Chap. 813.—An ACT to place the name of Benjamin E. Ward, a Confederat:
soldier, of Lunenburg county, on the pension roll.

Approved March 4, 1896.

Whereas Benjamin E. Ward, of Lunenburg county, a private i:
ompany E, twenty-second battalion, Field’s brigade, and wa
vounded in a skirmish at Fort Clifton during the late war betwee:
he states; and

Whereas he was allowed a pension of fifteen dollars per annun
»y the county court of Lunenburg county, but the payment of whicl
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was refused by the auditor of public accounts because the said B. E
Ward’s case did not come technically under the Jaw to pensior
soldiers, sailors, and marines of Virginia disabled in the war be
tween the states; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That th
auditor of public accounts be, and is hereby, directed to place th
name of Benjamin KE. Ward on the pension rolls of Virginia as enti
tled to receive a pension of fifteen dollars per year.

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