The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-29

TIL he Committee recommended pass books
| as ihe most convenient voucher wherever
! Praclcaple TO use the same aud that the al.
| lowance OF ;, a week % each grown person
and nifty cents to each child under ii years
of age be continued, where necessary. till the
middle Of June next, and that a committee
of five be appointed 10 meet at the Cour.
House in Ottawa on the second Monday IN
June next; to a11it the accounts against
the. military fund for the relief of families, and
recommend such relief for the summer a.
they shall deem proper, and cause report
OF their proceedings to be published.
We have TO renew our previous recon-
Inendation that the families shall have the
choice in selecting Ike tj!aces on which their
orders shall be drawn
APRIL SESSION, 1864.
Ap'fl-26. Sups. Hickling, Rogers and others
presented petitions from veteran volunteers,
claiming the $lOO bounty offered by the coun.
t. by resolution in December last.
On motion of Sup. Baldwin, said petitions
we're referred to a committee offive, with in
struc;ions to report at . o'clock tomorrow
morning The chair appointed Sups. Bald
win, HickllDg, Gilman, Clark and Sweetland
said commGee.
AprA 27.--Sup. Baldwin, from the com.
mittee OF five to whom was referred the peti.
tiOns of re-en.isted veterans, &c, reported as
follows:
That it is the unquestionable duty of this
board 20 fulfil all its Obligations and promises
in relation to the payment of bounties, and
which are either legally or equtably binding
on them.
Your committee would also say, in refer
ence 10 the petitions requiring The extension
OF a bounty OF S 100 to all re-enlisted veterans
that b.lieva tho Poo ri o,S
veil the people of the county, appreciate
the patriotism that prompted the soldiers to
euiist, and also the effective and gallant ser.
vice they have rendered to the country and
feel that the county and country owe them
debt they can never iully pay, and that
they should, III the matter of bounties, be
made equal
The committee will rther say. that to ex-
tend the bounty TO all the soldiers in the
service from tins county will require a large
aud as vet unascertaiued amount of money,
which can only be procured by such pro.
visions as will satisfy capitalists that the
county has tie legal authority to provide by
taxation at least the interest.
The county Is limited by law to e five mill
tax for military purposes. The mall tax
will net about S33,o0J. There will fall due,
within the year, military b n Is and interest,
SiS,OJp. lneFe Wa. palu lot support OF SOL
dieIs families last year sl5, ,000-total $33 00G.
The increase OF prices will probably in
crease TIE amount necessary for support of
families, a sacred object, which should be
first provided for,
The committee recommended the adoption
Of the following resolutions
That the committee on bcri'ties sscer,air
whether any, and hcr r-GcT. cf the members
of the 52d Eegt. are legally or equitably
entitled to the bounty Of 500 under the re.
solution Of the board in Dec. last, and if any
arc 50 found entitled, said committee pay
said bounty to the persons So found entitled
10 tie same.
That the committee on bounties ascertain
and report TO the next meeting of the board
the number of soldiers who have, since the
war besan, been in tie service O. The CriteG
States, and who have been credited to the
county ot la Sale: the amount Of tcvr.f
paid 10 each, and also what amount of money
VIII be necessary to pay each re-rrl's,eG
soldier the sur of Sl0e, less such amount az
has heretofore been paid to such soldier;
also to report what ad -itiona legislation may
be necessary TO enable the board TO provide
for the payment of suct hcpnties as will give
10 each soldier from the ccu+i- tie said
bounty OF 500.
On motion said report and resolutions,
were uuanam9usly adopted.