The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-06-26
AttentLon, Township Onieers.

'S"l PuOAisuou III 1hls popoT. lnt NO.
tices also published by the officers oi
Goshen township will, to a great extent
serve as o guide to township officers how
to proceed. The elections for militia
officers take place on the 4th of July
hence there is no time to lose.
SEC. 8. That it shall be duty of town
ship assessors Of the several townships,
and the assessors Of the several wards Of
the several cities, to prepare a list of all
white male citizens, residents of this
state, being eighteen years of age, aud
aud under the age Of forty-fve years,
without any exceptions, in their respec,
tive wards, townships, or districts. -
Township, ward, or district assessors
aforesaid, shall annually, at the time Of
assessing taxable property, make out
two rolls or lists of all names or persons
enrolled as aforesaid. and place one in
the clerks Office of their respective town.
ship, ward or district, and the other in
the auditors Office of the proper county.
SEC. 4. And said clerk, within ten
days after receiving said list Of enroll.
ment, as provided in the preceding sec.
ton, shall give written notice thereof by
posting the same in five public places
within said township, ward or election
district, which said notice shall also state
that the township trustees will hear and
determine claims for exemption from
military, within twenty days next ensu.
ing. Any person thus enrolled claiming
exemption as aforesaid, by any of the
laws of congress or of this state, or who
claims that he is exempt from said duty
on account of bodily iDfrmity or disabil.
ity, shall, before be is excused from said
military duty, produce to the trustees of
the township the certificate of o surgeon
of acknowledged skill, stating clearly
that such person is physically unable to
perform military duty, and shall produce
such other evidence 10 the case as the
trustees may require: PROVIDED, That
such evidence shall be produced to the
satisfaction Of said trustees within TWEEN.
ty days after the posting up Of said writ.
ten notice. And when any person thus
enrolled shall produce to said trustees
satisfactory evidence, together with his
own affidavit, that he is entitled to ex.
emption from the performance of militia.
ry duty, then such trustees shall give to
every such person certificate of exemp.
ton, which shall be valid so long as Lis
disability shall continue, and no longer.
Persons SO exempted, and persons while
in the military service of the general
government, idiots, insane persons, pau.
pers and persons convicted of infamous
crimes, shall not be taken into considers
alton when organizing the foregoing ELL.
rolled men into companies and regi.
ments. All applications for exemption
from the performance of military duty,
made after the militia Of this state shall
have been organized, shall be made to
the comnandants of the several regi.
ments of battalions, in the same manner
that applications were made to the trus
tees of the several townships, wards and
districts, in the organization of the mil.
itia, and said commandant shall hear and
determine all such applications as pro.
Vided in this section, and when necessary
issue certifpates of exemption in pursu.
ance of the same Provided, That all
certificates of exemption granted by the
trustees aforesaid shall, after said enroll.
ed men are organized into regiments
battalions and companies, be submitted
to the commandant of the proper regi.
mental district for approval, and if moi
approved by said commandant, said Ger.
ti6cate of exemption so granted shall be
void.
SEC. S. The trustees of the severa
townships, wards and districts shall, i'm
mediately after receiving the enrollments
as provided in section three, and afteI
completing the examination of such per
sons claiming exemption from militar,
duty, divide said townships, wards O
districts into company districts, 10 sucl
manner as to give to each district no
less than sixty nor more than one hun
dred and twenty persons subject to mill
tary duty; and they shall give to each o
said districts number, by which it ma
be known; they shall also fix upon a plac
within each company district, where al
election shall be held to gil the Offices Q
said company; and notice of their actio
herein shall be given by said trustees b
publication in some newspaper, if on
be printed in the district, and if mol
then by a written notice conspicuousl
posted up in at least Eve places in eac
Of said company districts: PROVIDED
That should there be less than sixt
persons liable to military duty in an
of the townships, wards or districts {
this state, the trustees thereof may a.
tach said persons to any adjoining towr
ship or ward of the same county, fc
military duty.
SEC. 6. The persons liable to pc,
form military duty by the provisions
this act, shall meet together at the plac
designated by the notice required by tt
fifth section Of this act, on the first Sa
urday of July next, at the hour of OF
o'clock P. NJ, and when so met sha
elect. viva voce, three of their numbt
to act as judges Of said election, an
two of their number to act as clerks: an
when thus organized they shall procee
to elect, by ballot, one captain, one Cir
lieutenant, and one second lieutenant
said company; that said clerks shall ket