Chap. 281.—An ACT to appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of removing
the remains of the wife and of the daughter of James Monroe from Oakhill, in
Loudoun county, to Hollywood, in the city of Richmond.

Approved May 20, 1903.

Whereas, James Monroe, twice governor of Virginia and twice presi-
dent of the United States, died in the city of New York, where he was
buried ; and,

Whereas, just prior to the civil war, his body was removed by authority
of the State of Virginia to the city of Richmond, and interred in Holly-
wood cemetery, where it now rests; and,

Whereas, his wife and his oldest daughter, whose death had preceded
his own, were buried at Oakhill, the old homestead in Loudoun county,
which has long since passed out of the possession of the family; and,

Whereas, it is fitting that these loved ones, though dead, should not be
separated ; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the sum of
five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the
same is hereby, appropriated for the purpose of removing the remains
of Mistress Monroe and of her daughter fom Oakhill to Hollywood.

2. That the removal be under the direction of John R. Hooper, super-
intendent of Hollywood cemetery, upon whose requisition the auditor of
public accounts is instructed to draw his warrants upon the treasurer of
Virginia, in such sums as may be required for all the expense connected
with the removal and re-interment, not to exceed in the aggregate the
amount hereby appropriated.

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