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Overwhelmed and repulsed by the superior force of the enemy, the IIth Corps retreated to Cemetery Hill. Here the regiment in its brigade line was posted at its northern foot. This place it held through the next two days of the battle. Its position was many times charged upon, but the enemy neither broke through nor disordered its ranks.
On the sixth of July the regiment and its corps, with the rest of the army, began that following of the Confederate force which ended in its escape across the Potomac. It was several times close upon their pickets, and at Hagerstown, Md., was right on their breastworks, thrown up to hold off our attack while making ready to get over the Potomac. When the Union Army, after two days' delay, advanced, the enemy had crossed that river. The IIth Corps soon
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after passed over on pontoons, and marched, rested, and renewed their tattered clothing, worn from Gettysburg. A few unimportant movements were made and several positions briefly held.
Early in August, 1863, at Catlett's Station, Va., the division (then Gordon's) was ordered to take rail for Alex- andria and there embark for the Southern Department. The transports reached Folly Island on August 12, 1863.
The brigade under General Ames was soon transferred to Morris Island. It there saw the first gun fired in Gill- more's bombardment of Sumter, and its southwest wall battered into sand heaps. The regiment was many times, for several days, in the siege works approaching Fort Wag- ner. Two of its men were killed and several wounded. For two weeks, in and out of said works, the regiment was constantly under fire from Forts Wagner, Moultrie, and Johnson, and the batteries near Charleston. Shell and round shot reached nearly the whole of Morris Island. The regiment met here the 6th and 7th Connecticut, worn by long and hard service in this department. General Terry, commanding these and other troops, was the next in rank under General Gillmore. He had made ready to assault Wagner in three columns, when its evacuation over night was announced.
On Morris Island, before the fall of Wagner, the 17th, with all the regiments of its division, had volunteered to make a night assault upon the walls of Sumter. But the claim of the navy to that honor relieved it from the chance of death or glory. Both might have been the outcome from such an assault.
After Wagner fell, until about February 23, 1864, the regiment with all its division remained camped on Folly Island. A brief expedition to St. John's Island had been the only event. At that date an order came for Ames's Brigade to embark for Florida. The disaster at Olustee threatened to be followed up by an effort to drive our forces out of that district. On arrival at Jacksonville, General Seymour.
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commanding, gave General Ames a division, of which the Ist Brigade was under General Hawley, the 2nd Brigade under Colonel Noble. After about a month without inci- dent, the whole force at Jacksonville was broken up. All re-enlisted regiments were sent north to the Army of the Potomac; the 17th relieved the 10th Connecticut at St. Augustine; the Ohio boys remained at Jacksonville. From this time to the end of the war the regiment's headquarters were at St. Augustine. One company usually garrisoned the old Fort San Marco; the rest were scattered on raids and at posts. The regiment had been but a few days at St. Augus- tine when all but that garrison were ordered to Volusia, seventy-five miles up the St. John's River, and to hold posts at Welaka and Saunders below. Right away these two out-of-way posts were captured, and their force of thirty- nine men and two officers were taken to Andersonville. The two companies left at Volusia, by pluck and strategy held on until relieved. Soon after, General Gordon, then command- ing Florida, placed in charge of Colonel Noble all the territory east of the St. John's River. This brought Lieutenant- Colonel Wilcoxson in immediate command of the regiment and of St. Augustine. Generals Birney, Gordon, and Hatch, who severally commanded Florida during 1864, sent the regiment and other forces under Colonel Noble on various raids through Florida. The results of these raids, though successful, were of no great military importance, but they subjected the regiment to the trying effects of the climate, and planted the seeds of lasting disease.
On December 24, 1864, when returning across the country from a court martial at Jacksonville to St. Augus- tine, Colonel Noble was captured by guerillas and taken to Macon and Andersonville, Ga. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilcox- son, thus left in command of the regiment, was, about Feb. 4, 1864, on an expedition to Braddock's Farm, on the south of Dunn's Lake, some fifty miles from St. Augustine, mortally wounded while endeavoring to escape from Dixon's Cavalry. At the same time Adjutant Chatfield was instantly killed,
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and thirty-two men and two officers and a lot of army teams captured. The men were taken to Andersonville.
