Chap. 753.—An ACT forthe relief of G. W. Gilmer, a disabled Confederate soldier.

Approved March 8, 1898.

Whereas G. W. Gilmer, a disabled Confederate soldicr of Company C,
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:

Loss of an eye and wound in the arm, received whilst in the service:
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Albemarle shall examine into the condition of the above-named
G. W. Gilmer, 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
partially disabled, and incapacitated for manual labor; that he is needy
and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court
of Albemarle should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of pub-
hie accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed
to place the name of G. W. Gilmer on the pension list, and pay him an-
nually the sum allowed by law to those soldiers who lost an eye, on and
after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

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