Chap. 1181.—An ACT for the relief of Margaret BE. Morgan, widow of a
Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas Mistress Margaret E. Morgan is the widow of John James
Morgan, deceased, who was a soldier of company F, second Virginia
cavalry, who was a true and gallant soldier during the late war, and
loyal to Virginia; and

Whereas the said Mistress Margaret E. Morgan is now destitute, old,
and without any income whatever; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
hustings court of the city of Roanoke shall examine into the condition
of the above-named Mistress Margaret E. Morgan, widow of John
James Morgan,a Confederate soldier as aforesaid,and should it be found
that he was true and loyal to Virginia during the war, and that he is
now dead, and died from injuries sustained in service during said war,
and that she is now incapacitated for manual labor, that she is needy
and poor and should receive aid from Virginia, and if the hustings
court of the city of Roanoke should send a certificate of the facts to
the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor of public
accounts is directed to place the name of Mistress Margaret E. Morgan
on the pension list, and pav her annually the sum of fifteen dollars, on
and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred.

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