From this time, the regiment served without any impor- tant occurrence through the winter of 1864-5 and the follow- ing spring to about June, 1865, when it was ordered to rendezvous at Jacksonville, preparatory to discharge and departure for home. The regiment was mustered out at Hilton Head on July 19, 1865.
Thus passed out of the service and into history one of those Connecticut regiments whose entire conduct and capacity conferred immortal honor on the state, and con- tributed so essentially to uphold the authority of the nation.
Principal Engagements.
Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, 1863. Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-4, 1863. Morris Island and Fort Wagner, Aug. 1863. Welaka and Saunders, Fla., May 19, 1864. Dunn's Lake, Fla., Feb. 5, 1865.
COMPANY B.
Cox, Walter H.,
Corporals. Stottler, Christopher.
Nichols, John A.,
Privates. Ritch, Charles F., Ruscoe, William W.
COMPANY G.
Privates. Vanderhoff, Jacob C.
COMPANY I.
Benson, D. Oliphant, Captain.
Haight, Thomas A., Ist Lieutenant. Mead, David W., Ist Lieutenant.
Peck, George C., Ist Lieutenant. . Held, J. Henry, 2nd Lieutenant.
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Sergeants.
Chard, Samuel S.,
Eagan, Dennis, Ingersoll, Oliver S., Maguire, James E.,
Mead, Isaac L.,
Peck, Henry V., Rae, John W., Sackett, William.
Corporals.
Baker, William A.,
Marshall, John,
Brundage, Thomas,
Comings, Harrison H., .
Dayton, Charles A.,
Elliott, B. Franklin,
Fisher, Samuel,
Warren, Daniel W.,
Worden, Abram M.
Purdy, John, Jr., Musician.
Privates.
Alexander, Henry,
Barmore, John B.,
Frary, William,
Barrett, Patrick,
Grady, Thomas,
Birdsall, James,
Gregory, William S.,
Booth, Daniel,
Hearne, James,
Booth, R. William,
Burnett, John,
Jarman, Walter M.,
Burns, Alfred,
June, William M.,
Clark, Michael,
Kinch, Elbert R.,
Collins, Thomas C.,
Cromma, Archibald,
Cumisky, John,
Lowdon, John A.,
Dayton, Clinton,
Lowdon, Merritt A.,
Dayton, Gilbert W.,
Marshall, Enoch Y.,
Deblois, William D.,
Moore, James T.,
Doharty, John,
Morrell, George,
Dove, William,
O'Doharty, Philip,
Drumm, Charles,
Palmer, Lewis,
Edwards, Thomas,
Farrell, John,
Peck, Nathan E.,
Fay, John,
Platt, William J.,
Ferris, John W.,
Provost, William H.,
Purdy, William,
Reddington, Edward,
Finch, Washington I.,
Fitzgerald, Thomas,
Peck, Benjamin,
Platt, Charles P.,
Purdy, Charles E.,
Purdy, Vincent B.,
McElroy, James.
Flood, John R.,
Husted, Elnathan.
Light, David,
Light, James H.,
Palmer, Solomon,
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Reynolds, George W.,
VanWert, Samuel,
Riordan, John,
Weed, Edward,
Sackett, John,
Wood, William L.,
Sargent, George B.,
Worden, Eliakim F.,
Scofield, John W.,
Wright, James.
VanNess, George S.,
Unassigned Recruits.
Sibert, James.
Snider, James.
18TH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
COMPANY G. Browning, James, deserted.
20TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
COMPANY K. Lyon, Richard T., transferred.
23RD REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
The 23rd Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was organized in September, 1862, recruited in New Haven and Fairfield Counties, and rendezvoused at Camp Terry, New Haven. The regiment was assigned to General Banks's expedition, received marching orders on the sixteenth day of November, 1862, proceeded to Camp Buckingham, Long Island, and embarked for New Orleans, Louisiana, during the month of December, 1862. It was for the greater part of the time engaged in guarding New Orleans and the Opelousas Railroad.
It was mustered out of service at New Haven on the thirty-first day of August, 1863.
COMPANY D.
Privates. Mead, Watson N.
