Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-09-11

A RTICLE NI,


II state Is authorized to issue bonds payable
within twenty one years, at rate Of interest not
exceeding six per cent, a year, payable semi
annually, which bonds or their proceeds shall be
devoted solely towards the reimbursement of the
expenditures incurred by the cities, tcwns and
plantations of the state for war purposes during
the rebellion, upon the following basis: Gach
city, town and plantation shall receive from the
state one hundread dollars or every man fu. l.
shed for the military service OF he United States
uuder and after the call of July second. eighteen
hundred and siXty-two, and accepted by the United
States towards its quota for the term of three years,
and in The same proportion for every man so furn-
ishcd and accepted for any shorter period and the
same shall be in iul payment for any claim upon
the state on account of It's war debts by any such
municipality. A commission appointed by The
governor and council shall dcterm.ns the amount
to which each city town and plantationis entitled
to be devoted TO such reimbursement, the surplus,
II any. tobc appropriated to the soldiers who IN
listed or were drafted and went ut anv time during
the war, or if deceased to their legal representa-.
tves. The issue of bonds hereby authorized shall
not exceed in the aggregate three million five hun.
dred thousand dollars, and this amendmen. shall
no. de construed to permit the credit OF the safe,
to be directly or indirectly loaned in any other
case or for any other purpose.
Resoired, That the aldermen of cities, the soec
mer Of towns and the assesso rs of plantations ar
hereby empowered and directed TO notify the in
habtants q heir respective cities towns and plan
tations in the manner prescribed by law, at their
next annual meetings in September to give in til cir
votes on the amendment proposed in the foregoing
resolve, and the question snail be.
Shall the constitution be amended so rs to au-
therize the assumption of municipal war dcbis by
loanng the credit of the state to an amount not
exceeding in the aggregate three milsn five hun.
dred thousand dollars, as proposed by resolve of
the forty seventh legislature? And said inhabit
ants shall vote by ballot on said question. those
in favor Of said amendment expressing it by the
word YES, and those opposed to the amendment
expressing it by the word NO -; and the ballots
shall. be received. sorted counted and declared in
open ward, town and plantation meetings, and
lists of the votes shall be made out by the alder
men, selectmen and assessors, and clerks OF said
cities, towns aud plantations, in the same manner
as votes for senators. and shall be returned into
the office Of the secretary of state within twenty
days after said election. And the governor and
council shall forthwi III, after the expiration Of
said twenty days, examine and count said votes,
and if shall appear that majority Of the nhah-
itants voting said question in favor of the
, roposcd amendments it shall become part OF the
constitution. And the governor shall thercupon
issue his proclamation. making known the fact.
Res0tred That the secretary of state shall pre-
pare ,iud furnish the several cities, towns and
plantations, blank returns i'll conformity to the
foregoing resolves, with copy there,f; also 4
copy OF the question submitted, printed in large
type.
Apprsved March :. 1865