Chap. 779.—An ACT for rehef of Joseph Perry
Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Joseph Perry, a Confederate soldier of Company I, of Vir-
ginia, was a true and callant soldier during the war; was loyal to Vi irginia;
and

Whereas he is now sufferine from the following disabilitv—from the

effects of a fall from a horse while chareing at the battle of Bainesville:

1. Be it enacted by the veneral assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of King George shall examine into the condition of the above-
named Joseph Perry, 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, from the effects of the fall from his
horse as above set forth; that he is needy and poor, and should re-
ceive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of King George should
send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Vir-
ginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name
of Joseph Perry 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.

This act shall be in force from its passace.