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28TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
History of the 28th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Written by Lieutenant-Colonel W. T. Batcheller, late of the Regiment. (Abridged.)
This was the last Connecticut regiment organized under the call for nine months' volunteers. It was recruited in the 4th Congressional District, and was composed of only eight companies : five companies from Fairfield County and three companies from Litchfield County.
Samuel P. Ferris of Stamford, a graduate of West Point, was commissioned colonel, holding the office during the . entire service of the regiment, and was a great favorite with the men.
The regiment rendezvoused, about September 15, 1862, at New Haven, and was in tents and barracks at Camp Terry about two months. On November 15th the regiment was mustered into the service of the United States, and three days later took leave of New Haven and Connecticut by boat. On November 19, the regiment went into camp at Centerville, on Long Island, for ten days only, as it broke camp November 29, and six companies went on board steamer Che Kiang, with a portion of the 23rd Connecticut, under command of Colonel Holmes. The two companies not on the Che Kiang, were sent by steamer, and joined the regiment after many disagreeable experiences.
The Che Kiang sailed from New York on December 3, 1862, and had a very rough passage, encountering a terrible storm off Hatteras, but reached Ship Island safely on the twelfth. The regiment remained only long enough to recover from seasickness and then re-embarked and sailed from Ship Island December 17, 1862. On December 19, 1862, it landed at Camp Parapet at Carrollton, La., but remained there only for a short time, leaving for Pensacola, Fla., on the twentieth and arriving there on the twenty-
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second, where it remained until May 20, 1863, when the regiment moved to Barrancas.
On May 10, 1863, the regiment left Barrancas by steamer and on the twelfth landed at Brashear City, La., and left there without regret on May 23, arriving at Springfield Landing May 25, and at Port Hudson on May 26th. While at this place, and until the surrender was made by the Con- federates, the regiment was continually under fire, and assisted in all the various siege operations and in the trenches.
In the assault on June 14, 1863, it furnished one hundred of the two hundred and fifty men for the storming party of "forlorn hope." Its loss in killed and wounded was severe in this engagement. At the surrender the regiment moved inside the fortifications and remained at this place until its departure for home on August 7, 1863. Several died on the way home, having become enfeebled by the climate and by disease previous to embarking for Connecticut. The route home was via Mississippi River to Cairo, and thence by rail.
On August 28, 1863, the survivors were mustered out at New Haven.
Principal Engagements.
Siege of Port Hudson, La., May 27 to July 9, 1863. Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863.
Wescome, William B., Major.
COMPANY H.
Middleton, George W., Captain. Kiley, James, Ist Lieutenant.
Sergeants.
Gonnong, Aaron, Lockwood, J. Albert,
Halligan, John H., Olmstead, George W.,
Taylor, Edward H.
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Corporals.
Duffy, James,
Marshall, John W.,
Ferris, Elicom M.,
Moore, Isaac,
Peck, Curtis H.,
Rider, Augustus B., Sargent, William L.,
Stillwell, Lysander.
Musicians.
Malin, Michael, Purdy, Alvah B. Louden, James, Wagoner.
Privates.
Boles, John,
Boyle, William,
Butterworth, David,
McTavy, Francis,
Cane, Michael,
Mahoney, Edward,
Cannon, John,
Miley, Thomas,
Dayton, Walter B.,
Miller, Burtis,
Denton, Matthew,
Moore, George,
Dillworth, Patrick,
Newman, James F.,
Fields, Edward,
O'Brien, Peter,
Finch, George W.,
Palmer, Gilbert M.,
Finney, Charles,
Palmer, Isaac,
Fisher, John,
Palmer, Walter F.,
Fitzpatrick, Martin,
Parks, Samuel R.,
Fox, Nicholas,
Partlow, Richard,
Hatter, Harvey,
Slagle, Sullivan,
Hodge, Hull H.,
Smith, Charles B.,
Horton, Starr S.,
Stone, Rufus B.,
Hubbard, Charles,
Tenpany, Ard.,
Kelley, Joseph,
Van Houton, Albert,
Kiley, Eugene,
Washburn, Charles E.,
Lahay, Thomas,
Washburn, Thomas, Jr.,
Lane, George E.,
Lloyd, George,
Wellstood, John G., Jr., Wesley, Stephen P.,
Williamson, Abraham.
29TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COLORED.
Recruiting for this regiment commenced early in the
Ferris, William H.,
Heohl, Charles,
Kyle, Joshua,
Lockwood, Henry B. McGuire, Peter,
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fall of 1863, and by the latter part of January, 1864, the maximum number had been enlisted. It left New Haven March 20, 1864, for Annapolis, Md., and was assigned to the 9th Corps.
It was mustered out of service on October 24, 1865.
Principal Engagements.
Near Petersburg, Va., August 13 to September 24, 1864.
Advance on Richmond, Va., September 27 to October I, I864.
Darbytown Road, Va., October 13, 1864.
Kell House, Va., October 27 to 28, 1864.
COMPANY A.
Privates.
Banks, John, Mills, William O.
COMPANY B. Sergeants.
Fuller, Benjamin, Green, James H. Thomas, George B. Private. Hicks, William H.
COMPANY C. Privates.
Carpenter, Thomas, Corporal, Green, Charles E., Green, William. COMPANY D.
Potter, George T., Corporal.
COMPANY E. Privates. Moore, Charles,
Jennison, Henry J., Meade, William,
Peterson, Robert, Watson; Horace.
Merritt, Whitman,
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COMPANY F.
Privates.
Castin, Isaac,
Coffin, Abram P.,
Merritt, Isaac, Robinson, James.
COMPANY H. Brown, Alexander, Private.
COMPANY I.
Privates.
Taylor, Jefferson, Thornton, Richard.
30TH REGIMENT CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, COLORED.
This regiment was organized during the winter of 1863-1864, to the extent of four companies, which were ordered to Virginia, June 4, 1864, and consolidated with the 3Ist Regiment, United States Colored Troops, which was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 9th Army Corps.
It was mustered out of service on December 1, 1865.
Principal Engagements.
Petersburg Mine, Va., July 30, 1864.
Near Fort Sedgwick, Va., October, 1864.
Bermuda Front, Va., November 18 to December 30, 1864.
Before Petersburg, Va., March 29 to April 2, 1865. Surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.
COMPANY C.
Singleton, Thomas H., Sergeant. Ward, Albert, Private.
COMPANY D.
Quiller, Elias, Sergeant, Williams, Amos, Corporal.
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Privates.
Baker, Charles,
Barker, Emmett,
Byas, Edward,
Garrison, Edward,
Hannibal, William, Johnson, Frank, Lee, William, Palmer, Bethuel,
Thompson, Morris.
The following men served in companies other than those recruited within the State of Connecticut.
Banks, David C.,
Berry, Charles,
Bloomfield, Samuel,
Burns, James,
Company E, 23rd Ills. V.
Childs, Frederick W.,
Collins, John, Davis, Simon J.,
Doran, Dennis,
Downs, Silas B.,
Dunn, Daniel D.,
Edwards, Albert W.,
Feeks, William H.,
Ferris, George T.,
Fitzgerald, Henry M., Foster, John E., Gales, George, Glover, Charles S., Hall, Russell T., Higgins, Henry E.,
Johnson, William T., Kennedy, Lewis E., Louden, William A.,
Mullen, Patrick, Painter, William M., Palmer, John, Place, R. L., Pugsley, Floyd T., Reynolds, Edward, Reynolds, Israel, Riley, Edward,
Company B, 5Ist N. Y. V. Company E, 4th N. Y. Artillery. Company G, 92nd N. Y. V.
Company B, 24th Wis. V. Company H, 150th N. Y. V. Company C, 120th N. Y. V. 14th New York Cavalry. Company B, 17th N. Y. V. Company B, 6th N. Y. V. Company K, 25th Mass. V. 18th Independent Battery. Company H, 4th N. Y. V. 3rd N. Y. Independent Battery. Company H, 13th Ills. V. Company A, 27th N. Y. V.
Company D, 37th N. Y. V. Company H, 150th Ohio V. 6th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. Chicago Met. Battery.
Company G, 56th N. Y. V. Company C, 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. Company D, 77th N. Y. V.
Company C, 7Ist N. Y. V. Company C, 72nd N. Y. N. G. Company E, 127th N. Y. V. Company K, 5Ist N. Y. V.
