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The State Bounty Bill

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Day
12
Month
February
Year
1864
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Public Domain
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AN ACT authorizing the payment of . Bouuties to Vülunteers in the service of the United States., Sec. 1. %he Peopk of the State of Michigan enact, That in case any towushipcounty or city iu this State shall have heretofore voted to raise by tax, or shall have hired or borrowed uaoney, or shall have authorized or direeted a committee of citizens or any township officer or officers to hire, advaucc, or raise money, or issqcd, or authorised the issuing of, bouds, or other evidences of indebteduess, either by the action of the corporate authority of such township, couuty or city, or by the vote of the electors thereof, had for such purpose, or where the Board of Supervisors of any county, Coinuion Coun cil of any city, or Township Board of auy towughipi have agreed by resolution to issue bouds or othur evidencea of indebtedness, with the object aud to the end of encouragiug cnlistments by pay.ng bouuties for voluuteers ia the military service of the, United States, or with the object and to the eud of eucouragiug thu procuring of substitutos for persous who may have been or shall be drafted into said üervice, such aetiou shall be deoroed legal and valid, aud the niouey so voted, raised ur hired, or so authorized or direeted to be hired, advaiiced or ra'wud, aud the bouds or other evidences of iudebtedness so ssued or to be issued, shall be deemed to have been legally voted, raistd or hired, aud the said bonds or other evideuce3 of mdebtedness shall be deeaied to llave beeii legally issuud, and shall be a valid and la'wful claim ugaiust tlie towiisliip, county or city buviiíg voted, raised, u.irnd, authorized or issuud the same, aud t-hali be paid iu the same manner as the. ordinary towiish.p, couuty ur city expenses are paid ; and the bligatious made, or to be uiade, to evidence the indebtedness of sucb towuship, county or city, tur such money so raised, advauced or hired, and ihe bonds or other evideuces ot' iudebtuduess so issued, or to be is.vied, shall be deemod valid and binding upou sucb township, eounty or city; and the tas rolla for tlie collection of tlie tax voted or raised as aforesaid, or for the collectiou ot' tlie aiuuuut of mouey hired, advauued, or raised aá aforesaid, whether spread upon the general tas roll or special tax roll made for that purpose, shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be legal aud valid ; aud wheuever the f&ith of any eounty has been pledged and bopds loaned b.y such eounty to auy town&hip, ward, supervisor district or city thereÍD, the amount of bouds so takeu, vvith interest as provided therein, shall be assessed upou the township, ward, supervisor district or city, taking the same, aud shall be eolleeted and paid at the sanie time und iu the s.ame manuer as otiier couuty tases are coliecced and paid. Sec. 2. Iu all cases wbere the Board of Supervisors of any couuty, the Comino Couneil of any city, or the Towi.vlaic. Board of any tovyuship, or the legal voters of any city, towuship or couuty hae, in tbeir corporate capacity, offered oragreed to pay any beauty to auy person for volunteering in the military servias of tlia United 8tates, or have offered or agreed to pay any bouuty to any person who ruay have been drafted into said service for serving therein, or have issued bonds, or otüer evideuees oí debt, or other ïustruincut claimed to be sueh, issued in good faith, to pay such bouuties, or to raise money to pay the same, the said counties, townships and cities are, rcspectivel)', authorized aud empowered to allow and pay the saine as valid claims; and such allowanoe and payiuent shall, except as herein otherwiso provided, be made iu the saine manner as ordinary claims are allüwed nd paid. Aud such township, city or county, may issue bonds or certificates of iudebtedness, in lieuof any such bonds, a or instrument eiaiuied to be evidenees of indebtedness herelofore issued in good faith for the purpose aforesaid and ao allowod as aforesaid, whieh bouJs or certificatea, when issued by a city, or county, shall be under the seai thereof; and if by a city, shall be signed by the Mayor aud City Clerk, or llecorder thereof; and if by a county, shall be sigued by the Chainuan of the Board of Supervisors aud County Clerk ; aud if by a township. shall be signed by the Chairman of the Township Board aud Township Clerk, aud shall bear a rate of interest uot exeeeding seveu pur cent. per aunum, aud be payable at auy time not esceeding 20 years from the time of sueh allowance. Sjíc. 3. Iu case the Board of Supervisors of iiiy county, or the Conmion Council of any city, or the Mayor and liccorder, or