Board of Commissioners v. Shipley

The appellee filed his petition before the board of commissioners of Marion county, alleging that, on or about the 18th day of November, 1863, the said board passed the following order, viz.:

“The board also orders that said county auditor issue to each volunteer sworn, enlisted and mustered into the service of the United States, under the last call of the President for volunteers, to the extent of Marion county’s quota, and for which Marion county shall have all and full credit, an order for the sum of one hundred dollars out of the county treasury, upon certificate in each case of the above…