Chap. 777.—An ACT for relief of Julia W. Johnson.

Approved March 3, 189s.

Whereas John R. Johnson, a deceased Confederate soldier of Company
B, twenty-second regiment of Virginia infantry, was atrue and gallant
soldier during the war; was loyal to Virginia; and

Whereas he was wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg and died
from said wounds; and that he and Julia W. Johnson were lawfully
married prior to said war, and she is still unmarried, and has no pro-
perty of any kind and no means of support: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Lunenburg shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Julia W. Johnson, a widow of a Confederate soldier; and should it be
that he was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he died
from wounds received in the war, and that she is needy and poor, and
should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Lunen-
burg should send a certificate of the facts, to the auditor of public ac-
counts of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to
place the name of Julia W. Johnson on the pension list, and pay her
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.