Chap. 949.—An ACT for the relief of Jacob Akers, a wounded Confederate soldier.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas Jacob Akers, a wounded Confederate soldier of Company K,
twenty-fourth regiment of Virginia, Stonewall brigade, was a true and
gallant soldier during the entire war; was loyal to Virginia; and is now
disabled;

Whereas he is now suffering from the following disability—to wit: he
was wounded on the 5th of May, 1862, shot by a minie ball through
the left wrist, by which wound the bones were broken and shattered and
rendered entirely helpless for work:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the cor-
poration court of Radford City shall examine into the condition of the
above-named Jacob Akers, 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 poor and unable to support himself and incapacitated for
manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from
Virginia, and if corporation court of Radford City should send a certifi-
cate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of Jacob Akers
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.