The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-03-27
An Important Bill to Manned Sol
diara
The following is the bill known as the .sMaim
cd Soldiers bill, passed by the Legislature
which has become q law.

The following is the bill known MS the .uai,,
cd Soldiers bill, passed by the legislature
which has become law,
Bit TO give aid TO the citizens of Vir1inia ,no,d
ca Gnd MANNED during the late soa sshfe ssrgi,,e
as soldiers, sailors on marines,
Be u enacted by The General 1sses,bl,, of Iy,.a,
"a, Inat the sum of sixty thousanX dollars ha
r1 y reteDy appropriated out of the public
on applications heretofore made under the act
o al assembly approved February fourteenth
elgnteen hundred and eighty-tWo entitled an
act to provide communication to such Mains Ell
SOLDIERS sailors and marines in lieu OF
not heretofore have received the same S, LIZ
| ene PROVISIONS of former acts and also the
t tIs when may hereafter be allowed under
puDlc accounts is hereby authorized to Issue
ms MS warrants ON the treasury to pay the
| same 70 the parties entitled thereto IN the or.
ger OF Time in which they have been and ma,
n nereaiter pe received and filed in his office
sheII s,t Inat the auditor ofpubic accounts
s H nos Degln 10 pay claims until the LIST of
August, IoSd And the auditor of public ac-
counts snail audit all such claims in two classes
Glass !. Claims Of soldiers or marines who
ubicb ns sh received any aid from the State
CLASS Claims of soldiers or marines who
nave received aid from the State which shall
not aos ne paid anything until the claims OF the
hise CLASS nave been paid.
a 4 any citlzen of this State who shall here
alter FURNISH certificate from the conrt Of his
Late war " a showing that during the
2tate, ne was engaged in military service Of
snis oeate or The Confederate States as n soldier
ii, VI marlneand while in such service lost a
imp, or eye.or was so seriously and permanentlv
oisaDled by wounds or surgical oDeration render
dat ~ sy merely as to prevent him at the
us ia u sucn cert1hcate from performing man.
ual labor, or that while so engaged in such mil
r.ary service he lost a limb or eye, or was so
permanently disabled by wounds or surgical
operation. and has since SO losing his limb. or
Eye ~, or Delng SO permanently disabled, remain
eu continuously in this State and is now a elf
of oDxy limo
celved an artificial limb, or eye or Commute
lion lion money or pension from any other State or
within five years before the date of his appii-
caIlon received under the provisions of any
iimh or e oi assembly OF this State an artificial
a,,IU, VI eye, or communication money shall be
entltleq TO the sum of sixty dollars to be paid
as ProvIaed IN this act. Provided that any SUCH
appucanI VINO has heretofore received an arti-
nclal limb or communication therefore from this
State snail he entitled to the relief given in
chased with the Communion money received
mas Deen worn out or lost, and provided fur
thur that when such applicant has lost both
legs, or both arms or both ewes he shall he en-
titleo 70 the sum of sixty dollars for each limb
OF eye iost, or having lost only leg has not
tied to the sum of sixty dollars Before the
court shall give such certificate it shall require
ene applicant to state in his written application
verified by oath, in what command he was
serving when wounded; when, where and how
ta1t 40 the nature Of the wound and the
Tent OF his disability at that time, and whether
or not ne has at any time previous received any
Eninp, eye, or communication money from this
oIate, ana, II so, the date, nature and amount
" the AID SO received; and the court shall fur
Cner require competent physician to certify
IN Wrlg1ng and under oath the full nature Of the
wound and the extent of the disability of the
applicant at that date, and this certificate of
Inc physician, together with the other evidence
N support of the application given before the
'ourts shall be reduced to writing, and certified
and returned by the clerk, with the applica-
nOn, 70 the auditor of public accounts
.. Inc auditor shall examine carefully each
.ppncaIion, and the certificate and evidence
herewith, heretofore returned under the act
d FeDruary fourteenth, eighteen hundred and
and former acts, and which may be
'eturned under this act in his Judgment is
made out, he shall issue his warrant on the
treasurer to the applicant for the sum of sixty
iOllars IN each case; provided that in any case
Vnere the application filed before the passage
u This act and the evidence ACCOMMODATING It.
10 not enable the auditor to decide upon the
merit OF the claim, he shall return the same to
ne applicant, with instructions to renew the
anne In accordance with the provisions of this
lct, and the renewed application, when filed
within ninety days from the date of the return
u the former application, shall have the same
elatlve position on the list of applications as
ne one returned for renewal: and provided
urther, that whenever in the judgment Of the
'uditor the facts in the case Justify it, he shall
70 authorlzed to pay the claim of any applicant
ef~"rrH # its regular order on tho i'is
me e. litor is directed to -arr
lp Vet ~ in q suitable boo afH
y Is sa receiving aid unde
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