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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 12: Norfolk County. (search)
nother meeting was held, at which Mr. Weld, the chairman of the committee, recommended that the selectmen be authorized to pay each volunteer who shall enlist in the military service, and who is an inhabitant of West Roxbury, a bounty of five dollars, which was adopted; and also that the same amount be paid to each volunteer in a company now forming. 1862. On the 17th of July a special town-meeting was held, at which the selectmen were authorized to borrow six thousand dollars (payable Oct. 1, 1863) from which to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each person who shall enlist for three years in the military service of the United States, to the number required to fill the quota of the town, to be paid when mustered in and credited to West Roxbury. Another meeting was held on the 6th of September, when the selectmen were authorized to borrow ten thousand dollars, from which to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each person who desires it, who shall enlist for nine months ser