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subordinaies to audit all accounts con-
nected with the service under his direc-
ton, and to perform such other duties as
the President may prescribe In carrying
out the provisions of this act.
Sec. Z. And be ii further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the provost mar
shals to arrest all deserters, whether reg
ulars, volunteers, malitiamen, or persons
called into the service under this or any
other act of Congress, wherever they
may be found, and to send them to the
nearest military commander or military
pest to detect, seize and coniine spies OF
the enemy To obey all Lawful orders and
regulations of the Provost Marshal Cen
eral, and such as may be prescribed by
law, concerning the enrolment and calling
into service of the national forces.
Sec. s. And be 1t 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
other persons, to be appointed by the
President of the United States, one Of
whom shall be licensed and praotieing
physician and surgeon.
Sec. .. Aad be IL further enacted, That
it shall be the duty OF the said Board to
divide the district into sub districts of
convenient size, if they shall deem it nec-
essary, not exceeding two, without the
direction of the Secretary of War, and to
appoint, on or before the tenth day OF
March next, and in each alternate year
thereafter, an enrolling officer for each
SUBJ district, aud to furnish him with pro-
per blanks and Instructions and he shall
Immediately proceed to enroll all persons
subject to military duty, noting their re
spective places of residence, ages on the
first day of July following, and their cc-
cupation, and shall, on or before the LIST
day of April, report the same the to
Board of Enrolment, to be consolidated
into one lis', copy OF which will be trans
mitted 1.-THE Provost Marshal General,
on or before the first day of May succeed
ing the enrolment,
See 10. AHd lie 4 further enacted, That
the enrolment OF each class shall be made
separately, and shall only embrace those
whose ages shall be, on the first day of
July thereafter, between twenty and for
ty-fve years.
TIME OF SERVICE.
Sec IL. And be IL further enacted, That
all persons thus enrolled shall be subject
for two years after the first dav OF July
succeeding the enrolment, to DO called
into the military service Of the Unned
States, and to continue in service for
three years or during the war; and when
called into service shall be placed on the
same footing in all respects as volunteers
for three years or Outing the rebellion.
including advalee ply and bouaty, as now
provided by law.
THE QUOTAS.
Sec. IL. And be Il further enacted, That
whenever it may be necessary to call out
the national forces for military service,
the President is hereby authorized to as.
sign to each district the number of men
to be furnished by said district; and
thereupon the enrolling board shall, IN
der the direction of the President, make
draft Of the required number, and fifty
per cent. in addition, and shall make an
exact and complete roll of the names of
the persons SO drawn, and of the order
in wl,;ch 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 81 the same within ten
/ days thereafter by written or printed
notice, to be served personally or by leav-
flag e,: = AT the5F To- festdence,
requiring thS IN to appear at designated
rendezvous to report for duty. In assign
ing to the districts the number of men to
be furnished therefrom, the President
shall take into consideration the number
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 so make said as
signment IS to equalize the numbers
among the districts Of the several States,
considering and allowing for the numbers
already furnished as aforesaid and the
time of their service.
SUBSTITUTES AND THE PUNISHMENT or
DRsERTERs.
Sec. l3. And be IL further enacted.
That any person drafted and notified to
appear as aforesaid may, on or before the
day fixed for his appearance, furnish an
acceptable substitute to take his place in
the draft, c. he may pay to such person
as the Secretary of War may authorize to
receive it, such sum, not exceeding three
hundred dollars, as the Secretary may
determine, for the procuration Of such
substitute; and thereupon such person
SO furnishing the substitute or paving the
mo~ey shall be discharged from further
liability under this draft. And any per-
son failing to report under due service
Of notice, as herein prescribed, without