An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-299, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to devices signalling intention to turn or stop and rules therefor.
Volume 1968 Law 99
Volume | 1897/1898 |
---|---|
Law Number | 795 |
Subjects |
Law Body
Chap. 795.—An ACT for relief of John G. Childress. a Confederate soldier.
Approved March 3, 1898.
Whereas John G. Childress, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany F, fifty-sixth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant
soldier during the civil war; was loyal to Virginia and the Confederate
States; and
Whereas he is now suffering from the following disability—to-wit:
(zeneral debility, old age, and very nervous. In fact, is generally
broken down; result of exposure and hardships while in active service:
therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Goochland shall examine into the condition of the above-
named John (+. Childress, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now
atHicted and is very poor and unable to maintain himself and ineapaci-
tuted for manual labor, the result of a combination of discases received
in the Confederate army; that he is needy and poor, and should receive
aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Goochland 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 name of
John G. Childress 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.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.