Company A, 27th N. Y. V.
23rd N. Y. V.
Company F, 5th N. Y. Heavy Artillery.
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Sampson, Augustus,
Starkins, Samuel S.,
Talcott, Richard H. L.,
Teufle, John G.,
Tierney, Jeremiah,
Wakefield, W. F.,
Company G, Ist Vermont Cavalry. 34th N. Y. Independent Battery.
Company D, 20th Mass. V.
Company F, 146th N. Y. V.
Company K, 69th N. Y. N. G.
Company E, 2nd N. Y. Heavy Artillery.
Washburn, Thomas W., 18th N. Y. Independent Battery. Waterbury, Squire A.,
Company D, 6th N. Y. Heavy Artillery.
Waterman, Charles B., 'Company A, 30th N. Y. N. G.
White, John C.,
Company H, 134th N. Y. V.
Worden, Isaac,
Worden, Zenas M.,
68th Indiana V. 68th Indiana V. Prisoner at Andersonville.
Regulars.
Knapp, Obadiah M., Major, 12Ist U. S. C. I.
Cashmer, Frederic, Fireman, Gunboat Essex.
Ferris, George F., Company C., 17th Regiment.
Haggerty, James, United States Navy.
Miles, Joseph, Sloop St. Louis.
Mills, William H., United States Navy.
Nicola, Robert F., Company D, IIth U. S. C. I.
Slater, Atwood, Assistant Engineer, U. S. N. Slater, Sandford A., Engineer, U. S. N.
Thompson, Henry, Company C, 26th U. S. C. I.
The surrender of General Robert E. Lee on the ninth day of April, 1865, ended the war.
CHAPTER XIII
FROM THE CLOSE OF THE CIVIL WAR TO THE PRESENT TIME TOWN BONDS-INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN-CENTEN- NIAL CELEBRATION OF GENERAL PUTNAM'S RIDE-LOCK- UP-BURNING OF BARNS OF ALEXANDER MEAD-DOCKS AT ROCKY NECK POINT AND ON BYRAM SHORE-SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR-UNVEILING OF THE PUTNAM MONU- MENT-UNVEILING OF THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT-TOWN MEETINGS AND DEDICATION OF THE PRESENT TOWN HALL-DEATH OF ROBERT M. BRUCE- BRUCE MEMORIAL PARK-DEDICATION OF PUTNAM COT- TAGE-CAPTAIN'S ISLAND-MILITIA-INVESTIGATION OF TOWN AFFAIRS-NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT-BOROUGH OF GREENWICH.
THE Civil War left the town heavily in debt, and the high rate of interest and the extraordinary expenditures which it was compelled to meet immediately following the close of the war ran the indebtedness up to about $188,000.00 in 1877 when a special meeting was held on the twenty-sixth day of May, and bonds to the extent of $200,000.00 at the rate of six per cent. interest were authorized to be issued to meet the floating debt.
At a special town meeting held on the twenty-third day of June, 1887, the special committee appointed at a special meeting held on the eighth day of January, 1887, to enquire into the expediency and advisability of refunding the town bonds at a lower rate of interest, respectfully reported that they "are of the opinion that it is practicable to refund the
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existing bonded indebtedness to the town at a lower rate of interest. "
Your committee are of the opinion that a bond of the same tenor as the present bond, but bearing date July I, 1887, and interest at the rate of four per cent., payable semi- annually, can be placed upon the market at a fair premium.
A. Foster Higgins, Luke A. Lockwood, Committee.
Alfred A. Rundle.
which report was duly accepted, and it was:
Resolved, that the Town of Greenwich do issue its bonds to the amount of $180,000.00, or such part of said amount as may be necessary to pay its present existing bonds under the terms thereof. Said bonds bearing date July I, 1887, and be in denominations of $500.00 and $1,000.00, payable after the expiration of twenty-five years, interest four per cent.
The following committee in conjunction with the select- men were appointed for the purpose of preparing and nego- tiating the town bonds: A. Foster Higgins, Luke A. Lockwood, and E. C. Benedict.
