Chap. 726.—An ACT for the relief of Jacob Fisher, a wounded Confederate soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Jacob Fisher, a wounded Confederate soldier of Company

F, thirty-sixth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant
anldiar dumna tha late ware was Inval tan Virginia: and
Whereas he is now suffering from the following disabilitv—to-wit:

From a wound in the thigh, mouth, and shoulder: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Craig shall examine into the condition. of the above-named
Jacob Fisher, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true
and loval to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted, and
destitute and incapacitated for manual labor as a result of said wounds
received whilst in the service; that he is needy and poor, and should
receive ald from Virginia, and if the county court of Craig should send
a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia,
then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of
Jacob Fisher on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fif-
teen dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eleht.

2. This act shall bein force from its passage.