The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-26
The volunteer Bounty Fund.
UFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE,
Columbus, O., May 20, 1854.


OFFICE OF AUDITOR OF STATE, J
Columbus, o., May 20, 1864. !
EDITOR STATE JoUoNAL--Deqr Sir
AS a mattcr Of public interest, and to
answer multitude of inquiries which
cannot be otherwise answered in proper
time, / beg you to publish in the NOR
ming Journal the following analysis Of
the principal provisions Of the "Act
authorizing County Commissioners
City Councils and Trustees of Town.
ships to levy tax for the payment Of
bounties to volunteers, and to refand
subscriptions made for that purpose, y
passed March 23d, 1864, with the ac,
companying Interpretation thereof
and advice as to the mode of proceed.
ing under the act, etc. a.a.1f
Counties, city councils of the seye.
raj cities, and the trustees of each
township in this State, (if they deem
| it expedient) levy tax to pay SlO0
bounty 10 each volunteer enlisted in
the Military Or Naval service of the
United States, under thelrequsitions
of the President of the United States,
of October, 1868, and February, 1864;
and to repay counties, cities, wards,
townships and Individuals moneys
paid, pledged or subscribed for boun-
ties to volunteers, within their respect
i've jurisdictions. . W
Section 3 provides that no greater
tax shall be levied '.thdn shall be neces.
Sary to raise find equal to $1OO TO,
each rolunteer who has or man enlist un.
der said acquisitions eftAe President
Section 4limits the levies by County
commissioners to the payment of boun.
tics to volunteers enlisted for the coun.
ty. e tG. 10
Section 5 requires all llevies made by
cities and township authorities to be
ordered and certified tU county Aud.
itors within ten days from the I'd day
ofthe June session of the county Com.
missioners. .,a., M
Section 9provides that all moneys
heretofore paid, pledged, subscribed,
secured or advanced, 10 the fund rails
ed in any county, city, ward or town
ship for such bounties, may be refund.
ed by the county, city, township or
ward, for which it was paid or subseri.
bed, &c. And that all claims for mon.
eys paid, pledged, or subscribed to the
fund of any city, ward or township,
shall be presented, duly sworn to, by
the party making the Same, to the
City Council or township Trustees,
and the approval thereof procured to
be endorsed thereon, by the President
of the City Council or Trustees of the
township, as the case may be. And
that the claims thus endorsed be filed
with the county Auditor on OR before
tho first Monday in June. 5
By tho 10th section the county Com
missioners are empowered and requi-
red to examine said claims, and reject
or allow each wholly or in part as they
may deem best, and to give certificates
to the claimants for the amounts al
lowed. Requires all moneys unpaid
on subscriptions, pledges, or bonds or
notes, to be paid into the county Treas.
ury to the credit of the Bounty fund
of the county, city or township, for
which tho samo was made.
Section 1lth provides for tho pay
mont ofthe certificates to be issued un
der the provisions of section 10, and in
case their aggregate isgreater than the
fund from which they are payable, that
they shall be paid rateably in proper
ton to the respective amounts Of
the fund and the Certificates
and that the order levying the tax,
shall state what proportion of the
amount thereof, when collected, shall
be applied to the redemption of such
Certificates, Section 10 provides, that
ifOrders or Certificates Of indebtedness
have beon issued by Municipal author.
tiles, and paid to volunteers for bounty
and the volunteers have sold the same
for less than par, the purchaser shall
only be refunded the amount he paid
and the balance shall be paid to the
volunteer.
Section II requires county Commits.
sioners, City Councils, and Township
Trustees to make and preserve com
plete record Of all their respective pro
ceedings under the act.
Other provisions authorize money tt
be borrowed and taxes levied to pay
bounties to volunteers. under future
requisitions of the President, &c. But
the foregoing are all the provision
relative to levying taxes, paying boun
ties, &c, to volunteers under the two
requisitions Of the President, referred
to in the first sectien of the act. @ y.
Under these provisions it is proper
to remark. LIST, That o tax can only
be levied to pay bounties to Uoluntser,
and to repay moneys paid, pledged, ol
borrowed for that purpose. That draft
ed men and substitutes are excluded
from any participation in the bounty
fund. Nor can any money paid, plcdg
cd, subscribed, or borrowed, to pal
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