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1863-4.

Chapter 20. "An Act authorizing an increase of the salaries of
the professors of the University, and providing for the Education
of Persons disabled by Wounds received in the Public Service."
Passed March 4, 1864.

"1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, that in lieu of the
annuity provided for in the 4th. Section of Chapter seventy-nine
of the Code of 1860, there shall be appropriated annually, to the

University of Virginia, out of the revenues of the literary fund,
the sum of $37,530, in currency receivable at the treasury in payment
of public dues.

2. Be it further enacted, that in lieu of the stated salary prescribed
in the 10th. Section of the 83rd. Chapter of the Code of
1860, and in addition to the fees of tuition to which he is now
entitled by law, each professor of the University shall receive,
out of such annual appropriation, a sum not exceeding $300.

3. Any citizen of Virginia who shall have been discharged from
the military service of the State or of the Confederate States on
account of wounds in battle, and who shall satisfy the authorities
of the University that he is a man of suitable character and capacity
(and that he is unable to pay the fees and charges) shall be entitled
to the full course of instruction at the University, without charge
for tuition, use of laboratories, lecture rooms, public halls or dormitories.

4. The 1st and 2nd. Sections of this act shall take effect from
the first day of October 1863, and shall continue in force for two
years from that period, unless the present war with the United
States terminates before that time, in which event the provisions
of these Sections shall continue in force until the end of the session
thereafter, and no longer, and the residue of the act shall be in
force from its passage. Acts 1863-4, p. 29.