Litchfield enquirer., 1865-08-17
PUBLIC ACTS, PASSED MAY SESSION. lse6:

xs CHAPTER XVI
 An Act to authorize Towns to make an appropri-
 .sation of Money to erect Monuments to the
 Memory of Soldiers and Seamen who have died
 in the late War against the Government of the United States.
 Be t enacted 6yths Senate and Honse of Repre-
 se,stattUes in General Assemblu conBsned:
 SEC. l. It shall be lawful for any toWn,in this State, at a meeting legally warned for the pur- pose. to appropriate sum of money, not more than the amount of fifteen cents on one hundred dollars, of the assessment list of said town last completed at the time of holding said meeting, for the erection of d suitable monument to the memory of all soldiers and seamen who were res. idents of and who belonged to said townat the time of their enlistment and who have died in the military or naval service of the United States in thel1a war against the Government of the ueited States. the appropriation: so madeNo be SEc: 2. No part of said appropriation shall be used until at leastsan amount equal to said ap- propriati0n shali be raised for the same purpose by voluntary contributions and paid into the treasury of the town within one year after said appropriation ismade, then no part of said ap- propriation shall be used for the object herein provided, and any amount which may have been raised by said town for said object in pursuance of the provisions ofthis Act, shall be used to de5 fray the ordinary lawful and necessary expenses of said town. }5sf#s 8r
 SEc.s3. Whenever any appropriation is made by any town in this State under the provisions of this Act, the particular location of the monu ment proposed to be erected, shall be stated in the vote making said appropriation, or if not so stated, said town shall at the same meeting when said appropriation is made, appoint g com mittee of three persons, majority of which com mittee shall decide upon the particular location of said monument within thirty days from the time of their appointment, and shall within said thirty days file certificate designating the place 30 decided upon, in the office of the town clerk of said town {; and at the same meeting the said town may appoint committee of not more than three persons, under whose direction and super vision the money appropriated and raised under the provisions of this act shall be texpended, and the treasurer of said town shall pay all orders drawn upon him by said committee in pursuance of said provisions and in case such committee is not appointed, then all expenditures under the provisions of this act shall be made under the di- rection of the selcctmen of said town. s f
 SEC. f.. No part of the amount of the appropri- ation, or the amount raised by voluntary contri- buttons under the provisions of this act, shall be expended for land upon which monument is to be erected, except such portion of the amount raised by voluntary contributions as shall be In excess of the amount of said appropriation. ,i
 SEC 6. The names of all soldiers and seamen who at the time of their enlistment were resi- ients of, or belonged to any town which shall erect monument under the provisions of this lct, and who have died in the military or naval 'ervice of the United States during the late war, hall be inscribed upon said monument or upon } tablet inserted therein, and the places and iates of their death, when the same can be as. ,ertained.
 Approved, June 29, 1865. ], sa i5 isa--H