Chap. 778.—An ACT for relief of Isaac Reedy.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Isaac Reedy, a disabled Confederate soldier of Company I,
fifty-first 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:
Anasarca or dropsy contracted while in the service, and from which he
has suffered ever since the war, being confined to his bed most of the time
of late, and being seventy- fixe years of age: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general ass sembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Grayson shall examine into the condition of the above- named
Isaac Reedy, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true and
loval to Virginia through the war, ‘and that he is now alflicted and suf-
fering from. dropsy contracted while in service and incapacitated for
manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from
Virginia, and if the 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 Isaac Reedy 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-eight.

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