CHAPTER 426

An Act to appropriate certain sums of money in aid of certain Confederate
Memorial Associations and organizations of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy in Virginia, to be used in caring for Confederate
cemeteries and graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors not other-
wise cared for in cemeteries, and in erecting and caring for markers
and monuments to such soldiers and sailors.

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Approved April 3, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. A sum sufficient, estimated at eleven thousand and five dollars, or so
much thereof as may be needed, is hereby appropriated out of any money in
the general fund of the State treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for
each year of the biennium ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six,
which amounts so appropriated annually shall be in lieu of all other
appropriations out of the State treasury for the same purposes, and the
Comptroller of the Commonwealth is instructed and empowered to draw
warrants upon the State Treasurer annually in favor of the treasurers of
the following Confederate memorial associations and chapters of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy for the following sums of money payable
out of these annual appropriations, to be by their respective associations
and organizations expended in caring for Confederate cemeteries and
graves therein and graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors not other-
wise cared for in other cemeteries, and in erecting and caring for markers,
memorials, and monuments to the memory of said soldiers and sailors;
and the said associations and organizations, through their proper officers
are hereby required to settle their accounts annually with the Comptroller
of the Commonwealth by reports on official forms accompanied by all
vouchers. These reports shall show the exact work done in caring for
cemeteries herein specified and the graves of. Confederate soldiers and
sailors and in erecting and caring for markers, memorials and monuments
to the memory of said soldiers and sailors, showing the money expended
and the balance in the treasury of each said association and organization.
These accounts shall be acknowledged before a commissioner in chancery,
a notary public, or a clerk of the court.

Abingdon, U. D. C., one hundred fifty dollars;

Accomack-Jefferson Davis Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred dollars;

Amelia, fifty dollars;

Appomattox, two hundred fifty dollars;

Ashland-Hanover Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dollars;

Alleghany County, U. D. C., one hundred dollars;

Bath County Confederate Memorial Association, one hundred dollars;

Belle Haven-Robert E. Lee Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five dollars;

Big Stone Gap, U. D. C., one hundred dollars;

Blacksburg-Montgomery, fifty dollars;

Blue Ridge Grays Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;

Boydton Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Botetourt-Buchanan, U. D. C., fifty dollars;

Bristol Confederate Memorial Association, one h

Buckingham Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred doll

Centerville Ridge Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five a

Chariotte-Simeon T. Walton Chapter, U. D. C.
ollars;

Charlottesville-Albemarle Chapter, U. D. C., two I

Chase City Confederate Memorial Association, |

Chesterfield Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dollar

wlistiansburg-Capr, Hamilton D. Wade Chapter
ars;

City Point Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Clarksville Chapter, U. D. C., thirty dollars;
Clifton Forge, Julia Jackson Chapter, U. D .C., fi
Courtland Confederate Memorial Association, te)
Craig-New Castle, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Crewe-Nottoway Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five d
Culpeper Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Dinwiddie Confederate Memorial Association, sev
Elliott Grays Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dollé
Emory Confederate Memorial Association, one hu:
Fairfax Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dollars;
Farmville Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Fauquier-Piedmont Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollar:
Floyd County Confederate Memorial Associatior
dollars;
Franklin County Confederate Memorial Associat
ars;
Fredericksburg Confederate Memorial Associatio

lars;
Gate City-Estill Memorial, fifty dollars;
Giles-McComas Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dol
Glade Creek Cemetery Corp., fifty dollars;
Gloucester-Sally Tompkins Chapter, U. D. C., fift
Gordonsville Confederate Memorial Association, fi
Atkins Cemetery-Grayson County, twenty-five dol
Bethel Church Cemetery, thirty-five dollars;
Comers Rock, fifteen dollars;
Bridle Creek, fifteen dollars;
Fox Creek, fifteen dollars;
Gold Hill Cemetery, ten dollars;
Haw Orchard Cemetery, fifteen dollars;
Hines Branch Cemetery, twenty-five dollars;
Independence, twenty-five dollars;
Jerusalem Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery,
Lebanon, fifty dollars;
Liberty Hill Cemetery, forty dollars;
Pleasant Grove Cemetery, ten dollars;
Providence Cemetery, twenty dollars;
Rugby Cemetery, fifteen dollars;
Saddle Creek, twenty-five dollars;
Spring Valley, fifteen dollars;
Greensville County, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Hampton Confederate Memorial Association, one
Harrisonburg-Turner Ashby Chapter, U. D. C., th
Henry County, Mildred Lee Chapter, U. D. c., fif
Hillsboro-Albemarle County Confederate Memorial
dollars;

