Larimer v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 47 Ill. 36

Syllabus

<p>1. Bounty—what volunteers entitled to—in a particular case. On the 23d of December, 1868, the Board of Supervisors of McLean county passed certain resolutions, whereby a bounty of §150.00 was offered to each votunteer from the county, who should regularly enlist in the U. S. Army, for the term of three years, or during the war, up to the 5th day of January, 1864; said bounty being limited to non-commissioned officers and privates: Held, that a person, who, at the time of such offer', was in the service, and was afterwards honorably discharged, and knowing of such offer, before the 5th day of January, 1864, re-enlisted for the term specified, as a private, and when, re-enlisted was credited to the county to fill the quota for which the bounty was offered, was entitled to receive said bounty, and could maintain an action to recover it.</p> <p>2. Same—notice of acceptance by volunteer not required. And in such case, it was not necessary that the volunteer should have received notice of such offer from the agents of the county, who had been empowered to pay such bounty, nor notified them of Ms acceptance of such offer, and his enlistment thereunder; the resolution requiring no such notice.</p> <p>8. Same. It was sufficient that such volunteer knew of. the offer, and accepted the terms proposed, and acted upon it, to entitle him to its benefits.</p> <p>4. Same—additional bounty. And that such volunteer would also be entitled to the bounty of $50.00, agreed to be paid, by another resolution of the Board of the same day, to every person who had previously volunteered from the county, and who had not received a bounty from the county, it appearing that he had received no other bounty therefrom, and had been in the service since the commencement of the war, as a volunteer from said county.</p>