Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-10-18


yer cent or one hundred and twenty three
thousand 123,00O) dollars has been re-
unded and placed in the State Treasury.
The amount of warrants drawn by me
lpon the Treasurer, up to and including
,he 4th of October, is five hundred and
Twelve thousand three hundred and sixty
two dollars and fifty nine cents; which
amount has been disbursed upon proper
vouchers for the six regiments aforesaid,
under appropriate heads, to be submitted
hereafter. tf VI, H tc g0
Of this amount, one hundred and
twenty three thousand dollars has been
reimbursed by the Secretary of the Treas
ury, as above stated. o 15 gsu ODD Of
, A few bills for expenses of the 4th and
9th regiments arc yet unsettled, as also
the recruiting service, transportation, SUBJ
sistence and incidental expenses of the
9th. There is also class of claims
which | have not felt authorized to allow
which will probably be presented slaiaq
By the act of Congress of July 9th. it
is provided as follows:--"That the Sec
retary of the Treasury be, and he is here
by directed, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to
pay to the Governor of any State or to his
duly authorized agents, the costs, charges,
and expenses properly incurred by such
State for enrolling, subsisting, clothing,
supplying arming, equipping, paying and
transporting its troops employed in aid
ing to suppress the present insurrection
against the United States, to be settled
upon proper vouchers to be fled and pas
sed upon by the proper accounting officers
of the Treasury" respectfully request
the appointment by the Legislature of
commission to examine the accounts for
disbursements already made by me, for
the above purposes to adjust and settle
all outstanding bills, to arrange the vou-
chers, and prepare tine necessary abstracts
of expenses, to be presented to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for allowance under
the act aforesaid. gls,2ass aa 7a4 5ns
Early in June l received letter from
I. w. Park Esq, of San Francisco Cal,
covering check for one thousand doll
ars as patriotic contribution to his native
State, q towards defraying the expense Of
fitting out her sons for the service of the
country" which amount / placed in the
hands of the State Treasurer. as '-4}a
Under the provisions of the act of Nov.
27, 1860, entitled I" an act for the bet
ter protection ofthe Treasury, I appoint
ed John W. Stewart, Esq, Of Middlebury,
Inspector of Finance" which office he
has accepted. |
In common with the Executives of the
other loyal States whose Legislatures
were not then in session, 1 appointed COM
missoners to the peace convention, socall-
ed, which assembled in Washington in
3 February last. The question ofproviding
for reimbursing the expense of this com
mission is respectfully submitted for the
consideration of The Legislature. 70 ago
In accordance with general order No.
. 25, of the War Department, | appointed
G Board of Medical Examiners, consisting
| of Samuel W. Thaycr, Jr. M. d. Of Bur-
: lington, Edward E. Phelps, NJ. d., Of
| Windsor, and SeIim Newell, M. d., of st.
Johnsbury, for The examination of candi-
| dates for the Office of Surgeons of Regi-
: ments, who have attended to the duties
: of their appointment, and the expenses of
the Board are included in those of the
/ Volunteer Militia. y
e / have appointed the Hon. Joseph Po-
j land of Montpelier q special financial
r agent, to visit and remain with the YER
+ mont Regiments at the seat Of war, for
# the purpose of being a medium Of commu-
n nication between the soldiers and their
j friends and consignees at home, giving
Q information to the men and receiving and
transmitting such portion Of their pay as
: they may desire to send home for invest
n Inent and safe keeping. or for the use of
+ their families or friends Mr. Poland has
s been constituted by me Trustee of the
: soldiers aforesaid for the above service,
s and has executed bond with amplessure-
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