Chap. 819.—An ACT for the relief of C. M. Hicks, a Confederate soldier.
Approved March 4, 1896.
Whereas C. M. Hicks, a resident of Spotsylvania county, who was
an honorable and faithful Confederate soldier in company D, thir-
tieth Virginia regiment, and was wounded in an engagement, taken
prisoner, and is now seventy-two years old, infirm and in needy cir-
cumstances, which should entitle him to a pension; therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That upon
proof of the alleged facts before the county court of Spotsylvania
the auditor of public accounts is directed to pay him annually the
sum of thirty dollars out of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.