Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-26

State Of Vermont.
ADJ'T AND INsp'R GEN'Ls OFFICE, }
Woodstock, Nov. IL, 1868. {
GENERAL ORDER NO. 4.
The General Assembly of the State OF
Vermont have enacted statute, as fol-
lows:
AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERING.
II is hereby enacted Iy the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Vermoat:
SEC. l. If any volunteer who may be
hereafter raised under the authority Of
this State, to serve in the army of the
United States for the period Of three
years, unless sooner discharged, and who
shall be entitled to receive from this State,
pay, at the rate Of seven dollars per
month, shall. prior to his muster into the
United States service, elect to commute
such State pay, and signify such election
to the officer by whom he shall be recruit
ed, he shall be entitled to receive from the
Treasurer Of this State, at the time of such
muster, the sum of one hundred and twen-
ty-iive dollars, in which case he shall not
be entitled to receive said State paw of
seven dollars per month.
SEC. 2. This act shall not apply to any
volunteer who shall have family residing
IN this State, except with the written con-
sent OF the selectmen Of the town in which
such family resides.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, November IL. 1868.
For the purpose of giving effect to said
statute, and for the protection OF the Treas
nry of the State, it is hereby required that
IT any volunteer, who is entitled, by the
terms OF said statute, to commute his State
pay OF seven dollars per month, shall de-
sire to avail himself of that privilege, he
shall, prior to his muster iuto the United
States service, execute, in duplicate, a GER
tlfcate, as follows:
UI of hav;n, a,,;..oa L.;
to the service Of the United States, as volunteer
Iiom tne state o. vermont, on the day
OF A. ID. 1876 do hereby elect to COM
mute the state pay of seven dollars per month,
a.d receive IN lieu ther eof, the sum OF one hun
dred and twenty-five dollars, as provided by the
statute OF the State of Vermont, approved No
DO hereby waive the right to receive from the
State OF Vermont the state pay of seven dollars
per month provided by statute.
dated this day Of A. D. 1856 -
Which certificate must be signed by the
recruit, with his full name, and be wit
messed, in writing, by the recruiting Off
Ger who enlisted him. And if the recruit
be married man, there must also be GER
tlhcates, In duplicate, attached to the above
certificate, as follows:
"We, the undersigned, selectmen Of the town
Of in which the family Of
q recruit, who enlisted into the service of the
United States on the day of A. u.
lsS reside, do hereby consent that the said re-
eruit may commute his state pay Of seven dollars
per month, provided by statute, and receive in
neu thereof one hundred and twenty-five dollars
IN money at the time he is mustered into the SER
wee Of the United States, provided by the stat
ute OF this state, approved November II, 1885,"
This certificate must be signed by ma
jority of the selectmen Of the town in
which the family of the recruit reside.
These duplicate certificates must be for
warded to the Office of the Adjutant and
inspector General Of this State, with the
contract Of enlistment of the recruit. And
one copy Of said certificates will be. bv
the Adjutant and Inspector General. for
warded to the Treasurer Of this State, at
the time the recruit is mustered into the
service Of the United States, with evidence
that he has been so mustered.
II the recruit is enlisted by Provost
Marshal, duplicate certificates are 10 be
taken in the form above prescribed, at the
time Of enlistment. The signature Of the
recruit must be witnessed BY the Provost
Marshal, and the duplicate certificates for
warded to the Office Of the Adiutant and
Inspector General Of this State, with the
enlistment contract and Muster Roll Of
such recruit.
II the recruit is enlisted by the select
men Of any town, under the provisions Of |
General Order No. l, dated October % |
1863, such certificates must be taken in
duplicate, in the form above provided, the
signatures of the recruit must be witnessed !
BY the selectman who enlisted him, and |
the certificates be forwarded to the Super
lntendent of Recruiting for the district in |
which such town is situated, with the en- |
llstment contracts, by whom they will be |
forwarded to the office of the Adiutant and |
Inspector General.
The payment Of the communication money
will be made under such regulations, and
upon such vouchers, as the Treasurer Of
the State may prescribe.
By order of the Governor,
PETER T. WASHBURN
Adjt. and Inspector General.