On 29 January 1867 the General Assembly passed an act providing artificial limbs for former Confederate soldiers. This act established a board consisting of the governor, the auditor of public accounts, and Dr. F. B. Watkins, to furnish applicants with artificial limbs. The applicants submitted orders from county courts verifying citizenship and loss of limb in the Civil War. Money for the artificial limbs was paid out of the treasury on order of the auditor of public accounts. Between 1867 and 1894 a succession of laws were passed to provide money for artificial limbs. The board ceased operations sometime after the last funding act was passsed on 8 March 1894.
From the description of Records, 1867-1873, 1876-1877, 1879, 1882. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122487735
