The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-04-13
GeaeE2i Bounty Bill.

~ ACT relating 70 the payment OF
teuut;es 70 volunteers.
SECTION !. &c It enacted by tie Sen.
ate oaI House Of Representatives. ofhe
! Coma,onreaIh Of RsHaSyIvaaia IL Gen
erak A<semUly met, and 1t Is hereby
caacjel Ly tho auth2rity Of tie same,
That al bond warrants. or certificates Of
! Indebtedness, issued by the commission
er, o. commissioners and controller, of
any county, or the corporate authorizes of
aGy cry. ward or borough, or the school
directors, or road commissioners, OF su-
PegyisoTs, Of any township of this com
nouwea.th, for the payment Of bounties
10 persons volunteering to enter the mil
!tary or naval service of the United
States, under any reqaistisn heretofore
made b the President Of the United
States, be aud the same are herbY legal
izcd. made valid and binding upon such
counties, cities, wards, boroughs, and
townships as if fuli aui legal authority
had existed for the issuing aud making
Of the same when they were issued and
made; and tha. ia all eases where anv
specal committee, commissioner, or an
individual or Individuals, of any county.
city. to@e>hiP, or borough or ward, shall
have subscribed and paid, or become per
sonaily liable for the payment of money,
for the purpose Of paying bounties tq
volunteers, under the late calls of the
President Of the United States, who have
been mustered into the United Ststes
military service, and credited to such
county, city, township, ward, or borough,
with the understanding, or agreement,
that law would be enacted to levy and
collect a taE upo1 such county, city,
township, borough, or ward for the pay
ment Of such advancement and liabilities,
al subscriptions, SO paid, or money Dor.
rowed as aforesaid, shall be good and
valid against such county, cit7, town
ship, borough, or ward, as if the same
had been subscribed or borrowed by the
corporate authorities OF the same, under
the provisions of this act and it shall be
the duty Of the commissioners, super
visors, councils, or school directors, as
the case may be, to proceed to levy aud
collect tax upon such county, city,
township, borough, or ward, sufficient to
pay the principle Of all such claims, with
interest thereon until the day of pay
ment, together with the cost of collection
thereof.
SEC ?. That all payment Of bountles
to volunteers, entering the service of the
United States as aforesaid, by the CON-
misSioners, or commissioners and centrolI-
or of any county, or the corporate author
tiles of any city, ward, or borough, or by
the school directors, or road commission
ers, or supervisors, of any township Of
this commonwealth, and all loans made by
said authorities, for the purpose of
making such payments, be and the same
are hereby Iegalized and made valid.
SEC. 3. That the authorities aforesaid
are hereby authorized and required. to
execute, and complete, all agreements
and contracts, heretofore made by the
aforesaid authorizes of such counties,
cities, wards, boroughs, or townships, for
the payment OF bounties, as aforesaid, or
for refunding adyancements made for
that purpose by any committee, special
commissioners, individual, or individuals,
on condition th.: they should be refund