Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-03-15
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Soldiers Orphans.

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Representative Gaylord has intro
du ed bill in the House to provide
for Soldiers orphans, of which the fol-
lowing is copy. 1t is good bill and
ought to pass
HOUSE FILE NO. 23Ol (BY GAYLORD.
BILL
FOR AN ACT 10 PROVIDE FOR THE ORPHANS
Of THE SOLDIERS WHO Persisted IN THE
SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES DURING
THE GREAT REBELLION.
WHEREAS, cruel and desolating
war with armed treason has visited
our land, and left in its bloody wake
the orphans of our brave and fallen de-
tenders, whose heroic services and pat
riotic devotion to their imperiled gov
ernment entities their bereaved fami-
lies to our gratitude and support; and
whereas, these families are scattered
throughout almost every county in this
State, and can be provided for with a
much less expense at home, under the
immediate supervision of parents and
guardians, than abroad amongst stran-
gers, in large cities, where but compar-
atively few can be concentrated, and
where the essential and industrial pur-
suits of life must be neglected there
fore,
SECTION L. Be IL enacted By the Gene
raj assembly Of the State of IOpa, That
the Assessor of each ward and town
ship in this State, before the first Mon
day in June, A. ID. 1866, and when he
is making the assessment in each year
thereafter for the term of ten years ;.
shall take an enumerati of all the
children of deceased soldiers who were
in the military service of the govern
ment of the United States, in his ward
or township, naming the company, reg
iment, battery, battalion or organize
ton to which the deceased soldiers be-
longcd, and make accurate return to
the Board of Supervisors of his coun-
ty, designating the name, age, and sex
Of all the children belonging to the
family of the deceased, for which the
Assessor shall receive the same COM
pensation as for other services.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
Board of Supervisors to revise said
enumeration list of orphans from time
to time, by adding thereto or striking
thcrefrom as they may deem proper.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors to
furnish to the Assessors of the several
townships in his county such blanks
as may be necessary for taking the
aforesaid enumeration.
SEC 4. The Board of Supervisors
Of the several counties shall have con-
troll of the funds for the purposes men-
toned in this act, and shall use the
same for the maintenance and educa-
ton of the orphans aforesaid, in such
manner and in such sums as the exi.
gencies of the case may demand, and
for no other purpose.
SEc. s. The Board of Supervisors
shall levy tax not to exceed one-half
mill on the dollar, in any one year, on
all the taxable property in their coun-
ty, provided that there are any such
orphans in their county needing such
aid, and shall apply said fund in man
ner as hereinbefore directed.
SEc. 6. Ii the children of the de-
ceased soldiers aforesaid have no natu-
raj or other guardian, or are neglect
ed, the Board of Supervisors may ap-
point some suitable person in the town.
ship, whose duty it shall be to see that
said children are cared for according
to the spirit and intent of this act.
SEC. I. The funds raised under the
provisions of this act, shall he called
the Soldiers Orphan Fund.- and shall
be levied. collected, and paid out in the
same manner as other county funds.
SEC 8 The provisions of this act
shall not be so construed as to prevent
the Supervisors of any county in this
State from permitting the orphans, or
any number thereof from their respec-
tive counties, to attend any Orphans
Home in this State, which Orphans
Home shall receive from said county
its proportion of the fund raised there
in, according to the number of such or
phans in the county and any county
which shall provide for its soldiers or
phans according to the provisions OF
this act, shall not be taxed by the State
for the same purpose
| SIC. 0. This act being deemed OF
immediate Importance by the Legisla
ture, shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in the
Iowa State Register and Iowa Home
stead, newspapers published at Des
Moines, Iowa.