Chap. 793.—An ACT for the relief of John Henry Fears, a blind Confederate
soldier.

Approved March 3, 1898,

Whereas John Henry Fears, a blind Confederate soldier of Company
k, twenty-first regiment of Virginia, was a true and gallant soldier
during the late war between the states; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

Total blindness, consequent upon service in the war:

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Nottoway shall examine into the condition of the above-named
John Henry Fears, 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 blind as above set forth, and incapacitated for manual labor; that
he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the
county court of Nottoway should send a certificate of the facts to the
auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public ac-
counts is directed to place the name of John Henry Fears 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.