Chap. 933.—An ACT for the relief of J. W. Headen.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas John W. Headen, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany A, twenty-fourth 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:

The loss of a right eye while in the military service of the Confede-
racy, and recently has been afflicted with a severe hernia: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Roanoke shall examine into the condition of the above-named
John W. Headen, 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 in needy circumstances and incapacitated for manual labor; that
he is needy and poor, and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the
county court of Roanoke 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 W. Headen 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.