Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-06-02
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Volunteer Bounty
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OFFICE or THE AUDITOR OF STATE, !
COLUMHuS, O., Nav 20. 1861

CoLUMBus, o., May 20, 1861
Counties, city councils of the several
cities and the trustees of each township in
this State may (if they deem it expedientl
levy tax to pay $iOO bounty to each vol
untecr enlisted in the Military or Naval ser
vice OF the United States, under the reaui-
sition of the President of the United States,
Of October, 1868, and February, 1861; and
to repay counties, cities, wards, townships
and individuals moneys paid, pledged or.
subscribed for bounties to volunteers, with
IN their respective Jurisdictions.
Section three provides that no greater
tax shall bc levied than shall be necessary
to raise u fund equal to 800 for each vol
untccr who has or may enlist under said rcd
uisitions of the President.
Section / limits lcvics by County Com
missioncrs, to the payment of bountics to
volunteers enlisted for the county at large.
Section . requires aIIlcVles made by cities
and township authorities to be ordered and
certified TO County Auditors, within ten
days from the second day of the june scs
sion of the County Commissioners
Section provides that all moneys here.
tolorc paid, pledged or subscribed, secured
or advanced, to the funds raised in any
county, city, ward or township for sucl
bountie~, may be refunded by the county,
: city, township or ward for which it was
paid or subscribed &c. And that all claim,
for moneys paid pledged or subscribed to
the fund OF amy city, ward or township,
shall be presented, duly sworn to by the par
ty making the same to the City Council oI
Township Trustees aud the approval there
of procured to be endorsed thereon, 10y the
President of the City Council or Trustees
!. of the township, as the case may be. Ano
that the claims thus endorsed be filed Will
the County Auditor on or before the frs
Monday in June.
70 BY the 10th Section the County Commits
sioners are empowered and required to cx
anime said claims, and reject or allow each
wholly, or in part, as they may deem best
and to give Certificates to the claimants io
the amounts allowed. Requires all money
: unpaid on subscriptions pledges, or bond
or notes, to be paid into the County TreaSu
ry to the credit of the fund of the County
City on township for which the same wa
made.
Section II provides for the payment o
the Certificates 10 be issued under the pro
visions of See. 10, and in case their aggre-
gate is greater than the fund from which
they are payable, that they shall be paid
ratabIy IN proportion TO the respective
amounts Cf the fund and the Certificates.
And that the order lovylng the tax, shall
state what proportion of the amount there
Of when collected, shall be applied to til,
redemption OF such Certificates.
Section Is provides that if Orders oj
Certificates of indebtedness have been is
sued by Municipal authorities, and paid t,
> volunteers for bounty, and the volunteer
have sold the same for less than par, TIN
purchaser shall only be refunded the amour
he paid, and the balance shall be paid t.
the volunteer
Section If requires County Commission
:, crs, City Councils, and Township Trustee
to make aud preserve complete record q
all their respective proceedings under tn
act
Other provisions authorize money to b
borrowed and taxes levied to pay bounte
to volunteers, under future requisitons c
the President, &c. But the foregoing ar
G. all the provisions relative TO lcvying taxes
paying bounties, &c, to volunteers unde
- the two requisltions OF the President, II
ferred to in the first section ofthe act.
Under these provisions, it is proper t
remark:
lst. That tax can only he levied to pa
, bounties to r0ta,teeys and to repay money
paid, pledged, or borrowed for that purpose
st That drafted men and substitutes are eS
<; cluded from any participation in the bount
~ fund. Nor can any money be paid, plct
G; ged, subscribed or borrowed, TO pay ft
81 substitutes, or to, or for the benefit
il drafted men, be repaid from the bount
fund.
2nd. That the bounty fund Of 1864
u provided only for volunteers under the tw