The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-22

keeping the expenditures within the means
provided tor that purpose, ard IecQmmepd
that relief to families hereafter she'll in no
case exceed the following rates 10 grown
person dependent upon a volunteer for sup.
port, so cents week and t2r each child
under ID years, % cehts a week; and the
committee suggest that SO long as the county
furnishes support to their families. the neces-
Sly of sending home money viii not be so
urgent and will be neglected by the volun.
teers, and for this reason we recommend tina.
no relief be granted to the families o! volun-
teers by the county after the lst day of April,
except in cases OF sickness or absolute dis
tress.
Your committee have examined the &C.
counts ofthe com. appointed by this board at its
last meeting to issue bonds in payment Of the
volunteers under the resolution appropriating
IS to each volunteer mustered into the SER
vice of the l. S. from LA Sale county to the
No OF 1000, and report, that the whole
amount of bonds issued up to the present
time Is $1,000, Of which have been expended
for the support OF families O. volunteers pre-
vious to Sept. !, 1860, S2648.l5 and $f,o4I.-
" have been paid on the IS bounty voted 10
volunteers, and discount of per cent. Or
$50 was allowed on $1,000 of bonds sold,
leaving a balance IN the hands OF said com.
ini,tee of S244,74.
The number Of men paid the S. bounty
in full is 4O3 and the number paid in part Is
2S7. Your committee recommend that the
Treasurer be Instructed to set apart the |
mill tax, or = 9, hs of the whole county tax
current year, to be designated the volunteer
relief fund, and to be used exclusively III pay
ment of orders issued for relief OF families oi
volunteers, and to distinguish said orders
from those issued for Ordinary expenditures
the clerk shall stamp the word military across
the face of said orders before issuing the
same
This report is sigLed by VIM W. Gilman,
". l.. +. Jones, r. baldwin, K. CorwIn,
committee.
Fej l4.-Sup. CLeever was excused from
further service on the committee Tor TIE d's'
burseme Of the war fund.
On motion of Sap. Gilman, 1t Was
Re oired, Tia, ieicsiter the Sup ryisOrs
from the several towns shall grant 10 assls-
tauce to the families OF volunteers except
such as are iu absolute need Of assistance and
have no relatives legally char cable with their
support, able to assist them, and IN no case
shall the relief granted exceed the following
rates To a grown person dependent upon Il
volunteer FOR support, 80 cts. week F; and
lot caCH cHl.ti years. - Cts al "tGh.
and that after the lst OF April next no assis-
tqnce be GRANTED, except IL cases OF absolute
distress. and Oh tie recommendation OF the
overscer of the poor.
FtL. Is -COmpehsation was allowed 10
Su"prvisors OF various towns, ranging from
81 to SO each. for disbur.;i= funds for the
relief Of the families Of volunteers. as follows
" m. Fleming 81 j. I. Buckley and v. l..
f. Jones. 81 each; L. Don!evy, Il McCle: r.,
J. .. Dcut, >. : hall, Wm. Orr, l.. Baldwin,
Shepardson Il llaight, and v. Bachelder, $
each Jos. Hart $50, E7ans q Canon, Si7
". v. Gilman, SZ3 Eli Strawm $40: W
Y, Worseley -.
Supervisor Fleming offered The following
reaU!u;Iou:
] hat ihc resolution a prcpr.ating s. ct ch
- the first 1000 volunteers enlisted in this
county be 80 construed a. to mean the first
1900 enlisted into the |. :. army, whose
residence was in this comfy; provided that
lie claims of those wko may have received a
similar bounty ilom other counties saaIl be
rejected.
On the passage o. which the yeas AID navs
were demanded. resulting as follows:
sI-os-bachel.o- Baldwin. Carpenter.
CLcever. Clark, Dent, yeming, Hall, Jacob
sou, Jones, LinangeT'. lc Ciearv. Orr, Ruger,
Soule. Strawn. and E:~a, chairman-l7.
Nays-Bro~n, Bucklcy. Corwin, Caion.
Don!,vy. Gage, Gibbs, Gilman, Ha"., Ne
Dougall, Morrison, Worsley-l2
50 the resolution was adopted.