disabled Confederate soldier is suffering
from wounds and old age, and was a true and gallant soldier during
the war, and was loyal to Virginia—

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
county court of Albemarle shall examine into the condition of the
above-named W. B. Madison, 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 disabled, and incapacitated for manual labor by
reason of injury, disease, or old age, that he is needy and poor and
should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Albemarle
shall send a certificate of facts to the auditor of public accounts in
Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the
name of W. B. Madison on the pension list, and pay him annually the
sum of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, nineteen hun-
dred.

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