Chap. 1439.—An ACT for the relief of Joseph Dooley, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas Joseph Dooley, of company D, twenty-eighth Virginia regi-
ment, a Confederate soldier, was wounded in the left ankle at Gaines’
mill in the war between the states, and who, by reason of said wound,
has become almost disabled from travelling on said foot, and therefore
cannot perform much manual labor; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed
to place the name of Joseph Dooley on the pension rolls of disabled
Confederate soldiers, and to issue his warrant annually for the sum of
fifteen dollars, in favor of the said Joseph Dooley for the same: pro-
vided, the above-named allegations be proved before the county court
of Bedford, and a certificate of same be sent to auditor of public
accounts.

2. This act shall be in force on and after the first day of April, nine-
teen hundred.