Chap. 770.—An ACT for the relief of Elizabeth Cornett.
Approved March 8, 1898.

Whereas E. W. Cornett, a deceased Confederate soldier of Company
F, fourth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant soldier
during the late war, was loyal to Virginia and died from results of
wounds received in battle; and

Whereas his widow is now suffering from the following disalility—to
wit:

Feeble in health and without means of support: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Grayson shall examine into the condition of the above-named
Mistress Elizabeth Cornett, widow of a Confederate soldier; and should
it be that he was true and loyal to Virginia through the war and died
from result of wounds, and that she is now afflicted and incapacitated
for manual labor; that she is needy and poor, and should receive aid
from Virginia, and if county court of Grayson 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 Mistress
Elizabeth Cornett on the pension list, and pay her annually the sum of
fifteen dollars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight.

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