Chap. 943.—An ACT for the relief of S. W. Thornton.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas S. W. Thornton was a Confederate soldier of Company B,
fifty-seventh regiment of Virginia infantry; was a true and gallant soldier
during the said w ar; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

From a wound received at Gettysburg, which has destroyed large por-
tions of the muscles of one leg, leaving him largely incapacitated to do
any physical labor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Franklin shall examine into the condition of the above-named
S. W. Thornton, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true
and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted, old,
and without means; that he is necdy and poor, and should receive aid
from Virginia, and if the county court of Franklin should certify the
above as facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of 8. W. Thorn-
ton 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.