Chap. 783.—An ACT for relief of Henry P. Huddleston.

Approved March 3, 1898.

Whereas Henry P. Huddleston, a disabled Confederate soldier of Vir-
nia, Was a true and gallant soldier during the late war; was loyal to
irginia; and

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

From a gun-shot wound through the elbow of his right arm in the
attle of Hlatcher’s Run, which has rendered it nearly useless: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
ourt of Bedford shall examine into the condition of the above-named
lenry P. Huddleston, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he
ras true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now
{Hicted and disabled from said gun-shot wound and incapacitated fo:
vanual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid fron
Virginia, and if county court of Bedford 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 Henry P. Huddleston
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.