Chap. 766. —An ACT for relief of Thomas S. Adams.

Approved March 3, 1893.

Whereas Thomas S. Adams, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany D, sixth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant sol-
cher during the war; was loyal to Virginia and the Confederate States;
an

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

A very bad rupture brought on near Cold Harbor while in active ser-
vice: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Pulaski shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Thomas 8. Adams, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was
true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afllicted
and very much disabled and incapacitated for manual labor from rupture
brought on in battle; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid
from Virginia, and if the county court of Pulaski should send a certifi-
cate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of Thomas 8.
Adams on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dol-
lars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight.

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