Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-04-13
THE BOUNTY LAW.

| cd they may have agreed upon for refunding
such subscriptions by taxation. 1t is entitled An
Act Relating TO the Payment of Bounties to Vol
unteers -
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted 5u tte Senate and Honss
of RepTt tSfAtatiUes Of tts Commonwealth of PENN
Syipansa General assembly met and IL as here
| by enacted byhhes authority Of tie same That
| all bonds, warrants. or certificates of indebt-
| edness, issued by the Commissioners, or Com
| missioners and Controller, of any county. or cor
porate authorities of any city, ward or borough
or the School Directors, Road Commissioners
! or Supervisors, of any township of this Common
wealth, for the payment of bounties to persons
volunteering to enter the military or naval SER
| vice of the United States, under any reeuisition
| heretofore made by the President of the United
| States, be and the same are hereby legaIized,
made valid and binding upon such counties. cities.
wards. boroughs and townships. If full and le-
| gal authority b had existed for the issuing and max
| ing of the same when they were issued and made;
and that In all cases where any special commit
tee, commissioners. or an individual or indiyidu-
| ais, of any county, city. township, borough or
| ward, shall have subscribed and paid. or become
yliabe for the payment of oney for the
| purpose of paying boun!ies to volunteers. under
the late calls ofthe President of the United States
| who have been mustered into the United States
| military service. and credited TO such county
city township ward, borou Oh. with the up Ter
| standing, or agreement, that a law would be en-
| acted 10 levy and collect tax upon such county
/ city, township, borough or ward for the payment
OF such advancement and liabilities, all su6scrip-
| tons, 80 paid, or money borrowed as aforesaid
shall be good and valid against such county, city
| township. borough ward, as if the same had
| been subscribed or borrowed by the corporate
auth hOrities of the same, under the provisions of
| this act and it shall be the duty of the Commits
| sioners Supervisors, Councils, or School Direc-
| tors. as the case may be, to proceed to levy and
collect tax upon such county, city township
borough or ward, sufficient TO pay the principal
of all such claims with interest thereon until the
day OF payment together with the cost of collec-
ton thereof
hat oil
unteers entering ihe service of the United States
| as aforesaid. by the Comm ssioners, or the Com
missioners. and Contoller, of any county or the
corporate authorities of any city ward or bor-
ough, or by the School Directors or Road Com
missioners, or Supervisors, of any township of
this Commonwealth, and all loans II ade bv said
authorities, for the pur pose of maAing such paw
ments, be and the same are hereby legalized and
made valid.
SECTION 3. That the authorities aforesaid are
! hereby authorized and required, to execute and
complete, all agreements, and contracts, hereto
fore made by the aforesaid authorities of such
counties cities. wards boroughs or townships for
the payment of bountes, aforesaid, OF for re-
funding advancements made for that purpose by
any committee. special commissioners. individu-
al, or individuals condition that they shall be
refunded, according TO the true intent and mean
ing Of such agreements and contracts; and for
that purpose the said authorities are hereby au-
thorized TO borrow money, and issue bonds, war
rants. certificates, in the name of such county
corporations, or townships, with or without inter
place as may be agreed upon, and to levy such
taxes may be necessary to eet the pa ayment of
the principal and interest of said bonds warrants
and certificates, the same shall become due
which taxes and levies shall be assessed. and col
lected, as other county, city, ward, borough or
township taxes assessed, levied, and collected
Prov'ded That in all election or enrolment dis
tricts. not having any constituted auth horites as
contemplated by this act, competent to lew and
collect said tax the board of election officers of
such district shall be authorized to levy and pro-
coed to have said tax collected in such districts
SECTION f. Tha all assessments heretofore made
of taxes for the purpose of paying bounties as
aforesaid, be and the same are hereby legalized
and made valid Provided That the property of
commissioned officers and privates, in actual
service in the United States army and navy from
this Commonwealth, or who died or were per-
maDently disabled in such service or hav-
ing been in such service for the space of
one year and SIX months, honorably dis
charged therefrom, aDd the property of widows.
minor children. and widowed mothers OF nom
commissioned officers and privates, who died in
| such service, shall be exempted from any taxa
ton under the provisions of this act ProUided
That the provisions of the first, second third and
fourth sections OF this shall be understood
as TO have reference only to such agreements and
contracts as have been entered into by the author
tiles aforesaid subsequent TO the 18th day of Oc
tOber, 1863.
SECTION 5. That all the provisions OF the four
teenth section of an act to create loan. and pro-
vide for armIng the State passed the 9Th day of
May, 1861, which authorizes the Associate Judges
and County Commissioners, of the several coun-
ties of this Commonwealth, to constitute board
OF relief for the families of such volunteers as
nave been, or shall be, enrolled and mustered in
TO service from their several counties, hereby
extended, and applied to the families of men who
have been or may hereafter be, drafted
scripted, and mustered into the service OF the L.
nitei States, and credited to the quota of said
counties respectively; and all arrangements
made by the several counties of this Common
wealth for the support of the familesof volunteers
tod rir tah man
TO the service, and credited, as aforesaid, are
hereby legalizad and confirmed and full and
legal authority is hereby given said County Com
missiOners to borrow money for the payment of
such expenses and tor the exte nsion of such re-
iei 10 the families of all private soldiers and
commissioned officers, who have been mustered
in, may hereafter be mustered into, the service
OF the United States and credited aforesaid. in
pursuance of any requiStion made or to be made
by the President of the United State or by any
law OF the United States now made, or hereafter
TO be made, or by the Governor of Pennsylvania,
or any law of said Commonwealth now made, or
hereafter TO be made
SECTION That the Commissioners OF any and
every county in this Commonwealth are hereby
authorized to borrow such sum, sums Of mon-
ey as may be sufficient TO pay to each and every
non-commisSioned officer and private soldier VIII
volunteered from such county, and entered the
military naval service of the United States on.
or after the l7th day of October, A ID. 1863 and
to each and every non-commissioned officer and
private soldier who may hereafter volunteer and
enter the service of the United States from such
county, and be credited to the quota thereof. n
pursuance of any requistion of the President of
the United States, any law of the United States
now made, or hereafter to be made, a sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars: ProUtdef hOaceU-
er, That in that part of any county where School
Directors, Road Commissioners, or Supervisors,
OF any township, or townships, or where the cor
porate authorities of any city, ward, borough,
or any committee. special commi ssioners, ind- |
vidual, or individuals, have paid or have now
commenced to raise fund for the purpose of pay
ing such bounties it shall be lawful for such |