The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-10-16
Published September q, 1862
CHAPTER E3--ExsIu sessIoE

CHI PIE - 13--EXEIu session.
AN ACT to empower tow lis, cities, incorporated
villages and counties to raise money for tho pay
meut of bouuties to volunteers.
The people Of tie state Of U1sconsau, represented
IN senate md assembly no enact as tOilOtos
Section l. The qualified electors OF each town,
CITY, incOrp village and The county board OF
supervisors of each county, shall have power, al
any legal meeting thereof, To vote to raise SUCH
sum or SINS OF money a. they may deem necessa.
ry for the payment of buun les 10 volunteers res
ideuts OF such town, city Incorporated village or
county, mustered into the military service OF the
United STATES of this state, aud shall also have
power to offer such bountiea and 10 determine and
liz the amount thereof, 10 be pad 10 eech of such
yol, nteeIs and all such SUN or sums of money
shall be subject to and paid out on, the order OF
the board of supervisors Of eaG4 town, and of the
proper auditing boar OF each city, corpUrated fin
cOrporatedl village and county DrOUaded, that no
greater sum of money shall be voted or raised for
the payment of Dountes tor volunteers by any
such county board or e ectOIs than has been
pledged to them by such county, Town, city or in
corpOrateo village. or pledged to persons advanc-
ng the money for such purposes and no moneys
contr Ibued voluntarily as b0unties 70 volunteers
shall ever be refunded 10y any county, city, tuwn
or incorporated village.
Sec 2. The qualified electors of each town city
and incorporated village, and the county board oi
supervisors OF each county, shaIlhag power, al
any legal meeting thereof, to vote to appropriate
the whole or any part of any or sums OF mon
ely that heretofore has or have been, or hereafter
may be, voted raised by such town, city, incor-
porafed village or county board OF supervisors un
der and by virtue of the powers granted in the act
entitled "ar act TO provide for the assistance OF
volunteers in the service ofthe United States gov
ernment,' approved Mdy 20h, 1861, 10 the pay
ment or liq uidation OF any sum or sums OF money
which may have been paid, or to the discharge OF
any liabilities incurred, by any person or persons
tor bOunties to volunteers, residents Of such town
city, incorporated village or county, mustered in
to the military service of the United States or OF
this state.
Sec. g. The board of supervisors of each town,
and the proper and legally constituted auditing
board of each city and Incorporated village the
qu Lifted electors of which sua have voted to ap.
propriate any sum or sums OF money, as in the
last proceeding lprecedingl section Inentil ned,
shall have power to audit and allow ali claims and
demands of all persons Tor money paid or liabil-
ties incurred for bOuntes TO volunteers, for the
payment or discharge of which such appropriation
as atol esaid shall have been made, and to draw
orders therefor on the treasurer OF such town
city or Incorporated village for the payment of all
sums so aforesaid audited and allowed by them:
0r0Ulded, such orders shall be made payable only
out of the moneys as aforesaid voted or raised by
such town, city or lncUrp0I ated village, under and
by virtue of this act; aud prOU2ded, further, that
the county board OF supervisors of each county
which shall have made any apprO priatIon of mons
eys under and by virtue OF the proceeding preces
ding section, shall have and exercise the same
demands
against the county, and TO draw orders on the
treasurer OF such county therefor, as are herein
granted TO the auditing boards of towns cities ana
Incorporated Villages and any such county board
OF supervisors may direct what amount or proper
ton of such appropriation shall be assessed and
collected i'll any one year.
Sec. A. Ali moneys voted or raised by virtue of
the powers granted III this act, shall be assessed
collected and paid into the treasures of the re-
spectlve towns cities, incorporated villages and
counties, iii the same manner us other taxes for
township, city, village and county purposes are
by law assessed, collected and paid into such
treasures, and shall be paid out by the reasurers
of the respective towns, Cltles Villages and coua-
ties On the proper orders as provided in this act
Sec. , special meeting OF the electors of any
town, CITY or Incorporated village, may be called
by the proper authorities the written req uest of
any five electors of such town city OF incorpol ated
village, notice OF not less than five nor more
than twenty days; such uotice to be published as
IN other cases Vi special meetings, for the purpos-
es indicated III sections one and Two OF thus act
Sec b, All the acts, dOings anu votes otthe
electors OF any Town, city and Incorporated vii
lage, and of any county board OF supervisors Il,
any lawful meeting OF the same, heretofore held,
Offering and liking bOuntIes to volunteers muster~
ed into the of the United States OF of this
state, or for the raising of money for the payment
OF such bOnntIes, or Tor making appropriations Of
any sum or sums vi money raised Unuer aud by
virtue OF the act iii the second OF this ac
mentioned, and any orders, instructions Ur Guec
ions voted 1ivcri--fIe board OF SUPERVISOR OF
any town, cay or Incorporated ylliaSe, Ia relation
to SUCH Osunties Ul turuCh appropriation Oi mon
eys, ) hall be valid aha binding, TO all litenis
ana purposes, as il the same had been done. voted
and given by virtue OF powers granted aud author
ny given under and by virtue vi the laws OF this
state.
Sec. z, This act shall take effect and be in force
from ana alter is passage ana publication.
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