Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-03-27
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~ ,o''9'.7 IF the loyal States lor eN-
;.,,,.,ad in raising troops during the
i0ii'o7 .-,,rtcd bv Mr. Blaine, oi Maine,
wal, a. - tI,s- committee to whom II was
referred H.. c+otos tbot have /
u s gl-- troops to the Union army tor
aIrances made and expenses incurred IN |
raising the same. .,
WurRTas The States that furnished
icons TO the Union army during the late
war were subjected to very heavy expen-
cos amounting In the aggregate to four hun
dred and seventy five millions Of dollars a
large PROPORTION Of which has assumed the
form Of oppressive debt and, whereas, this
entire outlay was made for the common
cause Of the Union, and therefore constl-
tutes an equitable claim on the common
treasury Of the nations therefore,
Be It enacted BIZ the Senate and House o.
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States Of
America IN Congress assembled, That there
shall be reimbursed by the United States
that furnished troops TO the Union army,
and also TO the several Territories and the
District Of Columbia, a sum equal to $40
for each man duly enlisted into the military
or naval service Of the United States during
the late war the total number being re
duccd to a uniform standard Of three years
service, viz:
To Maine, for $685. men, s3,112,725.
To New Hampshire for 3O,827 men, ST.
695. 49,
To Vermont, for 29,O52 men, 81 ,597, $50.
To Massachusetts,, for 1854 men, &c.
81 42O
To Rhode Island, for 1873 men, $685.
29O
To Connecticut, for 5O,514 mon, 82,778,-
27O.
To New York, for 381 600 men, $40 $685.
28O.
To Now Jersey, for 55,785 men, $685.
l75.
To Pennsylvania for 267,555 men, sl4,-
1860
TO Delaware, for 10, 3O3 men, s566,665
To Maryland for 80, G92 men, 81 OBS, O60.
To West Virginia, for y ,653 men, 81,
529.945.
To Ohio, for 237, $40 men, s13,688,680.
To Indiana. for l52 ,2S3 men, S8375,565,
To Illinois, for 2l2,694 men, Sl1 ,69S,l7O.
To Michigan, for so, 865 men, S4447, 575.
To Wisconsin, for 7S 985 men, S4344, l75.
To Minnesota, for ~, G75 men 1882, 175.
To Iowa, for g. $50 men, S3,7SG,2 G0
To Missouri, for 8LO79 men, sI624345.
L y.
To Kansas for Is, 6j4 men, 81 ,025570.
To Tennessee, for 1907 men, S664, 236.
To California for j. 451 men, S409 8G5.
TO Nevada, for PIG men, s14 $50.
To Oregon, for 5S1 men, s31 ,955.
TERRITORIES
Washington, for 995 men, 1922
Nebraska, for >, 400 men, Sl35,3 300,
Colorado, for l, 762 men, S96,9l0
Dakota for 18l men, 50 955.
New Mexico for OH men, $685. 55
District Of Columbia, for 1896 men,
S632, $50
SEC. 2. Ind be 1t GuiLcr eaacted, That the
amounts to be thus reimbursed shall be in
registered bonds of The United States Of
not less than one thousand dollars each,
bearing interest at the rate Of five per
centum per annum payable semi annually
in lawful money, and redeemable at the
pleasure Of the United States, after twenty
years from date. Said bonds shall be dated
July /. 1867, and interest thereafter shall
be payable on the first day Of january and
first day OF July in each year; said interest
TO be payable and said bonds redeemablc
out Of moneys TO be hereafter appropriated
by Congress.
SEc. 3. Ind be Il JiHthT enacted That
each bond issued in pursuance Of this act,
shall have plainly printed or engraved
thereon the words following, viz THE
bonds Of which this is one are issued to the
State Of -, in full reimbursement for ex-
pcnscs incurred by said State in the war for
the Union. Said bonds are not negotiable
until after the LIST day Of July, A. d. 1867,
and then only upon the ndorsemer of the
Governor Of the State. And said rnads are
accepted by said State in full payment of
all claims for expenses incurred or losses
sustained IN The war for the Union, either
by the State or by any municipal corpora
ton within the S,ate.'
SEc f. And BE- Il further enacted That the
bonds authorized by this act shall not be de-
lvcrcd TO any state until the Legislature
thereof has formally consented to accept
them on the terms contained in the third
section aud upon such consent being
properly certified 10 tho Secretary Of the
Treasury by the Governor OF any State, the
Secretary shall on the Governors receipt
therefor issue to such State its proper
amount of bonds rs provided in the first
section Of this act But the condition con
tanned IN the third section shall not be con
strucd To include any demand or claim from
State on municipal corporation which can
be audited and paid under any law i'm force
at the time of The approval Of this act
SEC. 3. Ind Be II uutber enacted. That the
Secretary of State shall forward TO the GOV
ernor of each State a certified copy OF this
act within thirty days irom the date Of APP
proval and the Secretary of the Treasury
is charged with executing The provisions Of
this act