Litchfield enquirer., 1863-01-29
CHAPTER XXI.

Approved, Dec. 24th, 1862.
 CHAPTER XXI.
 An Act in addition to " An Act relating to the
 Militia"
 Bet enacted by tie Senate and House ct Representatices in General Assembly concerned: ::
 SEc. I. Every able-bodied white male citizen residing within this state, of the age Of eish- teen years and under the age of forty hve years not exempted by the provisions Of this act shall belong to the inactive militia and ID every case of doubt respecting the age of 8 person enrolled, the burden of proof shall be upon him, and the enrolling officer or otflcers hereinafter mentioned shall examine kltn and any witnesses in his behalf under oath, and adninister to him or them the usual oath, pres cribed Ter witnesses and any person SD exam ined who shall ea guilty of wilful false swear ing shall be liable to tue penaltles~ of perjury.
 SEc. 2 The selectmens of the several town, in this state shall be ths oliieers to enroll the inactive militia and it shall be ts~ir duty, be- tween the tenth day of September and the first day of December in each year to enroll the names of white male citizens residing III theli respective towns, between the ages of eighteen and forty-Gve years, and including those ex. empted by the following sections ot thIs act alphabetically in a book to be kept for the p'tr pose at the town clerks office: and the select men shall strike from such roll the name o each person who is not able.bodied or Is ex empt under the provisions of this act from en roliment by drawing red line across sncl name, but leaving it till legibe and shall spec ify in such margin, and upon the same lint with such name, the reason of the disability o exemption of the person whose name is strick en of us aforesaid. And such rolls when com pleted shall be signed by the selectmen.
 SEc 3. The name of no person shall bt stricken from such roll as not able-bodled, un less he be either blind, a deaf mute, insane imbecile, wanting an arm or leg, or has sucl a deformity of one or both legs as to produce a disproportionate length of two inches O moea i; and the name of any person strickal from such roll by the rirv eeleetnlen n able-bodied may be restored by the order 0 the surgeon-general. The persons whes' names shall remain upon the rolls in the ever towns shall constitute the inactive militia, ant whenever a draft is ordered from the inactive militia, the selectmen, before proceeding tt draft shall amend such rolls adding thereto thu names of persons who are, or >stilking there from the names of persons who are not subjec to enrolment.
 And it shall be the duty of the several town annually, on or before the fifth day of Decem ber to make certified report to the adjutan general of the number of persons whose name shall have been enrolled as aforesaid and alst to make certified return of the number o persons to be taxed under the provisions o this act and the adjutant general shall return the same to the state treasurer. And he con mander in chief shall on or before the tentl day of January, 1863, issue.h his order directe to the board of selectmen of each town requr ing an enrolment to be made and completed and report made to the adjutant gere al within thirty days from the date of said order.
 SEc In addition to the persons exempted by the laws of the United States, the persons hereinafter mentioned shall also be exempted from enrolment in the militia, viz: judges 0 the supreme and superior courts. the state sec retary, treas.rer, comptroller, and commission CT of the school fund. the superintendent O common schools. sheriffs, the superintendent o. tn. reform school, of the retreat for the insane and of each of the public hospitals, teachers Il the American asylum for the deal and dumb the warden, deputy warden the state prison keepers of Lighthouses, and members of tht active militia. and fishermen in service, belong ing to smacks, licensed under the revehu, laws And it shall be the duty of the seiectmen ir the several towns in which such persons re side at the time of making the rate bill f"l every able bodied man of the aforesaid exam ple, between the ages of twenty one and forty five years. not a member of the active militia, an additional tax of one dollar upon each and every person as aforesaid. which tax shall bt collected at the same time and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of town taxes and when so collected shall be paid into the town treasury.
 SEC. 5. The enrolled militia. except those Hho may become members of the active nfiliti; as hereinafter provided, shall be subject to ac tive duty only in case of war, invasion, the pre- vention of invasion rebellion and irlsrfectiou or reasonable apprehension thereof; in which case. the commander in chief shall order ou, for active service. by draft or otherwise. IS many of the militia as the necessity of the case demands.
 And whenever the commander in chief shall ind it necessary to order out the inactive mill, tia in fixing the number to be called for or drafted in each town, he may consider the number of pc sons who have volunteered from each towu in such . manner that the draft shall be equitably apporlioned among the sevs eral towns in the state; and any person wifo has Heretofore enlisted, or shall hereafter clis list into the service of this state, and has been CT sAall be turned over into the service of the United States, shall be credited to the town where such person was last enrolled. And iii case any person shall be or has been enrolled and claimed in more than one town, and shali enlist or be drafted; the governor shall, ulGess tho selectmen of ths town slalI ayrsa. deter mine to what town such person rightfnliy be longs. And in case any person who, has en listed. or shall enlist as aforesaid is not enroll ed in any town in this state he shell be credit "a to the town where he resided when the. call for volunteers or order for draft is made hy