American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-01-16
AN ACT
To amend an act entitled 81 An Act to revise
and reduce into one the Militia and Volun-
teer Laws of this State

To amend an act entitled ~ An Act to revise
and reduce into one the Militia and Volun-
teer Laws of this State
SECTION /. BE IL enacted 5y the Legislature
Of the STATE Of Mississippi, That for the gov
eminent of the State troops now in active
service under the act TO which this is an
amendment, the army regulations and the
the act of Congress approved October the
18th, A.. ID. 1862, entitled $. An Act to relieve
the army of disqualified, disabled and incom-
petent officers, are hereby adopted and the
Governor and commanding general shall,
by appropriate orders, adapt the same to the
State troops.
SEC. 2. BE IL further enacted, That all off,
GERS and soldiers of the State troops, while
in active service under orders of the Cover
nor, shall be entitled to the same rations and
clothing, and the same communications as are
allowed to officers of the same rank and
soldiers of the Confederate States army.
SEC. 3. BE al further enacted, That the Gov
ernor is hereby authorized to place the State
troops organized AID in service under the
command of the Confederate States COM
mander of the department of which the State
of Mississippi may form part, for service
within the State; provided, that they shall
not be longer transferred for longer period
than that provided for in the act to which
this is an amendment.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted, That all per-
sons between the ages of eighteen and forty
years, or such other age may be called for
by the Confederate Government as Con-
scripts, now in the military service of the
State as officers, non-commissioned officers
aud privates, whether in the militia service
volunteer companies, who are not exempt
from conscription under the exemption of
Congress, nor excused from conscription by
order of the Secretary of War, shall be dis
charged from any service by their command
ing officers, and shall be placed in camps of
instruction of their respective districts by
said commanding officers. Army officers
failing to perform this duty shall be liable to
be courtmartialed, and fined or otherwise
punished, in the discretion of such court
martial.
Sec s. BE IL further enacted That it shall
be the duty of all officers in the military ser
vice of the State to arrest and forward TO
their respective commands all absentees
without leave, and deserters belonging to the
State or Confederate States army, and deliv-
er them to the nearest military post or to the
nearest provost marshal; they shall arrest
all conscripts absent without leave, and for
ward them to the camps of instruction. 1t
shall be the duty of all civil officers in each
county to arrest and confiue such absentees
and deserters and conscripts on the requisi-
ton of the comman ding officer, and on fail
ure to perform this duty, such military or
civil officer shall be liable to indictment, and
on conviction shall be fined one hundred dol
lars in each case.
Sec. 6. Be 1t further enacted, That the
companies of State troops now in the field
may be filed to the number required by the
act to which this is an amendment, by draft,
as provided for in said act, from companies
not in active service, and all officers not in
active service shall be liable to such draft.
Sec. Z. Be IL further enacted, That all reg
ularly established physicians who have been
engaged in the practice of their profession
for the past five years, and all school teach
ers who are and have been regularly en-
ga ged in teaching twenty or more scholars
for the past two years shall be exempt from
service under the provisions of this act and
the act to which this j. an amendment
Sec. 8. Be It further enacted, That all OIL
GERS who have heretofore or shall hereafter
be in active service, and whose pay is not
specially fixed by statute of the State, shall
be paid according To rank.
Sec. o. Be IL further enacted, Tint in ali
cases in which companies in the State service
cannot be filed up to the required number
by draft, the Governor shall cause said COM
panies TO be consolidated. and reorganized,
in such a manner as the Governor may pre-
scribe.
Sec. To- Be 1t further endeted. That oil dis
charges heretofore granted upon certificates
of physicians. approved by the county sur
ceons. be and the same are hereby revoked
and held for nanght-
Sec. IL Be ii further enacted, That the
major general, when in active service, shall
be entitled to the same staff with officers of
the like rank in the service of the CoDfeder-
ate States and that the Law fixing the salary
of tho or-gereral be and the SAM Is nere-
81 repealed