Hope Maury Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Huguenot Springs, Richmond Chapter, U. D. C., on
Isle of Wight Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred dollar
Janet Randolph Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five doll:
Junior Hollywood Memorial Association, fifty dollar
Lancaster Confederate Memorial Association, fifty «
Lee Chapter, U. D. C. Richmond, one hundred dolla:
Lexington-Mary Custis Lee Chapter, U. D. C., seve
Louisa Confederate Memorial Association, forty dc
Madison, U. D. C. Chapter, twenty-five dollars;
Manassas Confederate Memorial Association, sever
Manassas Junction Confederate Memorial Associ
ollars;

Martinsville-Mildred Lee Chapter, U. D. C., fifteen
Mathews-Sally Tompkins Chapter, U. D. C., fifty do.
Middlesex Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Mount Jackson Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred fifty
New Market Confederate Memorial Association, on
five dollars;
New River Grays, U. D. C., seventy-five dollars ;
Norfolk-Pickett Buchanan Chapter, U. D. C., one ht
Northumberland County Confederate Memorial As:
dred fifty dollars;
Patrick County Confederate Memorial Association,
Petersburg Memorial Association, seven hundred d
Petersburg Chapter, U. D. C. for Prince George, fif:
Pittsylvania County-Rawley Martin Chapter, U. L
dollars;
Portsmouth Confederate Memorial Association, seve
Prince George Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dolla)
Prize Hill Cemetery Association, Boonesville, V
dollars;
Pulaski Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five dollars;
Radford Chapter, U. D. C., seventy-five dollars;
Roanoke Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred fifty dolla
Salyer Lee Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five dollars;
Scottsville Confederate Memorial Association, thit
Scott County:
Lawson’s Cemetery, one hundred dollars;
Nickelsville Cemetery, one hundred dollars;
Rollins Cemetery, fifty dollars;
Yuma Cemetery Association, Confederate Memori:
five dollars;
Smyth County-Holston Chapter, U. D. C., one hund
South Boston-Halifax Chapter, U. D. C., one hundr
Spotsylvania C. H. Ladies Memorial Association,
dollars ;.
Stafford Rangers Chapter, U. D. C., twenty-five do
Staunton-Confederate Section, Thornrose Cemete:
dollars;
Stonewall Jackson Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Strasburg-Stover Camp Chapter, U. D. C., fifty doll:
Tazewell Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred dollars;
Warren Rifles Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred twen
Warrenton-Black Horse Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dolle
West Point Chapter, U. D. C., fifty dollars;
Williamsburg Confederate Memorial Association, fifty dollars;
Winchester-Stonewall Confederate Memorial Association, six hundred
dollars;
Woodstock, U. D. C. Chapter, fifty dollars;
Wytheville, Wythe Grey Chapter, U. D. C., one hundred dollars;
Wythe County:
St. John’s Cemetery, thirty-five dollars;
St. Mary’s Cemetery, thirty-five dollars;
St. Paul’s Cemetery, thirty-five dollars;
Yellow Tavern-Stuart Monument, Richmond Chapter, U. D. C., two
hundred fifty dollars;
York County-Bethel Memorial Association, one hundred dollars;
Albemarle Chapter, No. 1, U. D. C. No. 154, St. Paul’s Cemetery, Ivy,
Virginia, seventy-five dollars;
Westerly Chapel Cemetery, Free Union, Albemarle County, seventy-
five dollars;
Mary Custis Lee-Seventeenth Virginia Regiment Chapter, U. D. C.,
Alexandria, one hundred dollars;
Mountain Plain Cemetery, Albemarle County, seventy-five dollars ;
Provided, however, that if in any county or city hereinbefore named
there is no Confederate Memorial Association or Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the amount hereby approximated for such
county or city shall, on the application of the governing body thereof, be
paid to the treasurer of such county or city and expended by its governing
body for the purposes hereinbefore specified, and said governing body
shall make the report of such expenditures to the Comptroller.