Chap. 781.—An ACT for rehbef of R. D. Wells.

Approved Mareh 3, 1898.

Whereas R. 1D. Wells, a disabled Confederate soldier of Company J,
third regiment of Virginia, was a true and gallant soldier during the late
war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

From several wounds received in war, old age, rheumatism, and gen-
eral poor health, contracted from exposure during active service in the
war, and is, therefore, unable to support himself, wife and daughters,
dependent upon him: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Dinwiddie shall examine into the condition of the above-named
R. D. Wells, 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
in destitute circumstances, and incapacitated for manual labor, by rea-
son of the effects of his service in the war; that he is needy and poor, and
should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Dinwiddie
should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of
Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the
me of R. D. Wells on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum
tifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred
d ninety-eight.

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