Chap. 742.—An ACT for the relief of John N. Blanks, a disabled Confederate
soldier of Amherst county.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas John N. Blanks, of Amherst county, Virginia, was a Con-
federate soldier during the late w ar, in which he lost an arm, and was
otherwise disabled from service; and

Whereas he was placed upon the pension list and drew May twenty-
first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, his first pension of thirty dul-
Jars per year, and has been upon the pension list ever since; and

Whereas he was entitled to draw a likewise sum May twenty- -tirst,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, under the pension law, but was bed-
ridden at that time and had been. for years, and was unable to appear
before the ju:lye of the county court at that time as prescribed by law,
and having failed to receive that amount for that year for the re axons
above set forth: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the audi-
tor of public accounts be, and he is hereby, directed to draw his warrant
upon thestate treasurer for the amount of fifteen dollars in favor of the
said John N. Blanks a pension for the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-eight, as if he had appeared before the county court of Amherst
county and proven his claims as prescribed by law at that time.

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