Mayor and City Cierk of auy city, have issued or causcd to bo issued, or shall herealter issue in pursuance of a resolutiqn hecetofcre adupted, bou ds. yarrants, certiücates, or other evideuces of indebteduess purporting to be sueh bonds, warrants. ceitiíicites, or other evidences of indebteduess, for the pui-pose of kluns: the ijuüta of any towuship, city-, ward, supervisor district, or judicial disüftt of any city under the drat't tirst ordered for the fit'th of fqtmarj, 4.. i. 18Ö-1, or tlie cali previous thereto, by volunteers or substitutos for drafted ui au, or draf'tud men actually entering the military service of the United States, such iustrüineuta shall be legal evidenee of tbs indebtedness of such couuty or city; auJ the Buard of Supervisáis in such county, aud the Cunimnu Council ofsuchelty, is berdby authoi'ized aud required to assess, raise aud collect, or authonze to bc ' sossud, raised and colleeted, tliu amouat of bouds, warrants, ceitificates, or otlier e ideuces uf indebtpdness iesued or nsod I for tliö purpose of filliug the quota of any I towuship or supervisor district, or judicial disaiot, or wurd of auy city in such oouuty or city, and the interest thcreoa, by tax on the real and personal pioperty taxable withiu sucb township, supervisor ! district, judioial district or ward,.at such tiiüè. áúi k mh ask ié tlo uèniii CouDcil of sucli city, or the Board of Supervisors of such, county may, by ordinauce or resolution, direct. Sec. 4. The quajifyjd electora in each city, ward, or organized township in the State, shall have power by vote, in sucli nianner as the Oommon Council of the city, or Township Board of the township may direct at the annual charter eleotion, or township meeting, orat any legal meeting, ten days notice being giveu of the time and place of holding such meeting, by posting notices therof in at least five public places iu eaeh township or ward, whieh notice shall be given by the Clerk or other proper of be city or township, statiug that the question either of raising moneys, or issuing bonds or otber evidences of debt, or that sums advanced, or pledged by any individual or by the ïuhabitantsof sucb township, ward or city, and the interest, if any, on mon ey borrowed for the purpose of paying bounties, will be voted ufon at such meeting to determine what sums shall be raised to be paid as a bounty, not exceeding 200, to each non-cnmnjissioned officer, musician or private, mustercd into the service of t'ne üuited States, and credited on the qucta of said township, ward or city, on either of the4 three last cails of the President for men for the military service of the Uuited States, and to determine in favor of or against the allowing atid paying all advances, or pledges madu by individuals, or the interest thereou, for the pui'pose of raising bouuties to fill thu quota of said towuship, ward or city, under the tw,o calis by the diiuc of the United States nest preeeiiinj; the 2üth day of January, 18Ö4. ït shaU be the dJty f tbc ïuwnship Board in atiy towuship, and Curutuon Council in u:y city, which shsll have voted in favor of' aliowing and paying the claims meutioued in this section, to audit aud aiiow all claims which niay be presentcd for that purpose, for money actual ly paid, or which may be due as bouuty to voluuteers, as at'oresaid, which allowance sball be made in the same luautier as. other ordinary claims are allowed, upon satisfactory proof that the claim isjust and pro-, per ; and such claims, wheu audited and allowed, and bonds or evidences of debt which shall be issued as directed by vote as aforesaid, shall bo a lawful charge agaiust such towuship, ward, or city, and shall be paid in the same marnier, aud on like orders, as the ordinary expenses are paid. The claims and liabilities hereiu deslared to be valid, and such as shall be hereafter incurred by auy ward, city or township, according to the provisious of this act, shall be assessed, lcvied, colleeted und paid in the same manrier as ordinary claims or liabilities are assessed. Isvicd and paid; and the Comraon Council of such citiesare hereby authorized, empowered and directed to apportion, levy and assess upou the tasable property of such wards respectively, the amount so voted to be paid or refunded. Sec. 5, it shall he the duty of the Township Clerks of towuships, and Recorder or Clcrk 'of cities of this State, on or beforo the first Monday in October, of each year, to certify to the Supervisor of townships, or Common Couucil, or proper officcrs of cities, the amount of indebtedness of his said township, ward, or city, growing out of the payment of bounties to voluuteers raised wiihin such towuships, ward or city, together with interest thereon, if any, computed up to the First day of February uext ensuiug, in tho same manuer as is now, by law, Lis duty to report, as to the iucid nta1 expenses of his township, ward