Chap. 720,—An ACT forthe relief of Frank Geschky, a disabled Confederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1598,

Whereas Frank Geschky, a disabled Confederate soldier of Mosby’s
battalion of Virginia cavalry, was a true and gallant soldier during the
late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

Whereas he 1s now suffering from the following disabilities—to-wit:

Direct inguinal hernia on right side; hypertrophy and valvular lesions
of the heart, chronie bronchitis and asthma, and varicose veins of the
left thigh. resulting from a wound received in hip during the war, and
general debility: therefore,

1, Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Prince William shall examine into the condition of the above-
named Frank Geschky, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was
true and Joval to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afllicted and
In destitute circumstances, and incapacitated for manual labor by reason
of wounds received in the Confederate service; that he is needy and poor,
and should receive aid from Virginia, and if county court of Prince
Wilham should send a certificate of the facta to the auditor of public
accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed to
place the name of Frank Geschky on the pension list, and pay him
annually the sum of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of Apri,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

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