Chap. 1388.—An ACT for the relief of J. S. Cannon, of Spotsylvania county.
Virginia.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas J. S. Cannon, a disabled Confederate soldier of Braxton’s
battery, Fredericksburg artillery, was a true and gallant soldier dur-
ing the civil war; was loval to Virginia; and

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

Organic valvular disease of the heart, due to an attack of pneumonia
and measles contracted in the war, also exposure, resulting in dropsv
and shortness of breath, which renders him totally unfit for work
at all times and at times confines him to his bed; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
county court of Spotsvlvania shall examine into the condition of the
above-named J. 8. Cannon, a Confederate soldier, and should it be that
he was true and loval to Virginia through the war and that he is
now disabled, afflieted, and incapacitated for manual labor for causes
set out in the preamble of this act: 1s needy and poor and should receive
aid from Virginia, and if the county court of Spotsylvania county
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 J. S. Cannon 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.