The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-06-24
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
PASSED JANUARY SESSION, 'e5.
OFFICIAL. !.
4 c. HARDWOOD, Secretary Senate,
.a.,a ,,o w. R. COLE, 9aa ,;@ia, ID
Chief Clerk House of Delegates. il
A. BILL.

rec bliu-uJi 10 A BILL tuuoe s,omllaa
aa Entitled an act to amend an act entitled
San act to aid and encourage -enlistments
into the Maryland regiments in service
OF the United States, passed 1864, Chapter
l5 +; and to provide for the prompt payment
OF the bounties therein specified, and to
repeal Section Of said Act, and to re-en-
act the same so as to make bounties there
in specified payable to the widows and
heirs ofdeceased soldiers. elaa liia IiHI
Whereas, by an act of the General As
sembly Of Maryland, passed 1864, chapter
Is, entitled "an act to aid and encourage
enlistments into the Maryland regiments
in service of the United States, and the
supplements thereto, certain bounties were
provided for volunteers. and others enlist
ing for three years upon the quota of the
State under the call of the President Of
the United States, dated October 17th,
1868, and the supplement thereto dated
February lst, 1864, in all cases where such
volunteer or other person should be cred
tied to the county or city in which he re-
sided at the time of his enlistmen mt ;sand
the County Commissioners of the several
counties, and the Register of the 'oc city OF
Baltimore were thereby constituted the
Agents Of tho State for the disbursement
of said bounties. '7'' = =.
q, AKD WHEREAS, it has frequently happen
ed that persons enliSting in the United
States service as part of the quota of the
State, under the said calls of the President
for troops were improperly credited upon
the muster rolls of their Company or Reg
iment to some Congressional District, or
to the State at large, instead of the pro-
per county or city in which the volunteers
resided, and were thereby Inadvertently de-
prived of The bounty to which they were
fully entitled under the provisions Of said
laws; Ha-1es "a b9'gi,luo9 g9t9grbff9 ,feqsqesb
AND WHEREAS, the payment ofthe bounty
to the class Of persons denominated ''negro
slaves" in section Sd of said aet,9 and TO
their owners, has been delayed for want of
proper evidence that said negro slaves were
duly enlisted and credited upon the States
quota, and it is desirable that measures
should be adopted with view ofthe prompt
payment OF said bounties to the persons
denominated NEGRO slaves,' as also to
their masters or owners therefore b9i29i
a Section 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, Plat every soldier
volunteer or other person in the army, navy
or marine corps, who by his duly authenti-
Gated muster roll or enlistment papers shall
appear to have been enlisted or mustered
prior to the lst day Of April, 1864, as part
OF the quota OF this State, or in the case of
negroes who shall appear to have been EN-
listed from this State, prior to the 1st day
of April, 1864, in the service of'the United
States under the call of the President, .daI
ted October 18th, 1868, and subsequent
calls, but who from any cause shall not have
been credited to the county or city where
such person at the time of his enlistment
resided, shall be entitled to receive the
bounty provided by said act. saar17aT
p Section 2. And be it enacted, That the
Treasurer ofthe State, upon receipt Of lists
Of such persons from the Acting Assistant
Provost Marshal for Maryland, or from
any other duly authorized officer of the
United States, certifying that such persons
were credited upon the quota of this State,
and in the case of negroes from the United
States Board Of Claims now in sessionin
the city of Baltimore certifying that the
persons whose names are borne on said
lists appear to have been enlisted IN tie
service Of the United States from the State
Of Maryland, be, and he is hereby author
ICED and directed, upon the warrant of the
Comptroller, to pay to every such soldier,
NU'unteer, or other person, the wlioleamount
ofthe bounty provided by the laws above
referred to, to be paid to them respectively,
anything contained in said law or laws to
the contrary notwithstanding Provided,
however, That no payment shall be made
under this act to any person designated as
q negro slave in the Sd section OF the said
Act of1S64 wh0 shall, from the returnmade
to the Comptroller, appear to have been
paid his bounty as q FREQ person 80 enlist
ing as aforesaid. sf]i z.l.'l"olA2h
Section 3 And be it enacted, That the
Treasurer shall upon the warrant, OF the
Comptroller, pay the bounty of one hum
dred dollars provided by section 3, of the
act to which this is supplement, to the
former owner OF every person designated
in said section as q negro slave who shall
appear to have been enlisted in the1servfce
of the Unitad States, from this State, by
lists or certificate, as provided for in the
preceding section OF this act :; and every
claimant or master as aforesaid shall at the
same time file with said certificate his own
affidavit of ownership, and the sworn testi-
mony OF two witnesses cognizantt5of the
fact u9H nostW lask .TH gd uwo1q 513w
Section4. And be it enacted, That Sec
tion 4 OF the act of 1864, chapter11G, above
recited, be and is hereby repealed and re-
enacted so as to read as follows, viz ;,r
Section4.. That if any soldier volunteer
or other person, enlisted or. mustered into
the service as herein provided, shall have
died, or may hereafter die while 10 said SER
vice.. the whole of said bounty, if'the same,
shall not have been paid previously, or so
much thereof as may remain unpaid at the
time of the death of such person, shall be
paid lst TO his widow it there be one. %,
if there be no widow, then to his children
equally I'd, if he leave no widow, child or
children, then to- his mother 4ths if he
leaves no mother, then to the father ;9if no
father, athen to- his brothers and sisters
equally and if he leave no brother or sis
ter, then the same shall rovertt TO the State.
Section 5. And be it further enacted,
That no payment shall be made, by virtue
of this act, to any agent or attorney who
may elaine the same by virtue ofany agen-
cy created or any power of attorney execu-
ted prior to the passage OF this actl J.TN
Section 6. And be it enacted, That this
act shall take effect from the date Of its
passage. 1ai slH z Doh hi3l gl4 ." ,ta"@
io.s.oT ia ll5l NOTICE. 991Gos ss8 919di
OFFICE CLERK OF THE CIRou1T CouRT ToRCl
iol 5af BALTIMORE County, yfbdoh nQ{
@ TowsoNrOwN, March 18th, 1855. j.
nERSON6 having Deeds, Mortgages, &c, in
| IL this Office for record, left prior to MAY
lOth 1865, are hereby informed that all such are
now ready for delivery, and they are requested
to call and receive them. The large number
of instruments of writing accumulated in this
office, prompts the undersigned to make this
request. JNO. IL: LONGNEGKE En- .oi
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