The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-03-10

of such inspection, who shall receive from
any person whomever any money or other
valuable thing, or agree directly or indi-
rectly 10 receive the same to his own or
anott er's use for making an imperfect
inspection or false or incorrect report,
or who shall Hillfully neglect to make
faithful inspection and true report, shall
be tried by court martial, and, on con-
viction thereof, be punished by fine not
exceeding FIVE hundred dollars, nor less
than two hundred, and be imprisoned at
the discretion of the court, and be cash
tered and dismissed from the service,
See IL AID Be Il further enacted,
That as 90. as the required number OF
able bodied men liable to military duty
shall be obtained from those drafted, the
remainder shalt be discharged; and afl
drafted persons reporting at the place of
rendezvous shall be allowed travelling
pay fr.a their places Of residence =; and all
persons discharged at the place of rem
devious shall be allowed travelling pay
to their places of residence, and all Elk.
penses connected with the enrolment ~and
draft, including subsistence while ut the
rendezvous, shall be paid frem the appro
priation for enrolling and drafting, under
such regulations as the President of the
United States shall prescribe and all
expenses connected with the arrest and
return of deserters to their regiments, or
such other duties as Provost Marshals
shall be called upon to perform, shall be
paid from the appropriation for arresting
descrters, under such regulations as the
President of the United States shall pies
cribc Provided, the Provost Marshal
shalt in no case receive Communication
for transportation or for fuel and quar-
ters, but only for forage, when not fur
niSled by the Government, together with
actual expenses of postage, stationery aud
clerk hire authorized BY the Provost Mar
shall General.
See. 7. 4 It'll Be II further enacted, 4 hat
any person enrolled aud drafted according
to the provisions of this act who shall
furnish an acceptable snhhtltute. ShalL
thereupon receive from the Board OF In
rollment a certificate of discharge from
such draft, which shall exempt him from
military duty during the time for which
he is drafted and such substitute shall
be entilfel TO the same pay and allowances
provided by law, as if he had been orig
inally drafted into the service of the Uni
ted States.
VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA
Sec. Is. And be II further enacted. That
such Ct the volunteers and militia now
in the service of the United States, as may
re-cnlst to serve one year, unless sooner
discharged, after the expiration of their
present term Of service, shall be entitled to
a bounty of fifty dollars, one-half of which
to be pa,u upon such re-ennstment and
the bilan" Il Il . cxp'reti y q The term
OF re -.gu may re
enlls. to serve Tor Two years, unless SOONER
discharged, after the expiration of their
present term of enlistment, shall receive
upon such re-enlistment twenty five dol.
lars of the one hundred dollars bounty
for enlistment, provided by thctifth sec.
ton of the act approved twenty second
of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
entitled "An act to authorize the employ
meGt Of volunteers TO aid in enforcing tie
laws ndprotecting the public property.
CONSOLIDATION OF SKELETON REGIMENTS.
Sec. 10 And Be Il further enacted, That
whenever regiment of volunteers of the
same arm, from the same State, is re-
duced to one half Of the maximum num-
Der prescribed by law, the President may
direct the consolidation of the companies
Of such regiment: Provided, that no
company so formed shall exceed the max
imum number prescribed by law. When
such consolidation is made, the regimen
tai officers shall be reduced in proportion
to the reduction in the number of compa-
MES.
Sec. 90. Andte II further enacted, That
Whenever regiment is reduced below the
minimum number allowed by law, no Of
iicer shall be appointed in such regi-
ment beyond those necessary for the
CON mand of such reduced number.
COURT MARTIAL.
Sec. 81. And be IL further enacted, That
so much of the fifth section of the act APP
proved 18th of Julyy, 1852, entitled "Aa
act to amend an act calling forth the mi
itia to execute the laws Of the Union, )"
&C., as requires the approval of the Pres
ident to carry into execution the sentence
of court martial. be, and the same is
hereby repealed, rs far as relates to the
carrying into execution the sentence of
any court martial against any person con-
victed as spy or deserter, or of mutiny
or murder; and hereafter sentences in
punishment of these offenses may be car.
rled into execution upon the approval of
the commanding General In the field.
Sec. 22. And be Il further enacted, That
court martial shall have power to SEN
tence officers who shall absent themselves
from their commands without leave to be
reduced to the ranks to serve three years
or during the war.
See % A nd lie II further nunrfaJ That