Chap. 725.—An ACT for relief of Alfred Richardson.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Alfred Richardson, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany C, thirty-eighth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gal-
lant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

A sore leg, on account of which he was put on light duty during the
war: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Pittsylvania shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Alfred Richardson, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was
true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted
and in needy circumstances, and incapacitated for manual labor by rea-
son of said disability; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid
from Virginia, and if the county court of Pittsylvania should send a cer-
tificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of Alfred Rich-
ardson on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen
dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eicht.

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