The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-21
at any time after the same shall have

ed as aforesaid tor the payment OF the boun-
ty which they agree 10 give him, or any part
thereof; and may, IN such obligation, bind
each member ofthe class and each person
VIII ose property is III part chargeable there
IN, tor his just proportion, to be ascertained
and limited, as above prescribed. Upon such
obligation, suit may be brought and ludg
nent obtained in like manner, and upon ike
evidence, as above provided.
No person against whom any judgment for
any bounty, or part thereof, gwen, or con-
traeted to be given, shall have been render
ed, shall avail himself of the benefit of the
Act, entitled, :" An Act concerning executions
and tor other purposes" passed OH the 25th
day of November, 1914.
Whenever any class shall have furnished
recruit in the manner above provided, either
by their own contract, or by The contract of
q majority, and shall nave paid to him his
bounty, or bound themselves for the payment
thereof such class shall be entitled TO receive
from the militia officers and exempts afore-
said, within the County, proportion OF the
county SO paid, or contracted to be paid,
which shall be regulated by the proportion
Which the estimated value OF the whole taxa
Die property of the militia officers and ex-
empts in the County bears to the estimated val
ue of the taxable property of the classcd mill
tia in the county Provided ho7veU ger, that if
the bounty, given by the class, exceed in a.
mount the one hundredth part of the estima-
ted value OF the property of such class, such
excess shall not be brought into the computa-
ton (: Ind hropided also, That not more than
fifty cents shall be charged upon the hundred
dollars OF the estimated value of the taxable
property of any militia officer or exempt, in
pursuance of this Act.
Whenever any class shall desire to recover
such proportion, they shall make application
therefor TO the court of the county. Upon
production of sufficient evidence that the re-
cruit has been furnished, and that the bounty
is paid, OF the class bound to payit, the court,
by applying the principle above established
shall ascertain the SUN which the class is en-
titled to recover, and shall give to them
certificate that they are entitled tn receive
such sum out of the levy on militia officers
and exempts.
Every certificate granted shall be en-
tered of record and the court in laying their
county levy, shall assess, supon each of the
said militia officers and eXempts in the coun-
~, their just proportions of the amount of all
sums for which certificates shall so have been
granted. These proportions shall be ascertain
ed by reference TO the estimated value of the
property of each individual officer & exempt
The sum SO assessed shall be collected by the
sheriff in the same manner in which ne col
lects other county levies, and shall be paid
over by him, after retaining FIVE per cent. for
collection, to the holders OF the certificates
aforesaid on or before the first day of Octo-
Der after the assessment shall have been made.
On fl lure to pay the same On demand after it
shall be due, the whole amount due to the
holder OF any certificate, without any de-
duction for the collection, may be recovered,
with ten per centum damages thereon, from
such sheriff, or his securities, CT any OF them,
or from the executors or adm Illustrators OF
either of them, by motion, on ten days pre-
al.
which such assessment was made.
Sec. S. Be it enacted, That in addition to
the bounty which may be given, to any such
recruit, by the class in whose behalf he is fur
nished, he shall be entitled to receive from the
Commonwealth, under the limitations herein
provided a certificate of public stock for one
hundred dollars, bearing an interest or eight
per centum per annum, payable quarter an
nually at the treasury, the principal sum
whereof shall be payable * redeemable, at the
same time & in the same mode, rs is prescribed
IN relation to other similar stock, by the Act 3,
entitled, An Act authorship loan Of one
million one hundred thousand dollars in aid
of the revenue of the year eighteen hundred
and fifteen, which passed during the pre-
sent session of the Assembly.
Upon producing, to the Treasurer of this
Commonwealth, written statement signed
by the offcer receiving the recru. verifying
that such recruit is e.titled to this bounty,
the Treasurer shall record the statement,
and issue certificate signed by himself, pur-
porting that the recruit aforesaid, in person,
upon producing regular discharge from the
army, or that his legal representatives, upon
producing evidence that he died in the ser
vice, or was duly discharged and died after
wards, will be entitled to a certificate OF
stock, of the description above mentioned <
that, in the mean time, interest as aforesaid,
to commence from the date of the enlistment
will be paid, at tine treasury, TO such re-
cruit, or ms order. until the period of his SER
vice shall have expired.
Accordingly, interest shall be paid thereon
and, at the expiration Of such service, the
certificate of stock shall be granted as af0re-
said to the said recruit, or his legal represen-
tative. This certificate, when granted, shall
be tranferrcd only in the books of the treasu-
ry, and before granted, the right thereto shall
be in no manner whatever either a.signab,s
or transferable.
Sec. 6. Ind be IL further enacted, IhattLe
several officers appointed as aforesaid, to re-
cs.vc and muster the said troops and take
their enlistments, shall give to the respective
classes or the members thereof that may
furnish a soldier as aforefaid, receipts there
for. designating in each receipt the number
of the class, which receipts (to the end that
the ssid privileges and immunites may be
secured to each class shall be returned C
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