M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1863-03-19

dent OF the United States shall pres
cribe: Provided. The Provost M ar.
shals shall in no case receive commu'
tation for transportation or for fue,
and quarters, but only for forage, when
not furnished by the Government,
together with actual expenses fol
postage, stationary and clerk hire
authorized by the Provost Marsha
General.
SRC. II. And be it further enacted
That any person enrolled and drafted
according to the provisions of this act
who shall inrnish an acceptable cub
stitute, shall thereupon receive from
the. Board Of Enrolment a certifca.e
oI4fschargo from such draft, which
shall exempt him from military duty
during tile time for which he was
drafted, and such substitute shall be
entitled to the same pay and allow.
ances provided by law as il he had
been originally drafted into the service
OF the United States.
SEQ. 19. And be it further enacted,
That such Of the volunteers and mill,
tia now in the service OF the United
States as may re-enlist to serve one
year, unless sooner discharged, after
the expiration of theft present term oi
service, shall be entitled to q bounty
ot fifty dollars, one-half of which to
be paid upon such re-enlstment, and
the balance at the expiration Of the
term Of re-enlistlnent. And such as
may re-enlIst to serve for two years,
unless sooner discharged, after the
expiration OF their present term ol
enlistment, shall receive upon such
re-enlistment, twenty-five dollars oI
the one hundred dollars bounty for
enlistment provided by the filth sec.
ton Of the act approved twenty
second Of July, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, entitled "An net to aulhor.
lie the employment of volunteers to
aid In enforcing the laws and protect
ing public property" ..
Sno. 10. And be it further enacted
That whenever a regiment Of Voluh'
teers of the same arm, from the same
State, is reduced to one-balf Of the
maximum number prescribed by law,
the President may direct the consoli.
dation OF the companies of such regi.
ment: P,ovided, That no company
so formed shall exceed the maximum
number prescribed by law. When
such consolidation is MADE, the regi.
mental officers shall be reduced in
proportion 10 the reduction in the
number Of companies.
SEC. 20. And be It further enacted,
That whenever a regiment is reduced
below the minimum number allowed
by law, no officers shall be appointed
in such regiment beyond those neces.
Sary for the command OF such reduced
number.
SEC. 81. And be It further enacted,
That 30 much Of tile fifth section OF
the act approved seventeenth July,
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, en-
titled "Au act to amend an act calling
forth the militia to execute the laws
of the Union," and so feirth, as re-
quires the approval of the President
to carry into execution the sentence
of court martial, be, and the same is
hereby repealed, as far as relates to
carrying into execution the sentence oI
any court martial against any person
convicted as a spy or derserter, or ol
mutiny or murder; and hereafter
sentences in punishment of these often
ses may be carried into execution upon
the approval ofthe commanding Gen
eral in the field.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted
That courts martial shall have power
to sentence officers who shall absent
themselves from their commands
without leave, to be reduced to the
ranks to serve three years or during
the war.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted,
That the clothes, arms, military out
fits, and accouterments furnished by
the United States to any soldier, shall
not be sold, bartered, exchanged
pledged, loaned, or given away; and
no person not a soldier, or duly au.
thorized officer of the United States,
who has possession of any such
clothes, arms, military outfits, or &C.
couterlnents, furnished as aforesaid,
which have been the subject of any
such sale, barter, exchange, pledge
loan, or gift, shall have any right,
title, or interest therein, but the same
may be seized and taken wherever
found by any officer OF the United
States. civil or military, and shal
thereupon be delivered to any Quar-
termastet or other officer authorized
to receive the same; and the posses
sion of any such clothes, arms, military
outfits, or accouterments, by auy
person not q soldier or officer of til,
United States, shall be primd fac;