The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-12

IN reference to calling out the Natlona
forces; to furnish proper blanks and instruc
tions for enrolling and drafting; to file anC
preserve copies of all enrolment lists; to re-
quire stated reports of all proceedings on th,
part of his subordinates; to audit all account
connected with the service under his direc
ton; and to perform such other duties al
the President may prescribe in carrying ou
the provisions of this act.
SEC. z. And be it further enacted, Ths
1t shall be the duty of the Provost Marshal:
to arrest all deserters, whether regulars, vol
unteers, militiamen, or persons called into
the service under this or any other act oi
Congress, wherever they may be found, and
to send them to the nearest military COM
mander or military post; to detect, seize and
contine spies of the enemy, who shall, with
out unreasonable delay, be delivered to the
custody of the General commanding the de-
partment in which they may be arrested, to
be tried as soon as the exigencies of the SER
vice permit; to obey all lawful orders and
regulations of the Provost Marshal General,
and such as may be prescribed by law, con-
cerning the enrolment and calling into SER
vice of the National forces.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That
in each of said districts there shall be a
Board of Enrolment, to be composed of the
Provost Marshal as President, and two 9TH
er persons, to be appointed by the President
of the United States, one of whom shall be a
licensed and practic;Dg physician and sur
geon. =
SEC. 9. And be it futher enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the said Board to di-
vide the district into sub-districts of con-
venient size, If they shall deem it necessa-
ry. not exceeding two, without the direction
of the Secretary of War, and to appoint, on
or before the tenth dav of March next, and
in each alternate year thereafter an enroll
ing officer for each sub-distrct, and to fur
nish him with proper blanks and instruc-
tions; and he shall mmediately proceed to
enroll all persons subject to military duty,
nothing their respective places of residence
ages on the first day of July following, and
their occupation; and shall. on or before the
6rst day of April, report the same to the
Board of Enrolment, to be consolidated
into one list, copy of which shall be trans
mitted to the Provost Marshal General on
or before the first day of May succeeding
the enrolment. Provided, nevertheless, That
if, from any cause, the duties prescribed by
this section can not be performed within
the time specified, then the same shall be
performed as soon thereafter as practicable.
OEC. w. hu0 Oc IL luIOoE 0udCI0Oa udb
the enrolment of each class shall be made
those whose ages shall be, on the first day
of July thereafter, between twenty and for
ty-fve years. .-........
Sec. IL. And be it futher enacted,
That all persons thus enrolled shall be sub
iect, for two years after the first day of j. uly
succeeding the enrolment, to be called into
the military service of the United States,
and to continue in service for three years, or
during the war; and when called into SER
vice shall be placed on the same footing, in
all respects, as volunteers during the pres.
spt rebellion; not, however, exceeding the
term of three years, including advance pay
and bounty as now provided by law.
SEC. IL. And be it futher enacted, That
whenever it may be necessary to call out
the National forces for military service, the
President is hereby authorized to assign to
each district the mum ber of men to be fur
n;she ed by said district; and thereupon the
enrolling Board shall, under the direction
Of the Presd ent, make a draft of the re-
4uired mum ber, and fifty per centum in ad-
iition, and shall m AXE an exact and COM
plete roll of the names of the persons so
drawn, and of the order in which they were
drawn, so that the first drawn may stand
first upon the said roll, and the second may
stand second, and so on. And the persons
so drawn shall be notified of the same with
IN ten days thereafter by written or prin-
led notice. to be served personally or by
leaving a copy at the last place of residence,
requiring them to appear at a designated
rendezvous to report for duty. In assign
ng to the district the number of men 10 be
furnished therefrom, the President shall
AXE into consid deration the number of vol
luteers and militia furnished by aud from
he several States in which said districts are
situated, and the period oftbeir service since
he commencem ent of the present rebel
ion, and shall so make said assignment as
% equalize the numbers among the districts
IF the several States, considering and allow
ng for the numbers already furnished as
aforesaid and the time of their service.
SEC. 13. And be it further enacted,
That any person drafted and notified to ap-
pear as aforesaid, may, on or before the day
ixed for his appearance, furnish an accept
lble substitute to tBke his place in the draft;
or he may pay to such person as the Sec
-etary Of War may authorize to receive it,
such sum, not exceeding three hundred dol
ars, as the Secretary may determine, for the
orocurstion of such substitute, which sum
shall be fixed at u niform' rate by general
,rder m ade at the time of ordering a draft
or any State or Territory; and thereupon
Iuch person SO furnishing the substitute, or
paying the money, shall be discharged from
further liability under that draft. And any
person failing to report after due service of
notice; as herein prescribed, without furn-
shing substitute. or paying the required
sum thereror, shall be deemed deserter,
and shall be arrested by the Provost Mar
'hal and sent to the nearest military post for
rial by court martial, unless, upon proper
showing that he is not liable to military
duty, the Board of Enrollmsut shall relieve
him from the draft.
Sec. IA. And be it futher enacted, Tha:
al drafted persons shall, on arriving at the
be carefully inspected by the