Larimer v. Board of Supervisors

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John A. Larimer, in the McLean Circuit Court, against the Board of Supervisors, to recover a bounty for re-enlisting as a volunteer in the military service, under a call by the President for troops. It appears that on the 23d day of December, 1863, the Board of Supervisors of McLean county adopted the following resolutions :

“ Resolved, That this county will pay a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars to each volunteer from this County, who may regularly enlist in the army of the United States for the term of three years, or during the war, up to…