Chap. 762.—An ACT for the relief of James L. Cole, a disabled Confederate soldier.

Approved March 38, 1898.

Whereas James L. Cole, a disabled Confederate soldier of Company A,
forty-ninth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant soldier
during the late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

From wounds received in the service of the Confederacy and chronic
inflammation of the stomach, which disables him from performing m
ual labor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the cou!
court of Prince William shall examine into the condition of the abo
named James L. Cole, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is n
afflicted and in needy circumstances, and incapacitated for manual lak
directly or indirectly the effect of wounds; that he is needy and po
and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Pri
William should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public
counts of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is directed
place the name of James I.. Cole on the pension list, and pay him an
ally the sum of fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, ei
teen hundred and ninety- eight.

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