Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-06-24

enrolment required by this act at the
same rate and in the same manner as
they sre compensated for making the an
nual assessments of property. And 1t is
hereby made the duty of the command
ant of Each company within the bounds
of whose company any person liable to
perform military duty may come TO re-
side, within ten days next after he shall
be informed of such residence, to enroll
such person or pers n also all persons
who may from time to time arrive at the
age of eighteen; and it is hereby made
the duty of the commandant of the sew
eral wards, townships or districts of this
state to cause all such persons, and all
other persons whose names should not he
enrolled and who are liable to perform
military duty, to perform the same mill
tary duty as shall be performed by those
enrolled at the proper time.
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 the township. or election district,
said notice to state that the township
trustees will hear and determine claims
for exemption from military duty, within
twenty days next ensuing. ANY person
thus enrolled claiming exemption as
aforesaid, by n of the laws of congress
or this state, or who claims that he is ex-
empt from military duty, on account of
infrmitiy or disability, shall. before he is
excused from said military duty, produce
to the trustees of the township the GER
tifcate of a physician of acknowledged
skill, stating clearly that such per-
son is physically unable to perform
military duty. and shall produce
such other evidence in the case
as the trustees may require Providsd,
That such evidence shall be produced to
the satisfaction of said trustees within
twenty days after the posting up of said
written notice. And when any person
thus enrolled shall produce to said trus-
tees satisfactory evidence, together with
his W affidavit, that he is entitled to
exemption from the performance of mil
itary duty, then such trustees shall give
to every such person a certificate, which
shall be valid as long as his disease shall
continue and no longer. Persons so ex-
empted, and persons while in the militia
Nv service Vi Tue RCLCIdl BONCIullCul
shall not be taken into consideration
when organizing the foregoing enrolled
men into companies and regiments. All
applications for exemption from the per-
Torrance of military duty, made after
the militia of this state shall have been
organized, shall be made to the comman-
dants of the several battalions, in the
same manner that applications were
made to the trustees of the several town
ships, wards and districts, in the organ
ization of the militia, and said comman-
dants shall hear all such applications as
provided in this section, and when neces-
sary issue certificates of exemption in
of the same ProUidsd,-
That all exemptions granted by the trus-
tees aforesaid shall, after said enrolled
men are organized into companies, regi-
ments and ~battalions, be submitted to
the commandant of the proper regimen
tai district for approval, and if not APP
proved by sud commandant, said certif.
icate of exemption so granted shall be
void.
Sec. 5. The trustees of the several
townships, wards and districts shall, i'm,
mediately after receiving the enrolment
as provided in section three, and after
i completing the examination of such per
sons claiming exemption from military
duty, divide said townships, wards or dis
tricts into company districts, in such
manner as to give to each district not les.
than sixty nor more than n hundred
and twenty persons subject to military
duty; and they shall give to each of sale
districts a number, by which it may bt
known; they shall also fix upon a place
within each company district, where al
election shall be held to fill the Office
of said company; and notice of their &C
ton herein shall be given by said trus
tees by publication in some newspaper
if one be printed in the district, and i
not, then by a written notice conspicu
ously posted up in at least five places il
each of the said company districts Pro
vided, That should there be less than six
ty persons liable to military duty in an,
OF the townships, wards or districts o
this state. the trustees thereof may at
tach said persons to any adjoining town
ship or ward of the same county, for mil
itary duty.
See. E. The persons liable to perform
military duty by the provisions of thi
act. shall meet together at the place dies
ignated by the notice required by tn
fifth section of this act, on the first Sat
urday of July next, at the hour of on
o'clock D.. m, and when so met shall
elect, viva voce, three of their number t.
act as judges of said election, and two o
their number to act as clerks and wheI
thus organized they shall proceed t.
elect, by ballot, n captain, n first
lieutenant, and n second lieutenant o
said that said clerks shall keel
a record of the anne of a II persons VIII,
shall vote at said election; the polls shall
close at five p. m. of said day, when thu
Judges shall count the votes thus cast
and declare, in an audible voice, the per
sons thus elected for company officers =
Provided, That if two or more persons shall
receive the highest and an equal humble
of votes for the same Office. said judge.
shall determine by lot which of said per
sons receiving an equal number of vote
is elected /; and said judges and clerk
shall forthwith make a return of salt
poll-book and election to the sheriff o
their county, who shall, without delay
forward to the adjutant generally mail
thereof copy.
Sec. l.. All persons serving as judge
and clerks of any election of military Of
fcers in this state shall, before entering
upon their duties, take an oath or affirm
alton to honestly and faithfully discharg'
| their respective duties as such before an
officer who is authorized to administe
oaths, and any commissioned officer o
the militia of this state may administe
such oath or affirmation.
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