The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1864-04-20
Synopsis Of the Bouaty Law.

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the payment of bodnties TO volunteers
and to refund subscription made fol
that purpose, provides:
Section 1. The commissioners Of
counties, city councils and trustees ot
townships, in this State, are authori
zed to levy a tax upon the taxable
property within their respective juris'
dictions, for the purpose of raising a
fund to pay bounties to volunteers who
have enlisted or shall enlist in the mil.
itary service of the United States, un-
der either of the acquisitions of the
/ President, in October, 1863, and Jan
uary, 1864, for five hundred thousand
additional troops in the aggregate, not
exceeding one hundred dollars to each
volunteer who shall have enlisted OR
may hereafter enlist therein, under
said acquisitions, and to repayt to coun-
ties, cities, wards, townships, and in
dividuals, all moneys paid by them, as
and for bounties to volunteers, enlist
ed or shall enlist under said calls,
within their respective jurisdictions.
Section 2 Provides all taxes thus
authorized, shall be levied, collected
and disbursed under restrictions ma
med in the bill.
Section 8 Prohibits the levying of d
greater amount of tax than shall be
necessary to raise a fund equal to one
hundred dollars for each volunteer
who has enlisted or may enlist under
said acquisitions.
Sec. i. All levies by county co,ns
missioners shall be ordered by them
on OF before the, second day of their
session in June next, and shall only
apply to volunteers for the county at
large. .......,.
Sec. 5 Provides that all leyies by
authorities other than the county COM
missioners, shall be ordered and certi-
fed to the county auditor, on or be-
fore the expiration of ten days after
the time limited for making levies by
county commissioners, shall forthwith
be assessed.
Sec. 6 Says that taxes assessed un-
der this act shall be styled the "Boun-
ty Fund.-" charged and collected as
other taxes.
Sec. I Provides that in order to
anticipate the proceeds of said tax,
the county commissioners, township
trustees and city councils may borrow
money, or transfer money from any
other fund in the county, city or towns
ship, except the "School Fund, or
the ''Relief Fund"
Sec. 8. The county commissioners,
township trustees and city councils,
respectively, may pay to each veteran
volunteer not having previously res
ceiyed local bounty, who has re-
enlisted or may re>enlist, and to each
other volunteer who shall hereafter
enlist therein, respectively under said
requisitiens, such bounty not exceed
ing one hundred dollars, as they may
determine. -
Sec 8 Provides that all Sums of
money paid or advanced TO the ftind
raised in any county, city or township,
for bounties to volunteers enlisted un>
der said acquisitions, before the pas
sage of this act, may, in the discretion
of the commissioners of any county,
trustees of any city or township, be
considered as loans of money to the
county, city, township or ward, for the
filling of whose quota the same was
so paid; and the sums SO paid, shall,
on or before the first Monday of June
next, be reported by the parties ma
king the same, to the auditor of the
county, duly verified, together with
the township, city OF ward for which
the same was done. Said claims shall
also be endorsed and allowed as genus
inc by the trustees OF the proper town
ship, OF the president of the proper
city council; or in case they be prefer
red against the county, then other sat
isfactory proof shall be made to the
commissioners. ..r .,...- .s.
Sec. 10. Provides that if the claims
SO reported to the county commission.
ers be proper, they shall be adjusted
as follows: .. ..-.
1st. For all money advanced and
applied to the payment of bounties
pledged before the passage of this act,
to volunteers, the proper claimants
shall receive from the county commits
sioners, certificates of the amounts,
stating the sums and the funds out Of
which, if other than the county levy,
the same may be paid. oa
Cd. For all such claims SO repor-
ted in the form of q subscription or
pledge, upon the faith of which any
volunteer has enlisted under said re,
quisitions, before the passage of this
act, and the same, or any part thereof
remains unpaid, the claimant, upon
deposlting the unpaid balance of his
subscription, in the county treasury to
the credit Of the bounty fund of the
proper city, county or township for
which the same was made, shall re-
ceive like certificate, as in the pre-
ceding case, and the money SO deposi-
ted shall be subject to the order Of the
volunteer 80 enlisted on the faith
thereof. "~eol 4 a.o as.t: ~
Sd. For all claims so reported,
which are founded on every bond, note
or other security, for money borrow
ed or paid, or pledged as bounty to
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