Chap. 1179.—An ACT for the relief of Bernard B. Harris, a disabled Confed-
erate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas Bernard B. Harris, of company B., nineteenth Virginia regi-
ment, a disabled Confederate soldier, is suffering from wounds received
at Gettysburg. and was a true and gallant soldier during the war, and
was loyal to Virginia; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
county court of Albemarle shall examine into the condition of the
above-named Bernard B. Harris, a Confederate soldier, and should it
be found that he was true and loval to Virginia through the war,
and that he is now afflicted and disabled, and incapacitated for manual
Jabor, by reason of injury, disease, or old age; that he is poor and
needy, and should receive aid from Virginia; and if the county court
of Albemarle shall send a certificate of the fact to the auditor of
public accounts in Virginia, then the auditor of public accounts is
directed to place the name of Bernard B. Harris on the pension list,
and pay him annually the sum of fifteen dollars on and after the first
day of April, nineteen hundred.

2. This act shall be enforced from its passage.