Chap. 723.—An ACT for the relief of Lieutenant Luther R. Ashby, a wounded
Confederate soldier.

Approved March 38, 1898.

Whereas Lieutenant Luther R. Ashby, a disabled Confederate soldier
of Virginia, was a true and gallant soldier during the war; was loyal to
Virginia; and

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

Rheumatism as the result of exposure in prison:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Fauquier shall examine into the condition of the above-named
L. Kk. Ashby, a Confederate soldier, and should it be that he was true
and loval to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted and
incapacitated for manual labor as the result of rheumatism contracted in
prison; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia,
and if the county court of Fauquier 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 Luther R. Ashby on the
pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dollars, on and
after the first d: ay of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

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