The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-29
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OrGie Board Of Supervisors in r.feTeacs 10
.SJ,asers' B,untisS, Il.
(Concluacn)
FG3RvAgY SESSION, ISL.

EB. II.-Sup GRAY presented the follow
rrg preamble ana resolution:
Hdcreas it il repre- -esented b. the various re-
crriting officers in the county that they are
unable t. procure recruits in the army unless
the county offer bounty for the same; d'td
,risysaS i is further represented that severd!
hundred volunteers have been procured IN the
county sin-e the time has expire | for the pay
ment of bounties and that other counties
paving bouuties have had them placed 10
their credit: Therefore.
RcsoLcef. That the committee orr hountics
appointed a: the De; emb a 7 .cia! session ot
this Board AT, hereby requested AM author
lied to extend the payment of bountles To ali
such persons az may volunteer under the late
call OF the President, Il IN their judgment,
additional raen are needed to fiilHp.our quota
OF said cSI. IN order that draft may be
avoided in this county.
On motion of Sup. Gilman reierred to the
select committee on bounties.
FsJ. l2.-Sup baldwin otferel the follow
ing resolution, which was adopted:
Tn the committee authorized 10 pay
boun,ies are authorized to take all reasonable
means to procure the proper credits to La
Sale county for men SO enlisted. tor the war;
and after such efforts and proper exertlcnS to
ascertain if the comfy has furnished her
quota, they be authorized to act upon the
facts and information this ascertained IN the
payment of bounties.
Sup. Baldwin, from the bounty committee,
p-esented draft of the report Of that com
mittee which being read, on otion OF Sup
Gilman was recommitted to said committee
with instructions to report III accordance win
the teuc- of said draft.
Sur Hise moved that the bounty TO be
paid in accordance with sal draft be Sloo !;
which was agreed to By the following vot'
Ays-BalGwin, Brown, Berry, Clark, Call,
Dent. Dominv, Fleming, Fisher. Green. Gage,
GRAY. Hise. fall, Hob IN. Hughs, Johns. ia
c,b;on. Kline, Liningcr. Mclutyre Miller, No :
f.ison, Moore, Price, Ruger, Rowe, Strawn,
Soule, Spencer, Wicks, Wagoner-32.
Na9s-Gilman, Sweetland, Corwin, Chair
man--3. ~ ah"
Snp. Baldwin, from the bounty committee
then submitted the iolipwing report: +.
The committee appointed TO pay bounties
20 volunteers bv the Board at the speclai seS'
sim in Dec last, and to whom was referred
resolution offered By the Supervisor from La
Sale. report that they find that large nnm-
her OF soldiers in the field hare reenllsted,
and by a singular coincidence were mustered
in, with but few exceptions, on the lst day OF
January, 1861 and claim the bounty. How
many have rc-eniisted cannot he &scertained,
and which are the first AGO entitled to the
bounty cannot be known for long time aud
an attempt to pay to both new and veteran
recruits will prevent the payment OF any
bounties for weeks, and perhaps months.
Your committee, and we have no doubt this
Board duly appreciate the debt of gratitude
due to our veteran soluiers, debt we can
never pay, but the fin ances of the county will
not Justify the payment of an indefinite
amount of bounries and we therefore recon-
mend the bounty be paiG only to the new re-
[ crnits. s.,.4s4,,
The committee are OF opinion that the
quota of La Sale county is nearly or quite