Litchfield enquirer., 1847-08-12
mo. 42.l


An Act in addition to an Aci entitled an Act
for forming and conducting the Military
Force.
SEC L. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives in General Assembly
convened
That all able bodied, white, male citi>
'zets, 'ees'V-en"tsi u~fgcs Of eighteen and thir-
ty>live years, reSid ng in this State, and
not exempted by the laws of the United
States and the provisions of this act, shall
be subject to military duty, excepting
LIST Officers of the army of the Uuited
States;
81. Ministers and preachers of the Cos
r ST. Licensed physicians and surgeons,
while they continue in practice;
4th. Persons who nave been or hereafter
shall be regularly discharged in consequence
Of their performance of military duty, in
pursuance of ary law of this State; and
such fremen as are now exempt by law;
9th. Commissioned officers who shall
serve as such in the militia of this State,
or in any other OF the United States, for the
space of five years; but no such officer
Shall be so exempt, unless by his reSigna-
ton, after such term of Scrvic, duly accept
ed, or in some other lawful manner, he
shall have been honorably discharged
oh. Members of the Senate and of the
House of Representatives for the time being
the State Treasurer, Secretary, Comp
troller and Commissioner of the School
Fund;
9th. The officers and attendants at the
I,r ,D ipc in hn nf ~ nr
ford who are permanently engaged in the
immediate care of the patients in that in
Stiution, during the time OF such engage
ment, of which said engagement certiis
cate from the superintendent Of said insti-
tuition shall be evidence;
SEC 9 All able bodied, white, male citi-
2ens, between the ages of eighteen and lhir-
ty five years, not exempt from military du
ty by the laws Of the United States and the
provisions Of this act, shall be enrolled by
the collector of state taxes in the town in
which they shall respectively reside, who
shall without delay notify such person OF
their enrolment, by leaving printed or
written notice Of the same at their usual
place Of abode, aud shall report the same in
an alphabetical list, to the commander of
shall reside, on or before the first day of
March, in each year. And such command.
ing officer shall cause the names of all such
persons enrolled, 10 be entered alphabeti-
cally in book to be kept by him for that
purpose, designating the date of each en-,
roiment and place of residence, and shall
annually report the same to his Brigade
Inspector. to enable him to report the same
TO the Adutant General. And all able
bodied white male citizens between the
ages Of eighteen and forty five years not en-
rolled as aforesaid, shall be enrolled and re-
ported to thu Adntant General as military
exemptS, in the same manner as is proyidrd
in this section for military subjects.
SEC. 3. All persons, except commissions
ed or warrant Offices and members OF uni>
form companies duty organized, may anuu.
ally commute for military duty by paying
to the collector of sta te taxes of the town in
which he resides, the sum Of enc dollar be-.
tween the first day of January and the first
day Of May, III each year. Such collector
shall give duplicate receipts therefor, and
such receipts, or his return thereof, shall
be the sole evidence Of exemption. And
where one of such duplicates shall have
been delivered to the cOmmandant OF the
regiment within the bounds of which such
person shall reside, such persons shall not
be returned or fined for any delinquency or
deficiency in respect to any military rem
devious, parade, OF training, during the
year such certificate was given.
Sec. 4. Any person subject to military
duty, and who shall have been enrolled and
duly notified thereof, who shall neither vol~
unlcer into some uniform company, ncr
pay TO the collector of state taxes the com.
mutation Of one dollar, as is provided in the
preceding section of this act, shall pay a
fine of four Jollars-to be recovered by war;
rant from the commanding officer of the
regiment in the limits Of which such per-
son resides.
SEC 5. Every white, male citizen, over
the age of eighteen years, who has been or
shall hereafter be enrolled as a volunteer,
and has equipped or shall equip himself
with uniform, and regularly perform mill
tary duty in accordance with the provisions
of this act, shall be exempt from poll tax
during such service-aDd after having SER
we'd ten years shall ever after be exempt
from military duty, except in cases Of war
and insurrection.
SEC. 8. The stHte shall constitute one
military division district, which shall be
commanded by major general, and shall
be subdivided into two brigades as follows,
to wit:
LIST. The counties of Hartford, New Lon
don. Tolland and Windha m shall be and
cOnstitute the first brigade district.
81. The counties of New Haven, Itch
field, middlesex and Fairfield shall be and
constitute the second brigade district-and
each brigade shall be commanded by a brig
adler general. ss@
SEC. 7. The state shalt be divided intn
eight regimenial districts. the boundaries
Of which shall be the same as the bounda-
ries Of the different counties in the stated
which said boundaries may a, any time be
altered BY the captain general at his dis
cretion-and each regiment SO bounded
shall be composed Of such uniformed com.
panies as are atpresent duly orgonized I'M
der orders from the captain general, or such
as shall be hereafter organized. ti~
Sec. The Captain General shall cause
each company. regiment and brigade
| TO be numbered in UGH manner as he