The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-22
L.4W OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT
ing further provision for filling the ranks of the ar
of the United St,tae

ing further provision for filling the ranks of the ar
my of the United States
bf. az enacted ~ lie Senate and Horse of Tes,e.
ScnfGtfUes ofthc United .Sts.ss of 4,ncyicG IL, fau
gress assembled, That from and after the passing oC
tins act, each and every commissioned officer Who
shall be employed in the recruiting service shall be-
and he hereby Is authorized enlist into the army of
the United States, any free effective able-boded man
between the ages ofeighteen and fifty years which
enlistment shall be absolute anu bnne ~, " al, nor
sons under the age oi twentyone years asYe as ,ipon
persons OF all age, such recruiting officer havinc com
pheu "nh all the acquisitions OF the laws regulating
the recruiting service.
Sec. 2. Ind 6e az further e-acted, That It shall not.
ne lawful Tor any recruiting officer To pay or deliver To
recruit under the age Of twenty years To be en-
listed by yirtpe of this net, any bounty or clothing or
III any manner Restrain him OF his liberty until after
the expiration Of ioar days. from the time of his enlist
ment and 1t shall be lawful for the said recruit at a.
ny tune during the said four days. to rscsns Ter and
withdraw his enstment, and wlereupon he s!,l forth
with be discharged and exOncrated fiom the same
sec. .. mn De furfiaeT enacted, That So much of
e nth section OF the act passed the twentieth day Of
January one thousand eight hundred and thirteen en-
u'eu " An act supplementary to the act, entitled
AN actor the more perfect organization of tI. ar
my oil the United States" requires the consent in
writing oil The parent, guardian, master to auho.
riZe The enlistment OF persons under the age eff twenty
one years shall be, and the same is hereby repealed
PT07uded h0.verer That IN case Of the enlistment OLA
ny pe'son held to service apprentice under the
provisions OF TINS act, whenever snch person. at the
10 serve orany term between and three years his
master shaiI be entitled receive one half of the mo
ney bounty; ifhed, in like manner to serve between
one ann Two years, the master shall he entitled to re-
seNe one urd OF the money bounty az aforesaid and
1t held in ike manRer, to serve one wear M. Jes, tho
master shall be entitled to receive one-(mrth of The
money bounty aforessid
oee. T. .a"dds {" further enacted That in lieu Of the
o0uoty OF ore hundred ard sixty acres of lan,l now
a''o"ed by law, there shall be allowed to each nom
commissioned officer and soldier hereafter enlisted
s'eh ,hschafsel from service, who shall have olained
rom the commanding officer of his company bsttai-
ION OF regiment, certificate that he had faithfully
performed his duty whilst in service three hundred
a twenty acres of land, be snrveved aud laid of
ana granted Under the same regulations and in ecer
tespect III the same manner now prescribed bv law;
anu ,e ~inow and children, and if there he no widow
nor Child, the parents of every mss;o,e,l off
Ger or Sod'ef enliste according to law who may he
S'eu OF oe IN the service of the United States shall
NC ehted TO receive the three hundred and twenty a.
cres oil anh as aforesaid but the shall not pass ia
o1aerai re'atl ns, any aw hercto passed to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec 5. .4,d be ii further enacted, That an, person
sayectt TO militia duty, who SHALL according 10 law fur
h'S recrdt Tor the army ofte u. States AZ his own
expence to serve during the war; shall thereafter he
exempt from militia duty during the war; and every
recruit TINS furnished, shall be delivered to Some r.
Ir'uS oihcer OF the United States, who shall irnmc
ueiy grant his receipt for such recruit To the rcrso
furnishing him. and shall forthwith report the sa
% t'e department Of war; and shall specify in the re-
port the name OF such person and place of residence
a. wen as me name e description ofthe recruit where-
u'ohN sia be the duty Of the secretary for the de-
Psrtment OF war TO grant to the person furnishing such
recruit a Certificate OF exemption from militia duty
curing The war; upon calls made upon authority or the
onNen ota'ssi winch certificate shall b. good and A.
valuable TO all intens and purposcs for thai object %
every recruit thus furnished shall be entitled to the
bounty IN land in the manner, and upon the same
conditions az the other recruits in the nrny OF Tie T.
States " ''' =
L4.NGD0.N CREYES.
Speaker Of the House of Rcnrssents,ives
JOIN G.4ILL4I.D.
Precedent, pro temporc, ofthe Senate.
December 10, 13I4.-,9b6rsrsd
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