Chap. 776.—An ACT for relief of Catherine Stone.

Approved March 8, 1898,

Whereas Joseph H. Stone, a deceased Confederate soldier of Company
[, thirty-seventh battalion of Virginia cavalry, was a true and gallant
soldier during the late war; was loyal to Virginia, and died from his
wounds; and ,

Whereas his widow, now suffering from the following disabilities—to
wit:

Is totally blind, and seventy-six years of age, and dependent upon
charity: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Grayson shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Catherine Stone, widow of a Confederate soldier; and shall it be that he
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that she is now
afflicted and incapacitated for manual labor; that she is needy and poor,
and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Grayson
should send a certificate of the facts, including the fact that he died
from wounds, to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of Catherine
Stone on the pension list, and pay her 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.