Chap. 932.—An ACT for relief of John R. Groves.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas John R. Groves, a wounded Confederate soldier of the forty-
ninth regiment of Virginia infantry, was a true and gallant soldier during
the whole war; was loyal to Virginia; and

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

From wounds received during the war; he now has the dropsy, and 1s
unable to perform manual labor: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Fauquier shall examine into the condition of the above-named
John R. Groves, a Confederate soldier; and should it be that he was true
and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now afflicted from
his wounds, and has the dropsy, and is incapacitated for manual labor;
that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if
the county court of Fauquier 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 R. Groves 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.