Chap. 743.—An ACT for the relief of John R. Stone.

Approved March 3, 1598.

Whereas John R. Stone, a wounded Confederate soldier of Company
(i, fourth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant soldie:
during the war; was loyal to Virginia and the Confederate States; and

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

A wound (at Gettysburg) in the side.

A wound (at Wilderness) in right arm below elbow; ball still betweer
bones of same.

A wound (at Winchester); shot through the breast: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Pulaski county shall examine into the condition of the above.
named John R. Stone, a Confederate soldier, and should it be that
he was true and loyal to Vi irginia through the war, and that he is now
alllicted and disabled by his wounds, as above set forth, and incapacl-
tated thereby for manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and shoulc
receive aid from Virginia; and if the county court of Pulaski county
should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts o
Virginia, then the auditor of public aecounts is directed to place the
name of John R. Stone on the pension list, and pay him annually the
sum of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety- eight.

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