Chap. 936.—An ACT for the relief of Lodowick C. Debo.

Approved March 4, 1898.

Whereas Lodowick C. Debo, a disabled Confederate soldier of Com-
pany D, twenty-cighth reviment 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 disabilities—to-wit:

A wound received in the battle of Hatcher’s run on or about March
thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, in the right arm near the
elbow, causing serious stiffness of hig arm, partially disabling him:
therefore,

1. Be itenacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Bedford county shall examine into the condition of the above-
named Lodowick C. Debo, 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 partially disabl cd on account of wounds, and incapacitated
for manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should receive aid
from Virginia, and if the county court of Bedford should send a certifi-
cate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the
auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of Lodowick C.
Debo on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dol-
lars, on and after the first day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.