The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-03-07
An Important Bill.
The Bill 70 Leg ,lIze the Aetioh OF Certain Town
ships. cities and Counties In Raising Bounties
for Volunteers as Finally Passed. a 1tl.f
The People of the State o.

have heretofore voted to raise by tax,
or shall have hired or borrowed money,
or shall have authorized, or directed a
committee of citizens, or any township
or city officer or officers to hire, ad-
vance or raise money, or issued or aus
thorized the issuing of bonds, or other
evidences of Indebtedness, either by acr
ton of the corporate authority of such
township, city or county, or by the vote
of the electors thereof, had for that pur-
pose. or where the board of Supervi-
sors of any county, or the common
council of any city, the township board
of any township, have agreed by resolu-
ton, to issue bonds or other evidences
ofindebtedness, with the object and to
the end of encouraging enlistments by
having bounties to volunteers in the
military or naval service of the United
States. who enlisted and were mustered
into suchservice before the fourth day
of February, eighteen hundred and six
sixty-fve, or with the object and to the
end of encouraging the procuring Of
substitutes by persons who may have
been draftedinto said service, or to en-
courage drafted men to enter into said
service personally, such action shall be
deemed legal and valid, and the money
so voted, raised or hired, or so author
lied or directed to be hired, advanced,
or raised, and the bonds or other evil
dences of Indebtedness so issued, or to
be issued, shall be deemed to have been
I legally issued, and shall be valid and
lawful claim against the township, city
or county, having voted, raised, hired,
authorized, or issued the same, and shall
be paid in the same manner as the or
dinary township, city or county expcn-
ses are paid, and the obligations made,
or to be made, to evidence the indebt-
edness of such township, city or coun-
ty. for such money so raised, advanced
or hired, and the bonds or other evi-
dences of Indebtedness so issued, shall
be deemed valid and binding upon such
township, city or county, and the tax
rolls for the collection of the tax voted
or raised as aforesaid, whether spread
upon the general tax roll or upon spe-
cial tax roll made for that purpose, shall
be deemed, and are hereby declared to
be legal and valid +; and whenever the
faith of any county, has been pledged
and bonds issued and loaned by such
county to any township, ward, city OF
military sub-districtt therein, the amount
of bonds so taken, with interest as pro-
vided therein, may be assessed, by direc
ton of the board of supervisors of said
county, upon the township, ward, city
+. or military sub-district taking or loan
I, ino the same, and shall be assessed
collected and paid at the same time
!. and in the same manner as other coun
tv taxes are collected and paid.
SEC. 2. In all cases where the board
/. of supervisors of any county, the com
rnon council of any city, or the town
. ship board of any township, or the le
gal voters of any county, city or town
:, Ship have, in their corporate capacity
: offered or agreed to pay any bounty t.
Is any person or persons for volunteering
!: in the military or naval service Of tn
!, United States, or have offered or agreed
to pay auy bounty to any person wh'
IS NAV have been drafted into said ser
y vice, for serving therein, either in per
4 son or by substitute, if such person o
y persons volunteer, or were drafted an
I'd mustered into such service, before tn
b fourth day Of February, eighteen hun
: dred and sixty-five, or have issues
bonds. or other evidences of debt, O
other instruments claimed to be sucf
to pay such bounties, or to raise none
TO nav the same, the said counties, ci
les or townships are respectively AT
thorized and empowere | to allow an
nav the same as valid claims and sue
allowance and payment, except as here
= in otherwise provided, shall be made
the same manner as ordinary claims al
allowed, and paid and such township
city or county may issue bonds or ce
ti6cates of Indebtedness in lieu OF an
z, such bonds, certificates or instrument
claimed to be evidences of indebted
ness. heretofore issued, in good faitl
s for the purpose aforesaid, and so ALLOW
ed as aforesaid, which bonds or certi
es, Gates, when issued by a city or count.
shall be under seal thereof; and if
ed a city, shall be signed by mayor an
city clerk, or recorder and comptroll
thereof; and if by county, shall b
,snr- signed by the chairman ofthe board
ing supervisors and county clerk and If
ch. township shall be signed by the s
ian pervisor and clerk, and may bear ia
of interest not exceeding seven per cer
s,a per annum, and be payable at any tir
not exceeding five years from the tin
of such allowance, unless higher ra
-. of interest, or longer time OF intere
5. has been agreed upon.
SEC. 3. In case the board of supe
=, visors of any county, or the comm
nd council of any city, or the mayor a
ov. recorder, or comptroller, or mayor q
too city clerk of any city, or the townst
in in board of any township, have issued
liver caused to be issued, or shall hereaf'
issue in pursuance of resolutions he
tofore adopted, bonds, warrants, cert
}, icates, or other evidences of indebt'
and ness, for the purpose of filing the a
''''' "a "a % % any city, township, ward, or =. y.
tary sub-district by volunteers, or 81
stitutes for drafted men actually ent
ing the military service of the Unit
= States, before the fourth day of Feb
'su- nv, eighteen hundred and sixty five,
der any call for troops heretofore ma
or in anticipation of any such call, 81
, and instrument Of legal evidence of the
h0a' debtedness of such county, or city;
and the Board of Supervisors in such co
earl ty, and the common council of 81
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