Chap. 992.—An ACT for the relief of Mistress Mary F. Lochard, widow of a Con-
federate soldier of Franklin county, Virginia.

Approved March 4, 1898.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Mary F.
Lochard, widow of David M. Lochard, of Franklin county, Virginia,
who lost his life in consequence of a wound received on the ninth day of
August, elghteen hundred and sixty-two, in a battle fought at Cedar
Mountain, Culpeper county, Virginia, while in the discharge of his du-
ties as a Confederate soldier in the late war between the states, shall be
entitled to aid under an act of the general assembly of Virginia, approved
March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, ‘entitled an act to give

auld to soldiers, sailors and marines of Virginia maimed or disabled in the
war between the states, and to widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and
marines who lost their lives in coneequence of said war in ‘the military
service; but the said Mary F. Lochard is to be listed and paid fiften dol-

Jars per annum: provided, that the facts herein alleged shall be proven
before the county court of Franklin county.

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

V2, P46, Bray, 2248 and Lr4¥, code of Virginia, relating to registration of
births and deaths.