Chap. 931.—An ACT for relief of George W. Bledsoe, a disabled Confederate sol-
dier, of Madison county.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas George W. Bledsoe, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany B, second regiment of Virginia cavalry, was a true and gallant sol-
dier during the civil war; was loyal to Virginia;.and

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

From wounds received at Winchester, Virginia, in November, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-four, and from the effects of a cancer developed
from such wound: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Madison shall examine into the condition of the above-named
George W. Bledsoe, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was
true and loyalto Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted
and disabled and incapacitated for manual labor; that he is needy and
poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of
Madison 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 George W. Bledsoe 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.