Chap. 761.—An ACT for relief of A. B. Simpson.
Approved March 8, 1898.

Whereas A. B. Simpson, a disabled Confederate soldier, was a true and
gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

A. total loss of use of one arm resulting from wound received in war;
also a total loss of use of one leg caused by hurt received since 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
A. B. Simpson, 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
incapacitated for manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should
receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Pittsylvania should
send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia,
then the auditor of public accounts is directed to increase the rate of A.
B. Simpson 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-
eight.

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