Chap. 740.—An ACT for the relicf of Wiley W. Duncan.

Approved March 3, 1893.

Whereas Wiley W. Duncan, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany A, fiftieth regiment of Virginiainfantry, was atrue and gallant sol-
dier during the late war; was loyal to Vireinia; and

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

Having contracted, while in the service of the Confederacy, small-pox,
from which he lost his left eye, and so seriously impaired the sight of his
right eye that he cannot perform manual labor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Lee shall examine into the condition of the above-named W iley
W. Duncan, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true and
loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted as above
set forth and from the causes recited and in destitute circumstances, and
incapacitated for manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should re-
ceive ald from Virgina, and if the county court of Lee should send a certifi-
cate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the naine of Wiley W.
Duncan on the pension-list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen
dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eivht.

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