At a special town meeting held on the nineteenth day of January, 1895, it was:
Resolved, that the selectmen and town treasurer of the Town of Greenwich be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to issue and sign coupon bonds of the Town of Greenwich in denominations of not less than $500.00 to the amount of $125,000.00, bearing interest at no greater rate than four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually. The principal of said bonds to be payable twenty years from date with the right to pay the same on any interest day after ten years from date, coupons only to be signed by the treas- urer. The proceeds from the sale of said bonds to be used in the payment of debts of said town heretofore incurred.
At an adjourned annual town meeting held on the fifth day of December, 1908, the special committee appointed at an adjourned annual town meeting held on the nineteenth
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day of October, 1908, for the purpose of ascertaining and funding the town debt, reported the indebtedness as fol- lows:
Bonded Indebtedness.
Bonds of 1887, 4% . $160,000.00
Coupon bonds of 1895, 4% . 125,000.00
School bonds of 1907, 4%
100,000.00
Total bonded indebtedness
$385,000.00
Floating Indebtedness.
Outstanding notes at 5%
$339,550.00
Outstanding notes at 6%
252, 100.00
Due State for Town Deposit
and School Fund
8,962.24
Total Floating Indebtedness
600,612.24
Total Town Debt $985,612.24
The committee recommended that the town, upon leave from the legislature, issue bonds to the extent of $1,000,000 .- 00, payable in fifty years, bearing interest at no greater rate than four per cent. per annum. The bond issue to be secured by a sinking fund of $8,800.00 per annum with interest at three per cent., which will redeem the bonds at par, at maturity.
Luke Vincent Lockwood,
Committee. M. J. Quinn, E. N. Chapman. -
At a special town meeting held on the twenty-seventh day of February, 1909, it was:
Resolved, that the Town of Greenwich issue its bonds to the amount of $600,000.00, in serial bonds, said bonds to be coupon bonds, and to be for $1,000 each, and twelve of said bonds to mature annually during fifty years, said bonds to bear interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum, pay- able semi-annually. Said bonds shall be signed by the
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committee named herein, and the treasurer of the town shall keep a record of the same.
Resolved further, that the principal of said bonds shall be paid by taxation in equal annual installments, during the said period of fifty years; such annual principal sum and the interest shall be authorized each year as a separate item on the tax bill of all tax-payers, and when paid shall be placed in a separate account to the credit of the town, to be used only for such purpose.
In the event that the entire amount of said tax shall not have been paid and received by the treasurer within one week prior to the date when such annual principal sum and interest shall be due and payable, the treasurer of the town shall borrow upon the credit of the town and against the tax so levied, an amount sufficient to meet such payments, which loans shall be repaid out of the special tax so laid, when collected.
Resolved further, that Nathaniel A. Knapp, Edwin N. Chapman and Martin J. Quinn be, and they are hereby appointed a committee with full power to employ counsel, and to incur necessary expenses in connection with the issuing of said bonds, including the preparation and printing of the bonds; such expenses to be paid out of the bond sale upon the requisition of said committee; that said committee shall have full power to arrange for and sell sufficient of the bonds to pay all the valid outstanding floating indebtedness of the town and expenses of said bond issue. The proceeds of said sale to be placed to the credit of the town in one or more financial institutions approved by said committee, and the proceeds shall be withdrawn by a check of the town treasurer countersigned by the members of said committee. In case of the death, resignation, or physical inability of any member, or members, of said committee, the survivor, or survivors, shall act until the successor, or successors, shall be elected at a town meeting to be called for that purpose within one month from the date of such death, resignation, or inability, to act.
Said bonds not to be sold below par.
The bonds were advertised to be sold on the twentieth day of July, 1909, but no bids were received; owing, it was claimed by many, to the fact that the issue was irregular, in that the bonds were signed by the committee and not by the
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selectmen, that the selectmen were the only persons who could legally pledge the credit of the town, and that their power so to do could not be delegated. Further, that the resolution authorizing the treasurer of the town to borrow money upon the credit of the town for a current obligation, in the event that the entire amount of the special tax levied to pay off the maturing bonds and interest had not been collected, was claimed to be unconstitutional. From the fore- going resolution it will be seen that the expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and printing of the bonds, together with counsel fees, are a charge against the town ultimately.
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