Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-04-13
BOUNTY BILL.

" An Act, to amend the Act passed Februar,
eight eighteen hundred and sixty-fve at the presen
session Of the General Assembly, entitled, an Act II
provide bounty fol- soldiers entering the service o
the United States, to fill the quotas of Maryland
under the call Of the President of the United States
of December eighteen hundred and sixty -four, ant
under future calls.''
Section l. De II enacted by the General Assembl,
of Maryland That the first section of the Act
at the present session of the General Assembly ep
titled Act to provide bounty for soldiers enterne
the service of the United States to fill the quotas %
Maryland, under the call of the President of tn,
United States, of December, eighteen hundred and
sixty-four, and under future calls be amended and
re-enacted, so to read as follows:
Sec. 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly n,
Maryland, That whenever under the aforesaid pro.
clamaton of the President any similar one here.
after made the quota of this State shall have been
asccrtained and promulgated, a bounty of three
hundred dollars shall be paid to every volunteer or
drafted man, who may enter or shall have entered
the military or naval service of the United States
and to every drafted man who NAV furnish or shall
have furnished substitute who so enters said ser
vice. or his authorized agent or attorney, and who
snail be credited TO the quota of the sub-dstrct OF
the State, where such volunteer enlists or where
such drafted man, or man liable to the ervice re-.
Sides the fact of such person respectively having
entered the service and being credited to be first
ascrtained and certified as hereinafter directed.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Sec
ond section OF said Act be annex ded and rc-enacted,
so us to read as follows: That one responsible eli IT,
zen shall be appointed by the Governor. BY and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, for each
county, and for each of tho Legislative Districts
of the city of Baltimore to be called the " MARYLAND
State bounty Commissioners, for the said counties
and city respectively and that the said boards upon
giving bond, with security to the amount of
twenty thousand dollars, by each member of said
board, to be approved by the Governor shall have
the right to draw from time to time upon the Comp
troller of the Treasury, for such sums as shall be
required to pay the bounty herein authorized to
the men or their authorized agents or attorneys.
who are credited to the sub-district within which
SAID bounty commissioners are situated the draft
OF said Bounty Commissioner to be affixed to roll
bearing upon it the names OF the persons to whom
SAID bounty is to be paid, and of the said sub-dis
tricts to which they credited as aforesaid with
a certificate thereon endorsed from the Assistant
Provost Marshal General for the State declaring that
the men thereon enrolled have been so credited to
the quota of said sub-disrict the said roll so certified
and with the draft of the Bounty Commissioner
thereon, shall be retained by the Comptroller and
the; upon its receipt, shall issue the usual warran
to the treasurer for the payment of the amount
said draft and each of said Commissioners appoint
ed under this section shall receive COMPENSATION
OF three hundred dollars $780, for the perform
ance OF the duties imposed by this Act; and pro-
vided, mat no appointments shall be made by the
Governor for any County or Legislative District of
the city OF Baltimore, in case the said County, or
Legislative District of the city of Baltimore, has
filled its quota prior to the said call or any similar
call hereafter made
Sec. 4. And be it enacted; That all bonds issued
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, and
the County Commissioners of each county, as re-
CURED by the said original Act, shall be exempt
from all State, city or county taxation.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That this Act shall
take effect from the date of its passage
We certify that the aforegoins is true copy of
an Act which passed the General Assembly of Mary
land, March H. 1865.
c. HARDWOOD, Secretary Of Senate
W. r. COLE, Chief Clerk Of House of Deleqates.