The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-03-03

1he loIiOWlDg ID the hcllef Dill as u
has passed both Houses of the Ohio
Legislature:
AN ACT.
For the relief fthe families ofsoldier,
and marines in the State and United
: States service, and ofthose who have
died or been disabled in such ser.
vice.
SECTION |. Be it enacted By the Gen.
erat Assembly Of the State of Ohio, That
for the relief of the necessities of the
families Of soldiers and marines who
arc now in the service of the State or
United States, enlisted from this State
or have died or been disabled or here.
after may die or be disabled in such
service, there be and hereby is levied
and assessed, for the year eighteen
hundred and sixty four, two mills on
the dollar valuation of the grand list
of taxable property Of the State. And
if the fund received in any county oi
this State from such State levy shall be
insufficient for the purpose of affording
the relief contemplated by this act, the
board Of commissioners Of such county
are hereby authorized and required to
levy and assess an additional amount,
not exceeding one mill on the dollar
valuation on the grand list of taxable
property Of the county, and the City
Council of cities of the first and second
classes are hereby authorized, if in
their opinion, the same shall be ncces-
sary for the purpose of affordng the
relief contemplated by this act, to levy
and assess an additional amount not
to exceed one half of one mill on the
dollar valuation of the grand list of
taxable property of the said city; and
the amount so levied and assessed shall
be collected in the same manner as
other State and county taxes are col
lectcd.
SEC. 2. 1T shall be the duty of
the assessors, in the several wards,
election districts, and townships ia the
State, when they are making the as
sessment Of eighteen hundred and six
ty-four, to take an enumeration, by
name, of all the soldiers and marines
who are then in the service of the State
or United States, or who have died or
been disabled in such service, from
their several wards, townships, and
election districts, being residents there
in when entering said service, and al
so Of those whose families are resident
therein having become residents of
said ward, township or election dis
trict, by removal into the same, and
also designating any who were resi-
dents therein when entering the ser
vice, but whose families have since re-
moved from said ward, township or
election district, naming the company
and regiment to watch they belong,
and make an accurate return under
oath to the trustees Of their respective
to 0nships, wards and election districts
designating those who have families
and those who have not and where
there are families, the number, sex and
ages, naming such as are necessitious.
1t shall be the duty of said trustees to
revise the same, inserting such names
as may have been omitted, and return
such revised enumeration to the audit
ors of their respective counties on or
before the fourth Monday Of May,
eighteen hundred and sixty four. This
act shall not apply to the family Of
any soldier or marine who is dishon-
orably dismissed, or q deserter from
the service.
SEC. 3. That il shall be the duty of
the auditors Of the several counties to
furnish to the assessors of their respect
i've counties, such blanks as may be
necessary for taking the aforesaid emu
meration, together with d list Of the
enumeration of their respective town
ships, wards and election districts. re-
turned in 1868; and said auditor shall.
within twenty days after said enumef-
alton is returned to them, make out
and forward to the Auditor of State q
statement showing the number Of SOL
diers and marines included in said
enumeration.
SEC. i. It shall be the duty Of the
Auditor of State to open proper ac-
counts with each county in the State,
and apportion the funds so raised upon
State levy according to the enumera
ton and returns made to him by the
several county auditors, and pay over
the same to the county treasurers, at
their semi-annual settlement with the
State.
Sec. 5. That the commissioners Of
the several counties, respectively, shall
take control of said fund, for the pu1-
poses named in this act, when paid in
to the county treasures, and shall ap
portion the same to the several town
ships and wards in their respective
counties, according to the necessities
Of the families aforesaid, as returned
by the trustees Of the several town
ships, wards, and election districts, as
provided for in section two, which
shall, on the warrant of the county au-
ditor, be paid to the several township
treasurers, and in cities of the first
class to the treasurers thereof, and
shall be drawn out upon the order of
the trustees Of the several townships
wards, and election districts, and be
distributed by them for the relief of
the necessities of the families of non.
commissioned officers, musicians and
privates in the service aforesaid, in
money, as their necessities may require
under such rules and regulations as