TOWN LEGISLATION. 501 this town, provided said person has been a resident of this town at least three months previous to his enlistment." " Resolved, that the payment provided for in the above resolution be paid by the Town Treasurer out of any money in the Treasury, upon receipt of an order from a Committee con- sisting of Messrs. Allen Brown, Benjamin B. Wood, and Nathaniel C. Smith, Voted that the Town Treasurer be authorized to pay Henry C. Brown the sum of thirty dollars upon presentation by him of a certificate that he had been sworn into the service of the army of the United States." July 31, 1862. At a special Town Meeting the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: "Whereas the Gov- ernor of this State has made a call upon this Town to forth- with furnish Ten Volunteers, being this Town's quota under the call made by the President of the United States, it is therefore Resolved that the bounty offered by this town at the special town meeting held on the 12th day of July, inst., is hereby repealed." "Resolved, that this town hereby offers a bounty of three hundred dollars to each one of such ten volunteers as will be received by the State authorities as the quota from this town under the call of the Commander-in-Chief, as per General Orders No. 35, said bounty to be payable at the time said volunteer is sworn into the service of the Army of the United States. " " Resolved, that in addition to the unexpended appropria- tion made at the special town meeting on the 25th day of May, 1861, for the benefit of such military company forming or about to be formed, the sum of one hundred and fifty dol- lars is hereby appropriated and is to be expended under the direction of the Committee appointed at the last town meet- ing under whose direction is also to be paid the above bounty to volunteers. " Resolved, that Mr. Joseph A. Chedel and Mr. George F. Bicknell be authorized to get the ten volunteers called for in the above resolutions, and if they procure such as are ac-
