Chap. 791.—An ACT for the relief of Mrs. Angeline Bruce, widow of a Confederate
soldier.

Approved March 3, 1&9s,

Whereas Willian D. Bruce, of Greene county, a dead Confederate sol-
dier of Company C, thirteenth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true
and gallant soldier during the civil war; was loyal to Virginia, and who
died from his wounds; and

Whereas his widow is now in needy circumstances from the following
disability—to-wit:

Whereas Angeline Bruce, the widow of William D. Lruce, a totally
disabled Confederate soldier, but now dead from such wounds received
in battle, and on account of the needy condition of his widow: there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Greene shall examine into the condition of the above-named Ange-
line Bruce, the widow of a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was
true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now dead and
his widow is in needy circumstances, and incapacitated for manual
labor; that she is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia,
and if the county court of Greene county 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 Angeline Bruce 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.