Chap. 1017.—An ACT for the relief of Mary A. Ferguson, the widow of a
Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas Mary A. Ferguson is the widow of a Confederate soldier,
whose husband was a true and gallant soldier during the late war, and
who died during the retreat from Gettysburg from sunstroke occasioned
by exposure at the battle of Gettysburg and on the retreat theretrom;
and

Whereas the said Mary A. Ferguson has remained unmarried since
the death of her said husband, and is now old and destitute—in fact,
being almost dependent upon the public charity for her support; there-
fore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That if the
hustings court of the city of Roanoke shall examine into the condition
of the said Mary A. Ferguson, the widow of a Confederate soldier, and
should it be true that her husband was a gallant soldier during the
late war, loyal to Virginia, and that she is needy and poor and should
receive aid from Virginia; and if the hustings court of Roanoke city
should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts
of Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts shall place the name of
said Mary A. Ferguson, the widow of a Confederate soldier, upon the
pension list, and pay her a widow’s pension of forty dollars.

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