American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-03-30

credited to the quota thereof, in pursu-
ance of any requisition of the president
of the United States, or by any law of the
United States now made, or hereafter to
be made, sum not exceeding three hun
dred dollars: Provided however, That in
that part of any county where school di-
rectors, or road commissioners, or super
visors, of any township, or townships, or
where the corporate authorities of any
city, ward, or borough, or any committee,
special commissioners, individual, or in
dividuals, have paid, or have now com
menced to raise fund for the purpose of
paving, such bounties, it shall be lawful
for such school directors, or road commits
sIoners, or supervisors, of such township,
or townships, or the corporate authori-
ties of such city, ward, or borough, to
borrow such sum, or sums, of money as
may be rquired to pay to each volunteer
from such district, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars; and it shall be law
full for such authorities of said townships,
cities, wards, or boroughs to issue bonds of
said townships, cities, wards, or boroughs
for such sum, or sums, of money, and in
such amounts as may be necessary to pay
the authorized bounty to each volunteer
required to fill the quotas of such town
ship, city, ward, or borough: And provi-
ded further, That such townships, cities,
wards, and boroughs, as have filled their
quota, under any call or requisition hereto
fore made by the presidentTof the United
States, as aforesaid, without aid from the
county, city, or borough, shall be exempt
from any tax levied, by the said county,
city, or borough, for the payment of boun-
ties, or for the payment of any bonds is
sued by said county commissioners, city,
or borough authorities, for the payment
of bounties to volunteers to fill the quota
aforesaid: And proUtded further, That no
county, city, ward township, borough, or
other district, which shall have agreed, or
offered, to pay, as bounty to each volun-
teer credited to such county, city, ward,
township, borough, or other district, lar
ger sum than three hundred dollars, shall
be subject to the limitation as to amount
prescribed in this act; hut any payment
made, or to be made, or obligation given
or to be given, or liability incurred, or to
be incurred, in pursuance of suchoffer or
agreement, is hereby ratified and declared
to be lawful and valid: And provided
further, That in case the commissioners of
any county, or the commissioners and con-
troller of any countyin in this commonwealth,
shall neglect, or refuse, to take the neces-
sary steps to raise, or complete the raising
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oughs, not having raised, or commenced
to raise, bounties at the time of the pass
age of this act, then, and in that case, said
township, ward or borough, by their au-
thoritics aforesaid, shall have power topro-
ceed and raise bounties as fully and as eff
fectually as if done by the county author
tiles
SECTION 7. That the said county COM
mssioners, or school directors, road COM
misoners, or supervisors, of any township,
or corporate authorities of any city, ward,
or borough are hereby authorized, (for the
purpose Of carrying out the provisions of
this act, to borrow money, and issue
bonds, or certificates or indebtedness, no
bond, or certificate, to be less than the sum
of twenty-five dollars, except when the
bounty is less than twenty-five dollars, in
the name of such county, township, city,
ward, or borough, with. or without, inter
est coupons attached payable atsuch times
and in such manner, as may be agreed up
on; and to levy, and assess, on all proper
ty, professions, trades and occupations,
subject 10 taxation, for state and county
purposes, and collect such taxes as may
be necessary to meet the principal and in
terest, of said bonds and certificates as
they shall become due, and payable which
taxes shall be collected as county, city,
ward, and borough, taxes are now levied
and collected, including per capita, tax,
of not more than one dollar, on all taxa
bic male inhabitants: ProUidcd, That
only one per capita tax shall be levied in
any one year: Progidea, That in all cases
where any person, or persons, liable to
draft, have, for the purpose of raising the
sum requisite to pay a bounty to the vol
.unteers required to fill the quota of any
county, city, ward, borough, or township,
stipulated, in writing, to pay sum great
or than the amount of tax which would
be due upon the assessed valuation. of their
personal, property, it shall and may be
lawful for the corporate authorities of such
county, city, ward, borough, and township,
to collect the amount so subscribed: Pro-
Uided, That no bonds, or certificates, issu-
ed under any of the provisions of this act
shall be for a longer period than ten years
Provided further, That in all cases where
borough and township have separate
boards of school directors, and are en-
braced in one district, for the purpose of
the military draft, the directors of said
district are hereby authorized to act joint
ly in carrying into effect the provisions of
| this act
SECTION g. That in all cases where the
county commissioners of any county, the
school directors, road commissioners, or
supervisors, of any township, or corporate
authorities of any city, ward, or borough,
have levied a per capita tax upon persons
subject to draft, or military duty, the ac-
tion of said corporate authorities be and
the same is hereby legalized and made valid
SECTION 8. That in any case where a
part of the bounty, authorized by this act
has been paid by any ward, township, city