Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-04-06
General Bounty Bill.
An act relating to tie payment Of boanties ID
roiaateers.

Section /. That all bond warrants, or
certificates of Indebtedness, issued by the
! commissioners, or commissioners and control-
Ter, Of any county, or the corporate authori-
ties Of any city, ward or borough, or the
school directors, or road commissioners. or
supervisors. of any township Of this common.
wealth, for the payment Of bounties 10 per.
sons volunteering To enter the military or
naval service of the United States, under anv
reqniSitlon heretofore made by the President
of the United States, be and the same ara
hereby legalized, made valid and binding
upon such counties, cities, wards, borouohs
( and townships. as if full and legal authority
had existed for the issuing and MAKING of
the same when they were issued and made
and that in all cases where any special com,
mittee. commissioner, OF an individual or in
/ dividuals, of any county, city, township. or
/ borough or ward, shall have subscribed and
paid. or become personally liable for the nav
ment Of money, for the purpose of pavino
| bountes to volunteers, under the late calls of
! the President of the United States. who have
! been mustered into the United States militia.
! ry service, and credited to such county. city
! township, ward, or borough, with the under
| standing. or agreement, that law would be
enacted to levy and collect tax upon such
county, city, township. borough. or ward fir
/ the payment OF such advancement and liahiI.
tiles, all subscriptions so paid, or money
borrowed as aforesaid, shall be good and val
/ id against such county, city, township, bor-
ough, or ward, as if the same had been sub-
scribed or borrowed by the coreorate author,
tiles OF the same, under the provisions of this
act and it shall be the duty of the commits.
sloners, supervisors, councils, or school di.
Tectors' as the case May be, to proceed to
levy and collect tax CpOn such county. city
township, borough, or ward, sufficient TO nav
the principle of all such claims, with inte-
rest thereon until the day of payment. to.
gether with the cost of collection thereof
Sec That all payment of bountes to vol
unteers entering the service of the Uni.
ted States, as aforesaid by the commits
sloners, or commissioners and controller. of
any county, or the corporate authorities of
any city, ward, or borough, or by the school
directors, or read commissioners, or superyi
sors, Of any township of this commonwealth.
and ali loans made by said authorities, for
the purpose of making such payments. he
and the same are hereby legalzed and made
valid.
Sec. B. That the authorities aforesaid are
hereby authorized and required, to execute.
and complete, ali agreements and contracts.
heretofore made by the afoI esaid authorities
OF such counties, cities, wards, boroughs. or
townships, for the payment of bountes, as
aforesaid, or for refunding advancements
made tor that purpose by any committee
special commissioners, individuals on condi
tion that they should be refunded, accord
ing to the true intent and meaning of such
agreements and contra IS and for that nur
pose the said authorities are hereby author
lzed TO borrow money, and issue bonds. war,
rants, or certificates in the name of such
county, corporation, or townships, with or
without interest coupons attached, payable
at such time and place as may be agreed upnn.
and to levy such taxes as may be necessary to
meet the payment of the principal and Interest
OF said bonds, warrants and certificates as the
same shall become due; which taxes and lev
les shall be assessed, and levied, and collect
ed, as other county. city, ward, borough, or
township taxes are assessed. levied, and col.
lected Provided, That in all election. or en-.
rollment districts, not having any constituted
authorities, as contemplated by this act.
competent to levy, and collect said tax, the
board OF election officers of such district shall
be eauthorlzedto levy, and Nroceedto have said
tax collected in such districts.
Sec. 4. That all assessments heretofore
made of taxes for the purpose of paving
hereby legalized and made valid: P-orided.
That the property Of non commissioned off
GERS, and privates, in actual service in the
United States army and navy, from this Com.
monwealth, or who died, or were permanent
ly disabled, in such service. or having been
in such service for the space of one
year and six months, were honorablv dis
charged theretrom, and the property of Wi
duws, minor children, and widowed mothers
Of non commissioned uffcersx and privates,
who died in such service, shall be exempted
from taxation under the provisions of this
act Pr0rjded, That the provisions Of the
first, second third and fourth sections of this
act shall be so understood as TO have reference
only to such agreements and contracts as have
been entered into by the authorities aforesaid
subsequent to the seventeenth day of Octo
Der, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three.
Sec. 5. That all the provisions of the
fourteenth section of an act to create n loan,
and provide for arming the State, passed the
fifteenth day Of May, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, which authorized
the associate Judges and county commission
siOners of the several counties of this Com
monwealth, to constitute a board of relief for
the families of such volunteers as have been,
or shall be enrolled and mustered into the
service from their several counties, are here
by extended and applied to the families of
men who have been. or may hereafter be
drafted or conscripted and mustered into the
service of the United States, and credited to
the quota % said counties. respectively and
all arrangements made by the several counties
of this Commonwealth, for the support of the
families of volunteers. militia, drafted or con-
Scrintad men mustered into the sarvina and
credited as aforesaid, are hereby legalized and
confirmed; and full and legal authority is
hereby given said county commissioners to
borrow money for the payment of such ex
penses and for the extension Of such relief
to the families of all private soldiers and
non-commissioned officers who have been
mustered in or may hereafter be mustered