East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-16
Mr.. Jcffcrs. on special committee of Military
A ffnirs made the follnXinr renort viz


Bonds Of the County of 300 each, payable In five
years with annual interest at ten per cent be issued
by the Chairman and Clerk of this Board for each
Volunteer named in said report, except John q.
Davidson who has already hecn paid his bounty by
said Committee and that said Bonds be placed in the
hands Of the committee Military Affairs Of this
Board, aud that they be and hereby instructed TO
Investigate the matter, and TO pay over TO each of
said Volunteers or his agent, attorney assigns
Of sail Bonds, who they shall find has been enlisted
since the 10TH aud before the 9th Of October last
and credited 10 any Town or Ward or City of this
Couaty provided such Volunteer has not received
from any source any local bounty. Aud your Com
mittce further recommend that the said Bonds and
the interest thereon shall be charged 10y thc County
Treasurer to the Towns, City Ward which have
ccvcd credit for said Volunteers their respective
quotas, and 10 the County those Bonds that shall 90
10 Volunteers credited TO the County at large. Your
Committee also recommend that such Bonds be issued
TO ID. A. Pcttibone for $780, aud to James McAIaster
for S2), that being the amount which they have
loaned TO the County, and which has been expended
by said Central Bounty Committee, and that said
Committee be and they hereby Instructed to pay
to Jacob Wright of Zilwaukic, Si0l, the amount
which they have received of him aud that their
port be placed on file aud thereafter that said Gen.
trail Bounty Committee be discharged
On motion said report was accepted. Said
committee on Military Affairs made a further
report rs follows, viz;
Your Committee to whom was referred the subject
OF filling the quota Of troops OF this County, under
the present call O the Government respectfully report
and recommend that the raising OF Volunteers he left
to the action of the different Towns Ct and Wards
OF the County; and that 10 aid tom such of them
as shall desire it, in raising and paying Bounes to
Volunteers, that the Chairman and Clerk of this
Board be authorized and directed to issue bonds and
deliver the same TO the Treasurer of the County in
such sums and amounts not exceeding sl00 each as
shall be requested by the respective Towns aud Cities
OF the County, by resolution of the respective Town
Boards of the Towns of said County, or of the Com
mon Councils of the Cities of said County according
TO form hereto attached y and said Treasurer TO de-
liver the same TO the Supervisors of such Towns or
Citics-but no more bonds shall be delivered % any
Town or City than Sl00 for each Volunteer required
to ill the quota of such Town or Cty-such bond to
be made payable in ten years from the LIST of January
next, with interest at ten per cent annually and that
the bonds so delivered to each Town City be
charged by the Treasurer TO such Town City, to-
gcther with interest that shall be paid on the same;
and that the Legislature of the State be requested To
lcgalize such bonds, and authorize and require the
same and the interest thereon to be raised by
the taxable property of the Towns and Cities rccciv
ing the same, when required TO pay In due season
both interest and principal.
lREQUEsr ATTACHED TO THE FOREGOING REPORT
At meeting of the (Township Board) of the
Saginaw, the following resolution was unanimously
passed by said Board
Res0rsd That S uy eff 9 FL h aqip ars IS
promote the enlistment of in the service of the
United States And Whereas, the County of Saginaw
has, by resolution of the Board Of Supervisors of
said County passed December A. ID. 1863
authorized the issuing of the bonds of said County
in sums of $780, subject to the approval aud lcgaliz
alton of the Legislature of the State of Michigan at
its next session. redccmablc ten years from January
list, A. ID. 1861, bearing interest at the rate of ten
per cent. per annum payable annually-to be paid
to each and every recruit enlisted in each of the towns
an1 Cities in said County Bounty to be delivered
to the different Towns and Cities of said County upon
certain conditions in said resolution expressed;
Therefore, We, the Township Board of the Town
Of in the County of Saginaw do
hereby request the County Treasurer of said County
to deliver to Supervisor of the
Township Of bonds, TO be
used for the purposes herein specified and to be paid
TO men cnlisting in this Township; and do hereby
pledge our honor, and that Of all the inhabitants of
said Township of that we will use
our best endeavors to procure the egaizaton of the
issuing of said bonds by the Legislature of The State
of Michigan and further pledge our honor and that
Of all the inhabitants of said Township to procure
the passage of law by the Legislature of Michigan
Mt its next session. directing that the people of this
Township shall pay to the County of Saginaw the
amount OF the bonds herein requested and used by
this Township for the above purposes and the interest
thereon by tax levied upon all the taxable property
of this Township as follows: A tax in the year
1850, for the interest said bonds for the term of
two years, TO wit the years 1864 aud 1865 and
each subsequent year hereafter, tax covering the
interest on said bonds for year, until said bonds
arc fully paid and tax TO bc levied as aforesaid
Mt such time or times the said Legislature may de-
tcrmnc but prior to the maturity of said bonds for
the principal thereof; and do hereby accept the said
bonds of the County of Saginaw, pursuant to the
resolutions passed by said Board as an Indebtedness
OF this Town to said County, and hereby rcques. the
Treasurer OF said County to charge each year. this
Township. upon the books in his Office the interest
on said bonds accruing; and also request the said
Treasurer to charge aforesaid the principal of said
bonds to be paid to the said County within years
from this date
We do hereby certify that the above resolution was
passed by the Township Board of
at a meeting held aforesaid and |
the said resolution entered large upon the records
OF said Township Board.
The above, In order to be made applicable to |
Cities, the words Common Council of the City of /
.-" shall be inserted in place of Township
Board, " and the word City" in the place Of the
word Township"
On motion, the Report was accepted.
Mr.. Hack, a member of the committee on
Military Affairs, presented the following as his |
Minority Report viz:
The undersigned, member of your Committee |
appointed to prepare plan for the action of this |
Board to meet the quota of troops assigned to this
County, and TO whom was referred the Report of the
Central Bounty Committee not agreeing in his views
upon the matter with the majority of the Committee
offers rs a Minority Report, and rccomm, nds the
adoption OF, the following preamble and resolutions,
viz
Whereas, This Board are aware of the impossbility
of having Volunteers credited to the County at large
MS demonstrated by the Report of the Central Bounty
Committee; and whereaS, the payment of County
Bounty will always benefit separate locality, leaving
other localities unaidcd; therefore,
Resolred That said Report of the Central Bounty
Committee be placed on file;
and further Rcsolred, That the matter of cncour-
aging the enlistment of Volunteers to ill up the
quota of this equity for The c0mpg Dra65t, ,e Ash
Wards respectively.
All of which is respectfully submitted
BERNHARD HAACK.
Report accepted.
Mr.. Hack moved to make the consideration
of the report of the committee on Military
Affairs special order Of business this afternoon
at two o'clock p. M. Carried.
On motion, the Board took recess until the
the hour of two o'clock p M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board was called to order by the Chair
Roll called quorum present.
Mr.. Hastings presented the following
Resolved, That this Board do adjourn at three
o'clock p. NJ, 10 attend the opening of the Saginaw
River Bridge, at the invitation of Mr. william s.