Chap. 97.—An ACT to furnish John A. Brooks Artificial Eyes, or
Commutation therefor.

Approved February 18, 1875.

Whereas it is represented that John A. Brooks, a citizen
of Hanover county, Virginia, who enlisted in the service of
the Confederate States, in Page’s battery, lost both eyes in
battle while in such service; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the sum
of sixty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to
furnish the said John A. Brooks with a pair of artificial eves

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or commutation therefor, out of the fund appropriated by
the act entitled an act to provide artificial limbs for soldiers
maimed in war, or to allow commutation therefor; and the
auditor of public accounts is hereby required to issue his
warrant for the same, upon the production of a certificate
from the county judge of Hanover county setting forth the
foregoing tacts.. )
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.