Chap. 37.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the act approved November 20, 1902,
entitled “an act to provide for the payment of pensioners under the pension act
of April 2, 1902. whose claims were not approved and filed in the office of the
auditor of public accounts prior to September 1, 1902.”

Approved December 15, 1902. .

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the act ap-
proved November twentieth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “an act
to provide for the payment of pensioners under the pension act of April
second, nineteen hundred and two, whose claims were not approved and
filed in the office of the auditor of public accounts prior to September
first, ninetcen hundred and: two,” be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Whereas a large number of persons who have applied for pensions
under the pension act approved April second, nineteen hundred and two,
were unable to have their applications examined by the pension boards
and approved by the courts in time to have their claims filed in the office
of the auditor of public accounts prior to the first day of September, nine-
teen hundred and two, and consequently could not be paid their pensions
for the year nineteen hundred and two: therefore,

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the audi-
tor of public accounts be, and he hereby is, directed to draw his warrant
upon the treasury in favor of each of said pensioners whose claim shall
have been approved and filed in his office prior to the first day of Febru-
ary, nineteen hundred and three; and for the purposes of this act the
judges of the circuit courts may re-examine and approve such applica-
tions in vacation, and when satisfied that the applicant is entitled to aid
under the provisions of said act of April seventh, nineteen hundred and
two, shall order the clerk of the court whercin said application is pending
to certify to the auditor of public accounts that the applicant comes
within the provisions of said act and is entitled to the relief therein pro-
vided for: but under the provisions of this act no application shall be
considered which has not been filed in the clerk’s office and acted upon
by the local board: prior to the passage of this act.

2. This being an emergency act, shall be in force from its passage.