The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-02-16
THE STATE BOUNTY BILL.
A Bill Authorizing the Payment Of Bounties to Vel
untecrs In the Service Ofths United States.

A Bill Authorizing the Payment Of Bounties to Vel
unteers In the Service ofths United States.
SEorroN l. The People Of the State of
IMichigon enact That in case any township,
county or city in this State shall have hereto.
fore voted 10 raise by tax, or shall have hired
or borrowed money, or shall have authorized
or directed committee Of citizens or sny
township officer or officers 10 hire, advance, or
raise money, or issued, or authorized the issu-
ing OF, bonds or other evidences of indebted.
ness, either by the action or the corporate au.
lbority Of such township, county or city, or by
tho vote oi-tho electors thereof, had for such
purpose, or where the Board Of Supervisors Of
any county, Common council Of any city, or
Township Board Of any township, have agreed
by resolution to issue bonds or ether evidences
OF indebtedness, vita the object and to the
end Of encouraging enlistments Sy paying
bountes for volunteers 10 the military service
Of the United States, OF with the object and
TO the end Of encouraging the procuring of
substitutes for persons who may have been or
shall be drafted into said service, such action.
shall be deemed legal and valid, and the mon
ey SO voted, raised or hired, or so authorized
OF, objected 10 be hired, advanced or raised, and
the bonds Of other evidences of Indebtedness
so issued or TO be issued, shall be deemed to
have been legally voted, raised or hire :, and
the said bonds or other evidences Of indebted.
ness sbalI be deemed 10 have been legally is
sued, and shall be valid and lawful claim
against the township, county or city having,
voted, raised, hired, authorized or issued the
same, and shall be paid in tie same manner
as the ordinary township, county or city ex.
pepses are paid; and the obligations made. or
10 be made, TO evidence tho Indebtedness OF
s1ch township, county or city, for such money
30 raised, advance, OF hired, and tie bonds Of
evidences of Indebtedness SO issued, or TO be
issued, shall be deemed valid and binding up
on such township, county or city; and the tax
rolls for the collection Of the tax voted or rails.
ed as aforesaid, or for the collection of the
amount of money hired, advanced or raised as
aforesaid under authority rs aforesaid, whether
spread. upon the general tax roll or special tax
roll made for thai purpose, shall DC deemed
and are hereby declared to be legal aud valid !;
and whenever the faitt Of any county has beeo
pledged and bonds issued and loaned by such
county to any township, ward, supervisor dis,
trlct or city therein, the amount Of bonls so
'"hS"t "'sb hASi'7h piON'bSb ibtftiti, eUdiI
be assessed upon the township, ward, supervi-
sor district or city, taking the same, aud shall
10 collected aud paid al the same time and IN
the same manner as other county taxes are
collected and paid
SEC 2. lD all cases whore the Board of Su
peTyisors OF any county, the ommon Council
Of any city, or the Township Board of any
township. or the legal voters Of any city, town.
ship or county have, in their corporats cspaci
ty, offered or agreed to pay any bounty to any
person or persons for volunteering in The mill
tary service Of the United States, or have of.
cred or agreed to pay any bounty 10 any per
son or persons for volunteering in tho military
service Of tho United States, or have offered
or agreed to pay any bounty 10 any person
who may have been drafted into said service
for sewing therein, or have Issued bonds, or
other evId noes OF debt or other instrument
cleimed TO he such, issued in good faith, to
pay snch bounties or TO raise money TO paw
the same, the sal counties, towash p and ii.
les are, respectively, authorized and empow.
cred TO allow and pay the same as valid claims
and such allowance and payment shall except
as is herein otherwise provided, he made 10
the sa Inc manner as ordinary claims are al
lowed and paid. And such township, city ol
equity, may issue bonds or certificates CT in
strumen, claimed to be evidences of indebted.
ness heretofore issued in good faith for the
purpose aforesaid aud so allowed rs aforesaid
which bonds or certificates, when issued by a
city, or county, shall be under the seal there.
: of; aud if by city, saall be signed by the
Mayor and City Clerk, or Recorder thereof
aud il by a county, shall be signed by the
Chairman Of the Board of Supervisors anC
County Clerk; and if by township, shall b
signed by the Chairman of the Township
Board and Township Clerk, and shall bear
E rate of interest net exceeding seven pes cent
, per annum, and be payable at any time no
exceeding 20 years from the time Of such al
d lowance.
{ Sec 8. In case the Board Of Supervisors O
: any county, or the Common Council of an,
city, or the Mayor and Recorder, or Mayo
e and City Clerk Of any city, have issued o
caused to be issued or shall hereafter issue il
pursuance of resolution heretofore adopted
bonds, warrants, certificates, or other eviden
e e ces Of Indebtedness purporting to be sucl
d bonds, warrants, certificates or other eviden
II ces OF Indebtedness, for the purpose of filIipl
the quota Of any township, city, ward, Super
visor district, or judicial distric. ofany city 'un
y der the draft first ordered for the fifth day O
/. January, A. d. 1864, or tho call previcu
s thereto, by volunteers or substitutes 70. draft
a ed men, or drafted men actually entering tn,
e military service Of the United States, such 10
struments shall be legal evidence of the ia
Gebledpess Of such county or city; aud tn
y Board Of Supervisors in such county, aud tn
s. ;; Common Council Of such city, is hereby au
,g tborized and required to assess, raise and co
=, iect, or au uhoize To be assessed, raised an
collected, The amount Of bonds, warrants, &c
tIfics,os, or other evidences Of iudebtedne,
issued or used for the purpose of filing I'll
quota Of aoy town'hip or supervisor district
or Judicial district, or ward Of any city in sue
county or city, and The interest thereon. /
/ tax on the real and per'onal property tsxabl
b, b, within such township, supervisor district jud
Il. diciai district or ward, at such time and
N: such manner rs the Common Council Of sue
PIE city, or the Board Of Supervisors ofsuch cou
aS aS y may, by ordnacne OF resolution, direct.
I've SEC. 4. The qualified electors in each cit
di ward, or organized township 10 the State, shs
;, have power by vote, ia such manner as Il
IS Common Council Of the city, or Towpsh
its Board Of the township nsy direct at the a
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