Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-03-17

Gous anu obhIs on Or OcIOro the ur0t 00V
Of April, report the same to the Board Of
Enrolment, to be consolidated into one
hst, q copy Of which shall he transmitted
70 the Provost Marshal General on or be-
!Ofe The first day of March, succeeding the
Sec. 10. Aud be il further enacted, That
the enrolment OF each class shall. be made
separately, aHd shah only embrace those
whose ages shall be, on the 6rst dav Of
July thereafter, between twenty and forty
five years.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted Thu.
all persons thus enrolled shall be subject
for two years after the first day of July
succeeding the enrolment to be called into
the military service Of the United States,
and to continue in service for three wears
or duriugth war; and when called into
service shall be placed On the same footing,
10 all respects, as volunteers for three wears
or during the war, including advance pay
and bounty, as now provided BY Law.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
whenever it may become necessary to call
DOT the national forces for military service,
the President 10 hereby authorised 70 ae.
sign to each district the number of men 70
be furnished by said district; and there.
upon the Enrolling Board shall, under the
direction Of the President, make o draft of
the required number, and City per cent in
addition, and shall make an exact and
complete roll OF the names Of the persons
80 drawn, and Of the order in which they
were drawn, so that the FIRST drawn NAV
stand FIRST upon the said roll, and the Sec
ond may stand second and SO on and the
persons 80 drawn shall be notified of the
same within ten days thereafter by q writ
ten or printed notice, to be served person.
ally or BY leaving copy at their laet place
Of residence, requiring them to appear at Q
designated rendezvous TO report for duty.
In assigning % the districts the number Of
men 10 be furnished therefrom, the Presi>
dent shall take into consideration the num-
Der Of volunteers and militia furnished BY
and from the several States IN which said
districts are situated, and the period Of
their service, since the commencement of
the rebellion, and shall 90 make said as
Segment ss to equalize the plumbers among
the districts of the several States, cousid-
eriDg and allowing for the numbers already
furnished Is aforesaid and the time of their
service.
SEC. l3. And be it further enacted, That
any person drafted and notified 70 appear
ae aforesaid may, on or before the day fx-
ed for his appearance, furnish an accepta.
BILE substitute to take his place in the draft,
or he may pay to such person as the Sec
rotary Of War may authorize to receive IL
such sum, not exceeding three huDdred
dollars, a. the Secretary may determine,
for the procuration Of such Substitute; and
tbereupon such person 90 furnishing the
substitute or paying the money shall be
discharged from further liability under
that draft. And any person failing to re-
port after due service of notice, as herein
prescribed, without furnishing a substitute
or paying the sum required therefor, shall
be deemed deserter, and shall be arrested
by the Provost Marshal and sent to the
nearest military post for trial by court
martial, unless, upon proper showing that
he lie not liable to do military duty, the
Board Of Enrolment shall relieve him
from the draft.
SEC. IA. And be it further enacted, That
all drafted persons shall, Oh arriving at
the rendezvous, be carefully inspected by
the surgeon of the Board, who shall truly
report to the Board the phi sical conditions
of each enc; and all persons drafted and
claiming exemption from military duty on
account Of disability or any other cause
shall present their claims to be exempted
to the Board, whose decision shall DO e.
nal. ..-
SEC. Is. And be il further enacted, That
any surgeon charged with the duty Of such
inspection, who shall receive from auyper.
SOB whomsoever any money or other Valua-
bic thing. or agree directly or indirectly to
receive the same for bic own or another's,
use for making an imperfect inspection or
false or incorrect report, or who shall
willfully neglect to make q faithful In
spection and true report, shall be tried by
court martial, and, ON conviction Thereof,
be punished by fine not exceeding Eve
hundred dollars nor less than two bund.
red, and be imprisoned at the discretion oil
the court and be cashiered and dismissed
from the service.
SEC. l6. And be it further enacted, That
rs soon as the acquired number of able.
bodied men liable to do military duty shall
be obtained from the list Of those d: afted
the remainder shall be discharged; and all
drafted persons. reporting at the place cI
rendezvous, shall be allowed travelling pay
from their places Of residence; aud all per.
sons discharged at the place of rendezvous
places of residence; aud all expenses con
nected with the enrolment aud Graft, in.
GLIDING subsistence while at the rendez
vous, shall be paid from the appropriation
for enrolling and drafting, under such reg
ulations Is the President Of the United
States shall prescribe; and ell expenses
connected with the arrest and return Of
deserters 70 their regiments, and such Other
A,,Nsn - IL III L. IL
upon to perform, shall be paid from the
appropriation for arrestipg deserters. IN.
der such regulations as the President o.
the United States shall prescribe: PROVIDED
The Provost Marshal shall in no case re
eeive Communication for transportation OF
for fuel and quarters, bat only for forage
when not furnished BY the government
together with actual expenses Of postage
stationery, and clerk hire authorised b,
the Provost Marshal General -
SEC. II. And be it further enacted
That any person enrolled and drafted nc
cording to the provisiaus of this act whit
shall furnish an acceptable substitute shall
thereupon receive from the Board of En-
rollment q certificate Of discharge from
such draft, which shall exempt him from
military duty during the time for which
he was drafted; and said substitute shall
be entitled to the same pay and allowances
provided by law es if he had been oriRi
nally drafted into the service Of the Unitet
States.
SEc. IL. And be il further enacted, Tha
such Of the volunteers and militia now il
the service of the United States - may re
enlist to serve one year, unlses sooner dis
charged, after the expiration Of their pres
ent term of service, shall be eutitled to I
bounty Of City dollars, one half Of which
TO be paid uDou such establishments, and