The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-02-18
The state Bounty Bill.

~ The state Bounty Ball. s.' as'e
| Il Bill authorizing the Payment of
Bonnties to Volunteers in the Service
Of the United States sfsIs ssr
SECTION l.. The people Of the State
Of Michigdss enact, That ia case any
township, county or city in this Stale
shall have heretofore voted to raise by
tax, or shall have hired or Lorr.,w.,l
money, or shall have authorized or d.
rected a cpmmIttee of cilizeus or any
township officer or officers to hire, adj
vance, or raise money, or issued, at
authorized The issuing Of bonds o.,
other evidences Of indebtedness, eith.,
by the action of the corporate, aHh err
| ty of suehtownsl,ip, county orrcity, or
by the vote of the electors thereof, had
for spch purpose, or where the Boar d
LOT Supervisors of any county, Common
Council of any city, or Township Board
of aay township, have agreed by resu9
luton 10 issue bonds or other . rvidvn-
ces Of indeptedpess, with the Object aud
to the end ot encouraging enlIsl nlemts
by paying bounlies for volunteers ii
the military service of the United
States, -orswitliI the, Object and to the.
end of encouraging the procnris ef
substitutes for persons who may, have
been or shall be drafted into said ser
vice, such action Shall be deemed legal
and valid, and the money So voted,
raised or hired, OF So .auihorizedeor sdi
rected to be hired, advanced or raised,
and the bonds or olher evidences pf
indebtediiess sb issued tIf to he issned,
shall be deemed to haze been legally
fvoted, raised or hired, and the saisiI
bonds or ether ieyidences of indebted
Bess shall be deemed to have been; .le-
galiy issued, and shall be valid and
lawful claim against the township,
County or city yshaviugiovoted,s raised,
hired. authorized or issued the same,
and shal be paid in the same manner
as The ordinary township, c"unty or
city expenses are paid and the obIga-
tions made, or to- be made, to evidence
the Indebtedness of lsuchs township,
county or city, ,dfor such money soi
raised, ADVANCED or hired, and the
bonds or other evidences of indebted
ness so issued, or to be issued, shall be
deemed valid aud binding upon sucl7
township, county or city and the tax
rolls for, the collection of the tax voted
or raised as aforesaid, or for the col
lection of tile amount of money hired,
advanced, or raised a. aforesaid under
authority as aforesaid, whether spread
upon the general tax r,.l or ,speciaF,ax-
roll made for, that, puI]mt, shall be-
deemed and are hereby declared to be-
legal and valid and Whenever the faitll
Of any county has been pledged and
bonds issued, aud loaned by suci.
county TO any township, ward, super
visor, district or city therein, the amount
of bonds SO taken, with interest ,,as
provided therein, shall be assessed
:apon the township ward, supervior dis !
trict pr, city, taking the same, and shall
be collected and paid at the same, time
and in the same manner as other county
taxes are collected and paid. - ms %
q Sec. 2. In all cases where the Board
OF fSuperyisors of any county, the Com
mon Council of any city, or The, Town
ship Board Of any township, or tie
legal voters of any city, township or
county have,in their corporate capaei
ty, offered o. agreed to pay any botnn
tyto any person or persons, for ,volnn-
teering in the military service of the
United States, or have offered or agreed
to pay any bounty to any person who
may have -beendrafted into said service
for serving therein, yor have issued,
bonds, or other evidences Of debt, or
other Instruments claimed TO be snch,
issued in good faith, topay sncho bonn
ties, or to raise money topay the ga me-,
the said counties, tewnships and cities
authorized and empowered |
to allow and pay the same as valid |
claims; and such allowance and pay-f
ment shall, exceptlas is herein otiiers
wise provided, be made rinnihe saine
manner, as ordinary claims are allowed
and paid. And such township, city or
county, may Issue bonds or certificates
of Indebtedness, in lieu of any such
OOuuS, CcitiuCdlS VI llStfutlttt |
claimed to be evidences of indebted |
ness heretofore issued in good faith for
the purpose aforesaid and so allowed as
aforesaid, which bpuds or certificates,
when issued by q city, or county, shall
be under the seal thereof; and if 10y a
city, shall be signed by the Mayor and
City Clerk, or R+coreer thereof; and
If 81 county, shall be signed by the
Chairman OF the Board OF Supervisors
and County Clerk and if by a town
ship. shall be signed by the Chairman
of the Township Board and Township
Clerk, and shall bear airate of interest
not exceeding seven per Gent. per an
sum, and be payable at any time, not
exceeding 90 years from the time Of
such allowance. l3 Low bia
SEC. 8. In case the Board of Supervi-
sors of any county, or the Common
Council of any city, or the Mayor and
Recorder, or Mayor and City Clerk OF
any city, have issued or caused, or shall
hereafter issue in pprspance OF resolu-
tions heretofore adopted, bonds war
raiits, or other evidences OF indebted
ness purporting to be such bonds, war
r,n., ..,,,;6cafas Or other evidences