Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-20


State, giving instructions respecting the
feyen dollars bounty given to all Vermont
soldiers, as follows:
TREAsURER's OFFICE,
Rutland, VT, December ID, 1861. )
= tie SelecfmeH:
Under the acts passed at the extra session of
the Legislature Of April last, and the October
tession Just closed, the Selectmen of the several
tovns OF this State authorized to draw orders
<n the State Treasury for the estra pay OF 81 per
month for the benefit only Of the families Of the
soldiers residing in their respective towns.
4 Orders should be drawn by the selectmen of the
sowp where the family resides, when the pay be-
.comes due. In order to fulfull the requirements
of the laws. it is necessary that each selectman
should sign his rame TO the orders, with his own
hand.
The orders are to be drawn for evon months
pay, and the money so drawn to be paid over to
che family taking their receipts therefore, the re-
oeipts TO be held by the selectmen. The words
fam,iy OF such soldier, | construe to mean the col
lective body Of persons who live in one house.
under one cad. If this head of family should
become a soldier, those dependent on him are en-
tted to the pay, and it is not necessary Tor
the selectmen to have an order from the soldiers as
the law does not permit soldier with family IN
this State TO draw his extra pay on his own oTuer
as in of single men.
All soldiers who have gone into the service OF
the United States, under the requisition upon tne
Governor Of this State, or been mustered INTO the
United States service, by the authority or WIN
= the consent Of the Governor, aye emitted 70 the
>Itra pay from the date of their being so mustered
The regiments and companies now IN service
were mustered as follows
The ID Regiment on the 10th June
The Sd Regiment on the 10th July.
The 4th Regiment on the 10th September.
The 5th Regiment on the 10th September
Tha 9Th Ra0ment m the 18th October.
The Ist Company (F.) lst Pegment Sblrp
Shooters, 3lst October
The ID ompany, lst Regiment, Sharp Shooters
18th November.
Returns of the recruits in the I'd Regiment have
been received. In the first order for recruit the
time the month expires may be lett blank 10 De
filed at this office.
selectmen are not authorized TO draw orders for
the benefit of parents, who have minor sons in the
service neither can the father draw his minor
sons pay unless he has an order from the son.
Single men (including minors,) can draw their
extra pay from the Treasury, on their own order,
which order must be countersigned by the COM
handing officer Of the company, or the acting
Quartermaster Of the Regiment in which such
soldier shall serve.
A soldier without family can also by power OF
attorney, (Which will be required TO be witnessed
same as sn order) authorize any one to draw his
extra nav, from month 10 month as the same shall
fall due; the power of attorney as before being
filed with the Treasurer, the money can be drawn
on the order of the attorney.
Tho law forbids minors enlisting without the
consent of their parents, and if parents claim
cons pay. the father should require a power Of
attorney to draw the pay when they give consent
20 the enlistment.
Blank orders for selectmen, and attorneys and
blank powers of attorney, will be furnished on
application to this office, and you are requested
to draw orders only on the blanks, and without
altering the printed words for dollars and months,
as those in other forms cannot be paid.
john B. PAGE, State Treasurer.