Chap. 942.—An ACT for relief of Thomas II. Durham, a needy Confederate soldier
of Essex county.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas Thomas H. Durham, a gallant Confederate soldier of Com-
pany B, first regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant sol-
dier during the Confederate war; was loval to Virginia; and

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

Total loss of right eve, and wound of left ear (causing complete deaf-
ness), and a broken jaw-bone on left side of face, together with broken
collar-bone, received in the war: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Essex shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Thomas I{. Durham, 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 disabled and ineapacitated for manual labor; that he is needy and
poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of
Kssex 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 Thomas H. Durham 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 -eivht.

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