Chap. 1310.—An ACT for the relief of F. W. Wells, of Dinwiddie county.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas F. W. Wells, a disabled Confederate soldier of company I,
third Virginia cavalry, was a true and loyal soldier in the Confederate
service; and

Whereas he is suffering from the following disabilities—to-wit: From
a wound received in the battle of Mount Jackson, from which he has
never recovered and suffers continually from it; he also contracted
rheumatism while in the service, from which he has never recovered;
therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the county
court of Dinwiddie shall examine into the condition of the above-named
F. W. Wells, and should it be that the facts are as above stated, and
that he is now poor, needy, and incapacitated for manual labor, and is
deserving of help from Virginia, and if the county court of Dinwiddie
should send a certificate of the facts to the auditor of public accounts,
then the auditor is directed to place the name of F. W. Wells 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.