Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-05-26
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Volunteer bounty
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OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR or STATE, !
COLUMBUs, o., May 70. 1864.

levy tax to pay s 100 bounty TO each vol.
unteer enlisted in the Military or Naval ser.
vice OF the United States, under the requ.
/ sition Of the President ofthc United States,
1 Of October, 1863, and February, 1864; and
to repay counties, cities, wards, townships
and individual moneys paid, pledged or
subscribed for bounties TO volunteers, with |
in their respective Jurisdictions.
Section three provides that no greater
tax shall be levied than shall be necessary
to raise fund equal TO 800 for each vol |
unteer who has or may enlist under said req
uisitions Of the President.
/ Section limits lcyics by County Com
missiQners, to the payment Of bounties TO
volunteers enlisted for the county at large.
Section requires all levics made by cities
and township authorities to be ordered and
certified to County Auditors, within ten
days from the second day Of the June ses-
sion Of the County Commissioners.
Section provides that all moneys here
tolore paid, pledged or subscribed, secured
or advanced, TO the funds raised in any
county, city, ward or township for such
bounties, may be refunded by the county,
city, township or ward, for which It was
paid or subscribed, &c. And that all claims
for moneys paid pledged or subscribed to
the fund Of any city, ward or township,
shall be presented, duly sworn to by the par
, ty making the same to the City Council or
Township Trustees, and the approval there
OF 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 the first
Monday in June.
b by the lVth section the County Commls-
slo.ers arc empowered ana required to eX-
anime SAID claims, ana reject or allow each,
= wholly, or IN part, as they may deem best,
ana 10 give NGrtlilc2tes TO the claimants Tor
the amounts allowed. Requires all moneys
unpaid on subscriptions, pledges, or bonds
OF notGs, 10 DC paid INTO the County lreasu-
I ry TO me credit OF the fund OF the County,
c Clty OF township lor which the same was
b haue'
o =, o9ctloh Gc ! proNldeS lor me payment OF
the Certilcates to be Issued under the pro-
y visions OF sec. 10, and Ill case their aggre-
n gate Is greater than the. fund from which
@ they, are payable, that they shall be paid
- ratab!y III proportion to the respective
= amounts oi the fund and the Certificates.
And that the order levying the tax, shall
e state what proportion of the amount there
= OF. when collected, shall be applied to the
redemption Of such Certificates
Section Is provides that if Orders OF
l., Certificates OF Indebtedness have been is
} sued by Municipal authorities, and paid to
:, volunteers for bounty, and the volunteers
It 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
g the volunteer
: Section II requires County Commission.
d ers, City Councils, and Township Trustees
o to make and preserve a complete record of
r all their rcspectiye PROCEEDINGS undcr The
n act. >0' '''
+ Other provisions authorize money IN be
/ borrowed and taxes levied to pay bounties
to volunteers. under future reorisitions of
n the President, &c. But the foregoing are
n all the provisions relative to lcyying taxes,
e paying bounties, &c., to volunteers under
II the two acquisitions Of the President, re-
e ferred to in the first section of the act,
Under these provisions, it is proper to
Is remark:
y lst That tax can only he levied to pay
bounties to rolunteers and to repay money,
paid, pledged, or borrowed for that purpose
Ut That drafted men and substitutes are ex-
is cluded from any participation in the bounty
10 fund. Nor can any money be paid, pied
8 ged, subscribed or borrowed, to pay fol
substitutes, or to, or for the benefit o.
drafted men, be repaid from the bounty
Of fund.
4, 2nd; That the bounty fund Of 1864 is
=. provided only for volunteers under the two
:, calls OF the President, Of October, 1868,
III and February, y. ID. 1864.
le Sd. That County Commissioners can only
il levy tax to raise bounty fund for the
n entire county, and to repay moneys paid
i subscribed or borrowed to pay bounties fol
i' the county at large, under the calls of the
lie President, OF October, 1868, and February
m 1864, ur
r. 4th That municipal authorities are au.
/; thorized to raise such an amount of tax as
- will raise a fund equal to 500 for each vol
es unteer who has or may enlist under the two
III requlsltl0ons ofthe President aforesaid. They
a are not therefore restrcted to the levy OF al
al amount merely equal to SlOo for each vol
uhtcer, but may ada such per centum to thu
- = levy as VIII pay the expenses OF collection
d. and cover delinquencles IN payments, SO tina
On sum equal to Sloo Tor each volunteer vii
d, be collected,
-, 9th. The levy may be made large enougl
." to pay SlOo bounty to each volunteer az
IT. portloned to the city, ward or township
ey under the calls OF the President aforesaid
fc although the whole number may not hav
20 enlisted under those calls, at the time O
" making the M levy.
9th. The proper mode OF proceeding 4
the coDlect be to levy township tax, wi
he 1e ior the trustees to give public notice Q
ly Ine tiLle OF thelf meeting prior to the mrs