Chap. 568.—An ACT for the relief of W. J. Mills, a disabled Confederate soldier,
of Hanover county.

Approved March 2, 1896.

Whereas William J. Mills, a disabled Confederate soldier, of Beaver
Dam district, in the county of Hanover, is confined to his room with
paralysis, and is unable by said affliction to attend court; and
Whereas it is alleged that the said disability was contracted by ex-
posure and wounds received in the late civil war, which facts if
established before the county court of Hanover county, would entitle
said Mills to receive a pension from the state of Virginia under the
act of the general. assembly providing for the aid of disabled Confed-
erate soldiers ; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
said William J. Mills shall be authorized and empowered to file a
written application in the county court of Hanover county without
making a personal appearance before said court for aid as a soldier
under the act approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
eight, and acts amendatory thereof, and said application shall be
sustained by proper affidavits. Upon the filing of such application
and production of proof the judge of said court shall be authorized
to grant to the said William J. Mills a pension as is now provided

y law.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.