The Portland daily press., 1868-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
state Of Maine.


twenty NTH, IN the year Of our Lord one thousan
tia sho hundred and sixtyfour, recognizing the jus
| ~ VI equaiizing these burdens far practica
PIE, declared that the state should assume som
portion of such debts; therefore,
ne enacted by The Senate and House of Repr
'enulaUes IN legislature assembled, follows
as olioh 1; Zach city, town and plantation sha
secene s ana be reimbursed from the state hun
areu uonars Tor every man furnished for the miitar
service OF the United States towards it's Quota 70
the term OF three years under the call of the presi
uel' %, ouy second eighteen hundred and sixty two
anu az subsequent calls, and in The same proper
ton ior every man 50 furnished and accepted for an
sh0Tter period in manner as hereinafter provided
| SECT. The governor and council shall appoint
ssoh OF three persons of ability, who shall b.
| quallned by oath before the governor and council
ana VINO sh.il audit the claims of Cities towns an,
pahtatiohs lor reim bursement under this act will
P"wer 10 send Tor and papers, and they shal
| meet at such place or places they may find con
| Venieht Tor the thorough investigation of each o
said Claims, and their decision shall be final ant
| without appeal. .. t---. =
| SEcT3 Whenever said commission shall deter
mine what amount any city, town or plantation i,
entitled to be reimbursed under the provision of ths
act they shall issue certificate thereof under thei
hands 70 said city, town or plantation, and dupli
cate OF the same to the state treasurer; and when
ever said certificate shall be presented TO the state
treasurer by the treasurer of said municipality OF
some duly authorized agent thereof then the said
treasurer snail Issue to said city, town plantation
the bonds of the state herein provided with the
fractional excess less than hundred dollars in
currency. Or if any city, town or plantation shall
elect to receive the of its said bonds in
cy then the said treasurer shall sell the same on ac
count OF said city, town or plantation, and pay to
the same the net proceeds of said sale.
SECT. The treasurer of state, with the advice OF
the governor Is hereby authorized to procure on the
Iath OF the state, by issuing the bonds thereof,
loan or loans OF three million five hundred thousand
dollars or SO much thereof may be needed for the
payment OF such sum the cities, towns and pan-
tatons may be entitled to be reimbursed under this
act. Said bonds to be dated April frat in the v.ar
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtv
nlne In twenty years from that date
4t thar
year, payable both principal and interest in Roston
at The treasury of Maine, the option of the hold
sr, ana .le treasurer Is hereby authorized to issue
bonds therefor in sums OF less than one hundred
dollars each, with coupons for the interest pavabIe
semi-annuay. Each bond aforesaid shall be signed
Dy the treasurer couftersigned by the governor and
attested by the secretary Of state with the seal of
the state, but the coupons shall be signed by the
treasurer, or oy some person duly authorized by
MIN, or the name OF the treasurer may be engraved
on said coupons the governor and council shall di
rect And the treasurer may advertse for proposals
for any or all of the loans hereinbefore named in
such papers as he shall deem expedient
SECT 8. There shall be raised by taxation each
year, commencing with eighteen hundred and sixty.
hlne the interest on such sums said commission
m1y lind due under the provisions of this act toetb.
or with such sum for sinking fund as invested
year by year VIII meet the payment of said bonds at
thelr maturity TO be assessed and collected ut the
same time and in the same as the usual state
tax and IN addition thereto; and the last ed sum
sinking fund to be invested hereinafter provided
and applied to the payment of the principal of the
Donds Issued by the authority Of the fourth section
of this act The state treasurer with the advice of
the governor, shall from time to time as said sink
ing fund shall be received into the treasury invest
the same, well as the income of said fund as it
sh accrue In any OF the bonds of this state or the
bonds OF the United States; and the proceeds of
such lnvestments they fall due and are paid into
M e snail be re-invested in like manner and
oe heid py sald treasurer for the purposes herein
mentioned. The treasurer shall keep register of ali
she Investments made by him as herein provided
showing the date, amount and number of each bond
oy whom issued and when il will mature; and in his
annual report he shall include an exhibit of the
amount amount and condition of said sinking fund.
SECT.o. NO towns or plantations which furnished
thelr quotas as aforesaid without the payment of
any bounty or by the payment of less aggregate
bounty than the sum reimburseabe under this act,
snail be entitled to receive the certificate provided by
section third until they shall have furnished the COM
mission with certified copy of of such town
or plantations appropriating the sum to which they
would be entitled the surplus of the same above
the amount actually paid out the soldiers who en-
listed or were drafted and went any time during the
war, or ii deceased to their legal representatives
NO money or bonds shall be paid to any CITY town
or plantation for when is in evidence tha. said
erect was granted by the state as gratuity for
which they have paid no consideration. No payment
snail be made to any city, town or plantation under
the provisions of this act until all due to the
ats rom said city, town or plantation shall be fully
SECT. q. All payments received by any CITY,
Town or plantation, under the provisions of this act
sha De deemed as relieving the state from all fur
ther claims on account of their respective war debts
and tae same shall be applied to the extinguishment
oI the Indebtedness OF said municipalities incurred
PRIOR 10 the passage of this act and provided for
section six and for other purpose; but whenever
any such municipality shal not be indebted at such
me 10 the amount it may receive from the state as
herein provided shall apply such norton thereof
as may be sufficient for the liquidation OF its ndebt-
edness; and il authorized to AXE such isnoson NJ
she remainder as such municipality may determine
Ior is corporate purposes, but in shall the
same be divided per capa distributed in any
ner among the Inhabitants thereof
SECT 3. The commissioners shall report their
doings at any time when requested by the governor
and council and shall make final report of all their
aolngs as soon as may be- during the year one thou
SAND eight hundred and sixtynine, to the said gov.
