Chap. 1182.—An ACT for the relief of S. H. Coleman, senior, a Confederate
soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas S. H. Coleman, senior, a wounded Confederate soldier of
the Staunton artillery, was a true and gallant soldier during the war;
was loyal to his state; and

Whereas he is now suffering from the following disability—to wit:

He was rendered almost totally deaf by the explosion of a limber
chest on June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, when and where he
was seriously wounded ; and

Whereas said S. H. ‘Coleman, senior, is disabled by reason of said
wound; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
hustings court of Roanoke city shall examine into the condition of
the above-named S. H. Coleman, senior, a Confederate soldier, and
should it appear that he was a true and loval soldier to Virginia through
the war, and that he is now incapacitated for manual labor by reason
of a wound received during the war, and should receive aid from the
state of Virginia, and if said court should send a certificate of such
facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia, then the auditor
of public accounts is directed to place the name of S. H. Coleman,
senior, on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fifteen
dollars, on and after the first dav of April, nineteen hundred.

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