Chap. 1237.—An ACT for the relief of John S. Cooke, a disabled Confederate
soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas John S. Cooke, a disabled Confederate soldier, is suffering
from rheumatism and old age, 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
John 8. Cooke, a Confederate soldier, and should it be found that he
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now
afflicted and disabled, and incapacitated for manual labor 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 John S.
Cooke 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 in force from its passage.