Chap. 775.~—An ACT for relief of J. Wright.

Approved March 3, 1&98.

Whereas John Wright, a disabled Confederate soldier of Company G,
twenty-first regiment, second brigade, Jackson’s division, was a true
and gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

He was shot through the hips, and has been disabled by said wound
to such an extent that he has never recovered from its effects, and is not
able to perform manual labor in consequence of said wound: therefore,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Dinwiddie shall examine into the condition of the above-named
John Wright, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true
and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted and
in destitute circumstances, and incapacitated for manual labor by reason
of the effects of wounds; that he is needy and poor, and should receive
aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Dinwiddie 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 John
Wright 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-
eicht.

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