ernor and council. " : - o.
SECT. 8. Said commissioners are authorized IN
choose clerk who shall be by them sworn and sh,IJ
Keep a full record of their proceedings. They are
alec authorized to administer oaths and afirmatons
to municipal officers and other persons. ,.I
SECT. TO- Any person wilfully and corruptlv
swearing or affirming falsely to any material MATE
oeioe SAID commissioners, or either of them shall
DC deemed guilty OF perjury and punished by i'm.
prisonment not less than one nor more than five
years; and any person procuring another to commit
perjury before said or either of them
shall be punished in like manner; and if apy persop
shall wilfully and corruptly endeavor to incte or
procure another to commit perjury before said COM
mlssloners, or either of them though it is not COM
mitted. he shall be punished by Imprisonment not
less than six months more than than two years.
And any person who shall falsely make, alter forge
or counterfeit any certificate ement or sigma
ture OF said commissioners, either of them or
their clerk, or with intent to defraud shall falsely
make, alter forge counterfeit any public record or
proceeding, or any paper, writing document filed
with or presented to them either of them and anv
person uttering and publishing true any in.tru.
ment before mentioned, knowing it be false forged
or counterfeit, shall be punished by imprisonment
not less than one nor more than five years -
SECT. II. To defray the expenses incurred in tie
execution of this act the governor is hereby author
lied and directed to draw his warrant from time to
time for said expenditures, provided they audi
ted and allowed by the governor and council,
SECT. IL. This act shall be published by the sec
retary of state in some newspaper in every county
where newspaper is printed, for three successive
pEa INN lat. L. Al
in September next, with the resolves of this
ture providing for amendment of the constitnton
SO as to authorize limited reimbursement of mupici.
pal war expenditures by loaning the credit of the
state. ~, ..t f. .-' ~ 'A
SECT: 13. Section twelve and thirteen of this act
take eject when the act approved by the governor
ana the remaining section shall take fect on the
first day of November,seig ghteeu hundred and sixtv
eight; but If it shall not appear by the
OF the governor as provided in the herenbe
fore named, that majority of the inhabitants voting
on the question proposed in said resolves are in favor
OF the amendment proposed therein, and that said
amendment has become part of the constitution then
said sections from one to eleven, inclusive of this
act shall be imperative and veid ~
Approved March z, 1861 .s
.s .a...u F. STATE OF MAINE. .-'
Resolves providing for am endment of the consti-
tuition 20 as to authorize limited REIN bursement
oi municipal war expenditures by loaning the cred
Resotred, Twe-thirds of both the houses concurr.
ing that the following be proposed as an amendme
VI 'o eohostutioH VI this etate, which, when aD-
proved and adopted in the manner provided by the
constitution, shall become part thereof, viz:
11H5 ' ARTICLE XI. 5as
The state Is authorized to issue bonds PAYABLE
within twenty years, at a rate of interest not ex-
ceedlng SIX per cent year, payable mi-annually,
winch bonds or their proceeds shall be devoted solely
towards the REIN bursement of the expenditures
CURED by the cities, towns and plantations of the
Ior war purposes during the rebellion upon the
I3ii0wlng basis: Each city, town and plantation
ehaii receive from the state hundred dollars for
man furnished for the military service of the
states under and afer the call of July second,
ggnteen hundred and sixtytwo, and accept by the
ueo States towards ts quota for the term of three
{s,' ana IN the same proportion for every man so
th isnea and accepted for any shorter period; and
h same shall be in full payment for any claim upon
we state on account of its debts by any such
uipalty. "A commissioner appointed by the gov
% ano council shall determine the amount to which
acity, town and plantation is entitled To be de
h'ea 10 such reimbursement. the surplus if any, &c
e appropriated to the soldiers who enlisted were
daaios ana went at any time during the war, Il
f ear TO their legal representatives. The issue
os " oonos hereby authorized shall not exceed in the
three million five hundred To and dollars
h .his amendment shall not be construed to permit
e credit OF the state to be directly or indirectly
'o1,ieu IN any other or for other purpose.
&c fesotced, Ihatthe aldermen of cities the selectmer
~ " o~ns ana the assessors of plantations hereby
md Il