Chap. 752.—An ACT forthe relief of Robert A. Rideout, of Greenesville count
Virginia, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898,

Whereas Robert A. Rideout, a disabled Confederate soldier of Cor
pany F, twelfth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and galla
soldier during the whole of the late w ar; was loyal to Virginia; and

Whereas he is now suffering from the followi ing dixabilities—to-wit:

Badly ruptured while in service, and contracted rheumatism whi
now incapacitates him from manual labor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the coun
court of Greenesville county shall examine into the condition of t
above-named Robert A. Rideout, a Confederate soldier; and should
be that he was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that.
is now afflicted and so disabled and incapacitated for manual labor; th
he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if t
county court of Greenesville should send a certificate of the facts to t
auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public ¢
counts is directed to place the name of Robert A. Rideout on the pensi
list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dollars, on and after t
first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,

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