The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-31
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
The Bounty Law.
AN ACT

| A sscUbiy Of The Sf0fe 0t ONO, That the
Commissioners Of the several counties
| and the city council Of the several cities,
and the trustees Of each township in this
State, are hereby authorized, Cf they
deem the same cxpcdient,) in the year
| A. ID. 1864, TO levy tax upon the taxa
BILE property within their respe ctive ju-
risdctions, for the purpose Of raising q
fund to pay bounties to vo lunteers who
have enlisted or shall enlist in the mill.
tary or naval service of the Unit d States
under either of the acquisitions of the
President, in October, 1863, and Fcbru.
ary, 1864, for eve hundred thousand ud-
ditiohnl troops, in the aggregate, not tx-
cccdiug one hundred dollars to each vol
untccr who shall have enlisted or may
hereafter enlist therein, under said re-
questions, and 20 repny and reimburse b.
counties, cities, wards, townships, or in.
diyduals all moneys paid. pledged or sub
icribed by them respectfully, as aud for
bouDtics To volunteers, enlisted or who
shall enlist under said calls, within their
respective Jurisdictions ~ aforesaid.
SIC. 2. All taxes authorized by this
act shall be levied, collected and disburs-
cd under the restrictions aud limitations
herein provided.
SEC. 3. No greater amount of tax
shall be levied under the authority OF
this net upon the property Of any county,
city, ward or township, by the proper Of.
licors thereof respectively, than shall be
necessary to raise a fund equal to one
hundred dollars for each volunteer, who
has or may enlist under said acquisitions
OF The President.
SEC. 4. All lcvies by county commits
sUncrs under this act shall be ordered
by them on or before the second day oi
| their session in June next, aud shall only
apply to volunteers lUr the county at
large.
SIC. B. All lcvics by authorities 9TH
or than the county commissioners, shall
ordered and certified to the county audi
tor, or or before the expiration Of tel
days after the time herein limited fol
making levies by county commissioners
; who shall forthwith cause the same to b,
entered Oh the duplicate aud collected a'
other taxes.
SIC. g. All taxes levied under thi
act shall be placed on the tax duplicate
as other taxes agninst the same taxable
property, ana De styled "Ihc Bouni!
Fund to DO collected the same as oihe
taxes.
SIC &. In order to anticipate tn
proceeds of the said tax, the county com
y, missloncrs, township trustees, ana c'
couhcl's muy, 10 an oih' unt NOT cNceeN
i ing the amount oi the tax, borrow mone.
II OF transfer money 'ro" uhy o'hcr 'u"o u
}. the county, clty or towhsniP Te"seIles
p not heed'd ,ot 'he Purposes ior %wh'cl %
ncy "e'u l'N'uo, VNoept w" souuV
i"nu' OF uhc "rehc, luhu, al Wh'ch snoi
oc rcpa'u or r'Innacu os' o' "e RroSoeu
3 oi such toN wneh coiicc'eu-
, SEC. o. Inc COUNTY, cownalss,o"ers COMMISSIONER s
'ownsnlP "us.cesy Shn eloy ooun.'IS, re
spectWeV' may o"t INV p'y 10 e"C'
! veteran Voiuh'eer' not having prcVlousi.
: received iocai oouh'y' VINO nus rc-eh
A 0sted OF may re-euhst, onu 10 eecn oVlc
so'u''lac' VINO sna'' nereai.er cui's. .',cre
W, respccuVeIy unuer so,u rcqu,s't'o"S
such bounty NOT cNceeu'ng one huhure
Q uol,nrs' US mcy may uc'crn''nc' :,
|, SEC u All sums oi money pHlc
, pIeugeo, suoscrioeu' secured OF ouVahc'
10 the iuhus reiscu III any county, Guy
ward OF township, ior Douh,ies 'oVpsn
tcers' VINO nave eh's'ea aoahr s@u rcPn
sltlohs, petorV 'he pusspgo .oi ohis ue'
may, In the d'sc'ehof OF IN, commits
sioners OF any county, or the trustees q
D any city or township, DO 'rcattd aud m
f. sidcrod as loans OF money to the county
city, TOW nshlp or ward, Tor Inc hlling o
whose quota The same was so paid ,pledg
cd, subscribed, secured, or advanced, ant
: the sums so paid, pledged, secured. sub
scribcd or advanced shall, on or before
the first Monday OF juno next, be report
cd, by the parties making the same, to
the auditor ol the proper county, duly
: verified by such party, together with the
name OF the township, city, or ward Tor
which tho same was Gone. Said claims
shall also be endorsed ana allowed as
genuine by the trustees OF the proper
township, or the president OF The proper
! city council; or IN case they be prefer
red against the county, then other sutis-
factory proof thereof shall be made to
the commissioners
SEC lO. lit shall DC made TO appear
l =" wv sNN"S Noh"''''"'u'', VIZ VI W.
fore the second Monday IN June next,
that the claims 80 reported are jusl,whol.
ly or in any part, they snail DO adjusted
as follows:
list. For all moneys ac'aally adVanc'
ed ana epplled TO the payment OF boun-
es offered or pledged before tue passage
OF this act, to volunteers enlist'ng under
said requlsltions' the proper claimants
shall respectively receive lrom the coun'
y commissioners, cerllhcatcs of the
am unis so advanced ana applied, stating
therein the sums and the funds out OF
which. IL other than the county levy, the
same may be paid.
2d. For all such claims so reported,
which shall be in the form of subscrip-
ton or pledge, epon the faith of which
any volunteer has enlisted under said
rcquisitions, before the passage of this
act, and the same, or any part thereof,
remains upaid, the claimant, upon depos.
iting the unpaid balance of his or her