The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1865-02-24
The Bounty Bill.

The following is correct copy of the
bounty bill as it passed the General AS
sembly of Maryland:
A Bill, entitled can Act to provide bounty
for soldiers entering the service of the
United States to fill the quotas of Mary
land under the call of the President of
the United States of the 10Th of Deem
Der, 1864, and under future calls.'
SECTION l.. Be At enacted by the Gener-
al assembly Of Maryland, That whenev-
er, under the aforesaid Proclamation of
the President, or any other similar one
hereafter made, draft shall take place in
this State to fill her quota or the resi-
duce of her quota under such call,
bounty of three hundred dollars shall
be paid to every person dr.fted and held
to service, or to every person volunteering
or furnishing representative substitute,
or his authorized agent or attorney, under
the call of the President of December,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or any
other similar one which shall hereafter be
made.
Sec. 2. And6e 1t enacted, That three re-
sponsible citizens shall be appointed by
the Governor of the State, by and with
the advice of and consent of the Senate,
for each county, and one for each of the
Legislative Districts of.the City of Balti-
more, to be called the "Maryland State
Bounty Boards" for the said counties and
7 city respectively, and that the said Boards
upon giving bonds to the amount OF ten
thousand dollars by each member of said
Boards, to be approved by the Governor,
shall have the right to draw upon the
Treasurer upon the warrant of the Comp
troller of the State for the amount of three
hundred dollars for each drafted man, vol.
unteer or representative substitute, to be
paid to such persons as may furnish prop
er certificates from the officer authorized
to grant such certificates, that be has vol
unteered, been drafted and held to service,
or furnished substitute, or his authorized
agent or attorney, under said call or any
similar call hereafter made, and credited
as "a part of the quota of the sub-districts
in which such volunteer, drafted man or
principal of such substitute may reside,
and every member of said Boards so con-
stituted under the section shall receive a
compensation of two hundred dollars
(S2O0) for the performance of the duties
imposed by this act and, provided, that
no appointment shall be made by the Gov
ernor for any county or the City of Balti-
more in case the said county or the City
of Baltimore has filled its quota prior to
the said call or any similar call hereafter
made.
Sec. 3. And be 1t enacted, That the
said Boards created by this Act shall make
reports to the Comptroller Of the Treasury
of the amounts disbursed by them respec-
lively under this Act, and the persons to
whom such disbursements shall have been
made, and shall continue to make such re-
ports until the quotas Of each county and
the City of Baltimore shall have been fill.
ed; and they shall make their first reports
within three weeks after the first payment
shall have been made by them under this
Act; and in addition to the compensation
heretofore provided for the said Boards,
Shall be allowed for stationary and incl
dental expenses, including rent of room a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars for each
Board in the respective counties, and one
hundred aud fifty dollars for the Board of
the City of Baltimore.
SEC. 4. And be 1t enacted, That for
the purpose of meeting the expenses to
be incurred under this Act, fund is here
by created, to be called the Defence Loan,
and the Treasurer of the State is hereby
authorized, under the direction of the Gov
ernor, to issue bonds or certificates of debt,
countersigned by the Comptroller, bearing
interest at six per centum per annum, pay
able semi annually on the first day of Jan.