Chap. 185.—An ACT to provide commutation to certain maimed sol-
diers, sailors, and marines, in lieu of artificial limbs or eyes, hereto-
fore provided by law.

Approved March 12, 1878.

Whereas the sum of ten thousand dollars, appropriated by
the act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved March
the twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, by
way of commutation to soldiers maimed in war, in lieu of
artificial limbs and eyes, theretofore provided by law, has
been exhausted, and mauy soldiers entitled to such commu-
tation have not received it; therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be and the same is hereby
appropriated out of the public treasury, to be paid as is here-
inafter provided, to such soldiers, sailors, and marines as have
not heretofore received limbs or eyes, or commutation in
money for the same, under any of the acts of the goneral
assembly heretofore passed for that purpose, and are entitled
to the same in accordance with the provisions of said acts.

2. Any such soldier, sailor, or marine, disabled in such
manner as to prevent the use of his limbs or eyes in manual
labor, induced by wounds or surgical operations rendered
necessary thereby, who shall furnish the certificate required
by the seventeenth section of chapter seventy-six of the
Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall be enti-
tled to commutation at the rate of sixty dollars each, ia lieu
of the limb or eye provided by law.

3. Hereafter the testimony upon which the certificate of
the county judge is issued, shall accompany the certificate
required by law; both of which shall be transmitted by the
clerk of the county court to the auditor of public accounts;
and it shall be the duty of the auditor to examine such testi-
mony, and unless, in his judgment, the testimony aforesaid
shall make out a case of disability, as required by law, he
shail not issue his warrant for the commutation provided by
this act.

4, The auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized to
issue his warrants on the-treasury to pay the claims properly
allowed under this act; and the same sball be paid out of
the money therein, not otherwise appropriated, in the order
of time in which such claims may have been transmitted, or
may hereafter be transmitted to the auditor as aforesaid.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.