Chap. 1476.—An ACT for the relief of E. T. Brooks, a Confederate soldier.

Approved March 7, 1900.

Whereas E. T. Brooks, a disabled Confederate soldier, of company
C, heavy artillery, T. P. Wilkinson, captain, was a true and gallant
soldier during the civil war; was loyal to Virginia and the Confederate
states; and

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

General debility, old age, and almost total blindness. In fact, is
generally broken down; result of exposure and hardships while in active
service; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
county court of Hanover shall examine into the condition of the above-
named E. T. Brooks, a Confederate soldier, and should it be that he
was true and loyal to Virginia through the war, and that he is now
afflicted and is very poor, and unable to maintain himself, and in-
capacitated for manual labor; that he is needy and poor, and should
receive aid from Virginia; and if the county court of Hanover should
send a certificate of facts to the auditor of public accounts of Virginia,
then the auditor of public accounts is directed to place the name of
E. T. Brooks on the pension list, and pay him annually the sum of fif-
teen dollars on and after the first day of April, nineteen hundred.

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