Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-15
MILITIA COMMUTATIONs.
To TIE ENROLLED MnIriA OF MoNTooNERY
COUNTY, ONO
auditors Office, Dayton,

June 10th, 1864
By the Act Of March 3lst, 1864, all white
male citizens, being Is years Of age, and un.
der 45, shall be enrolled and fequired 10 per.
form military duty
Section 4 provides that
"Al persons who are subject to military du-
~ under the provisions Of this act and who
are not now members Of some volunteer or.
ganization, shall either become members of
some volunteer organization, or shall pay in
10 the county treasury, annually, the sum Of
-FOUR DOLLARS which sum shall be u
commutation for fines and penalties Tor neg
lect to perform military services, except m
der calls to prevent or repel invasion, or sup
press insurrection Provided, nevertheless,
that If the number Of any volunteer company
shall be reduced below the minimum stand
ard, dra!t may be made from the old militia
AS hereafter provided for
Section provides that
Every man physically disabled may be ex-
empted from military duty, If he files with the
county auditor, on or before August 10Th of
every year, a'statement of a reputable phys-
clan or surgeon, certifying that such person
ia uniit for military duty by reason of auch
physical disability or by bodily in6rmity,
which shall be described in said statement
This statement must be veried by the affidavit
Of said physician or surgeon. II any person
shall knowingly or wiliuIly make a false
affidavit in this matter he shall be deemed
guilty Of perjury
Section provides that,
Upon filing of the rolls with the county
auditor, he shall give two weeks notice, by
general publication in the county papers re-
quirlng the payment Of the commutatiun
money into the county treasury, for which the
treasurer shall give duplicate receipts one of
which shall be filed with the Auditor, on the
filing Of certificates, on or before August
10th Of that year and also giving notice that
If any person shall fail 10 e suah exemption
papers or pay the continuation money the
Auditor shall proceed to collect the same,
with a penalty added thereto of thirty per
cent. The auditor is hereby required TO col
lect the same BY dstreas together with the
penalty, md such costs as are allowed to
county treasurers upon distrant for taxes,
aud for that purpose is hereby empowered to
appoint collectors, at u remuneration of not
over twenty per cent, on the amount collected
together with costs
Notice is hereby given, that those who fail
to file certificates of exemption or pay into
the treasury Four Dollars communication on or
before the 10Th day Of Augustus will he sub.
ject to the collection Of said SUN, with thirty
per cent, penalty, and such costs as are al
lowed to county treasurers, upon distrNint for
taxes all Of which the Auditor is REQlRED to
collect by DISTRESS.
BY the 57th section of the act, "the real
estate and personal property, of such persons,
of every kind without exception, shall be
label for payment" of fines aud commuta-
tons and costs, ''shall be lien upon real
estate until paid
After the 10Th Of August, rolls of the de-
lnquents Of each ward and township shall be
placed in the hands of the collectors for col
lection as required by law.
Should draft be ordered to fill up any or
ganized company, it will be made first from
those who have not paid their commulation.
We will be ready to receive communications
in this office on and after Tuesday, tho l6h
day of July
THOMAS 0. Lowe, Auditor.
iuns 10, 1864. dl-w3t