or city, whose duty it sliall be to incorpórate said amoUDt in the assessment roll for sucli township, ward or city, as a part of the incidental expenses oí such. towusbip, ward or city. Sec. 6. The Township Board of any township, and the Comnj'u Council of any city in this State, shall have the power to raise by tax, upou the taxable property of such township or city, or by loan, such sums as may be necessary for the payment of a bounty not eposding one huudred dollars for eaph non commissioued officer, musician or private, who shall be eulisted aud mustcred into the military or mival service of the United States from such township or city, to fill the quota of süch towuship or cify on any cali for volunteers made bv the President of the tinited Staten aiace January 20, 1864, or which he may hereafter make ; which sum shall bo estimated by such Board or CouhGÍI, and wheu raisecï as hereinafter provu'éd. ' cba.ll be páiÜ to cach persou so enlisteu and mustered into such service. In case such mone}' shall be raifed by loan, it shali hü f er a tprtg not exceeding flvo y ars and at a rato of interest not exceeding seveu per cent. per annuinn ; and sueh Board or OouDCll shall have power to issos the bonds, er other evideiices of ndcliteduess of suth township er pity thercfor. Sko. 7. Before any raoiieys shall be raised by tftS or loan, as pvuvidt'd bv the last preeerting section, the eleetors of such towuship or ciiy, shall, at the annual, soine special nieetuig, regulni'ly ca'.led for t!j;u purpose, determine by vote the suiu to be raisuü, aud whclher the saino ühall be ryised by tax or by loan. ín case auoh money bIkvII bi? rais ed by loan, the ïownship Board o!' the township, or Couiinoi) Council of the jCity, in which the sauiü ' is raised, shall have power, and it shall be their duly froui time to time, to raise by tax, such sum or sums as shall be necessary to pay the amount of suuh loan or lüaus, aud tho interest thereon, as last as tho saaie shall becoinu due. Sec. 8. There shall be paid frora ! the war fuud of this State a uuiform State bouuty of $100 to each person bolow the rank of a commissioned officer who uiay hereafter enhst and be mustered into tho military or naval service of the United States, aud who ühallbo i ited on tlie uota, of (bid Ssatu or any 1 ü-Uhiry disüriè: tlijrsof, ucaer L.57 csï. or order of tbe President or military authorities of tbe United States, or of this State, made or issued sinee the first day of January, A. D. 1864 : Provided, Tliat none of the boanties provided for in this aotshall liereaftor be paid to any volunteer being a resident of this Sfatu at tbe time of enlisting, who sball bo credited to any sub-district, township or ward other tbau th;it in whieh be ia eiirolled, or if not enrolled, wbere he resided at the time of eulistmeut. Sec. 9,. The Quartermaster Geneeral of this State sball pay to eaeh volunteer mustered uto the service as aforesaid, as soon thereafter as practicable, the suni of $100 as a bounty; atid for this purpose be is bereby authorized and requiied to cause blauks to be prepared similar to the pay-rolls used in the Uuited States aniiy. vvhich shall exhïbit the name, age and place of residence of such voluuteur, Late of time and place of enlistment, and the place "f credit, aud date of payment, and amomit paidj ar.d ■ach volunteer upon rect'iving said bounty shall subscribe bis name to such roli : Provided, The Quartenuaster General shall. not pay the bounty coutemplated by thirt section to any person being a resident of this State unless he shaii present the certifícate of the Provost Marshal tliat he is credited to the township or ward in whieh he was enrolled, or tliat the persou shall present hia own affidavit that tbe townahip or w.ird tq whieh he is credited is the townfhip or ward in which he actually resides, and that he is not eurolleJ elsewhere in the State. L$. IQ. The time for collecting the faxen speeified in the first section of this act is liereby extended to the secoud Monday in Ma reu nest, and iu sucb case tbe Treasurer of the township or Collector of tbe city shall pay over all moneys oollected during tbe lifetime of his warrant as now provided by law, and shall miew bis official bund to the satisfaction of the Supervisor of the township, or Comiijon Counoil of the city, and ühalí make returna to he Oounty Troyeuier of all uupaid taxi's upon 'non resident lands as now provided by law. A transcript of all uupaid tases returoed to the County Treasurer, iu pursuauee of this section, shall be returned to the Auditor Genoral as soon as practicable, and sueh unpaid taxes shall be collected in the same manner, and with iutersst computed from the same time as other tases, lor the year one thousand eight hundrecj and sixty-three, duly returned to the Auditor GeDei'al for non pavmeut.

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