Chap. 476.—An ACT for the relief of Eula O. Spence. [S B 134]
Approved March 26, 1928

Whereas on the sixteenth day of December, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, a certain truck belonging to the State highway commis-
sion of Virginia, and used in the construction of the State highway
system was being driven by Rollie Minnick, one of the employees of
said commission, upon its business, along one of the public highways
of the State of Virginia, near Lynchburg, known as the Link road.
and the said truck was not equipped with adequate brakes as required
by law, so that in going down a long hill on the said road, the said
truck could not be controlled by said driver and ran at a terrific rate
of speed down said hill around a curve into a new Chevrolet automo-
bile owned and then being driven along said public road by J. T. Left-
wich, totally demolishing the said automobile and killing Frank L.
Spence who was a passenger in said automobile; and,

Whereas, the said Frank L. Spence, who was at the time forty-two
years old, and earning a comfortable living for his wife, Eula ©.
Spence, left no estate so that the support and education of his family
of nine children, the youngest born shortly after his death, and the
eldest about fifteen years of age, now falls entirely on the said Eula
O. Spence, who is without means, and unable to support her children;
and,
Whereas, the State of Virginia is immune from suit on account of
the death of said.Frank L. Spence, but desires to make just compensa-
tion therefor; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That there
be, and hereby is, appropriated out of the fund in the State treasury
appropriated for the construction and reconstruction of State high-
ways and to meet federal aid, the sum of four thousand two hundred
dollars to Eula O. Spence and the auditor of public accounts is hereby
authorized and directed to draw his warrant in favor of Eula ©.
Spence for the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars.