Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-02-18

eral consent DE alloWcu mar ah hour ior
that purpose.
Mr. schenck objected to this PROPOSE
ton,
Opposition to further proceedings on
the bin was manifested, when Mr. Rog
ers, of New Jersey, moved TO recon
slider the vote by which In the earlier
part of the proceedings the House had
agreed to adjourn till Monday.
This motion was laid on the table, by
vote of 100 against 40.
Mr. Harding moved that the House ad-
journ.
No Quorum voting on this motion, the
question was taken by yeas and nays,
and determined in the negative by IL
against 90.
1t was now half past four o'clock.
Mr. Clay of Kentucky asked leave OF
absence until Monday, but afterwards
withdrew his request. ...-
Mr. wadsworth, of Kentucky, moved
that the bill and its amendments be laid
on the table.
The motion was decided in the mega
tive by yeas As, nays 80.
The House then proceeded to vote on
the amendments to the Senate bill
The amendment was agreed to, yeas
"a, nays 81.
The House having thus agreed to the
Committees amendments to the bill, Mr.
Schenck submitted a substitute, which
was agreed to, and the original, as
amended, was passed by yeas 90, nays
so.
The bill as passed provides that the
quota of each ward of city, town,
township, precinct or election district,
OF of a county, where the same is divided
into wards, towns townships, precincts or
election districts, shall be as nearly as
possible in proportion to the NUMBER OF
men resident therein, subject to draft,
taking into account, as far as practical
Bile, the number which has been previ-
ously furnished theretrom, and in ascer-
tanning and filing said quota there shall
be taken into account the number OF
men who have heretofore entered the
naval service of the United States, and
whose names are borne upon the enroll
ment lists, as already returned to the
office of the Provost Marshal General OF
the United States, and any person en-
rolled under the provision of the enroll
ment act who is not liable to draft, nor
at the time in the military or naval ser
vice of the United States, and such per
son so furnishing substitute, shall be
exempt from draft during the time for
which such substitute shall be exempt
from draft, not however, exceeding the
time for which such substitute shall
aI m
dier, musician, or non -commlssloneo
officer, being of the United States, shall
be procured or accepted as substitute.
The boards of enrolment are to enroll
all persons liable to draft under the pro-
visions of this act and of the enrolment
act, whose names may have been omit
ted by the proper enrolling officer all
persons who shall arrive at the age OF
twenty years before the draft; all aliens
who shall declare their intention to be-
come citizens ; all persons discharged
from the military or naval service OF the
United States who have not been in such
service two years during the present
war, and all persons who have been ex-
empted under the provisions of the sec
ond section of the act to which this act
is a supplement, but who are not ex-
empted by the provisions OF this act and
the boards of enrolment shall release
and discharge from the draft all persons
| who. between the time of the enrolment
| and the draft, shall have arrived at the
age of As years. and shall strike the
names of such persons from the enroll
ment. Any person drafted into the mil
itary service of the United States may
be for the time fixed for his appearance
for duty at the draft rendezvous to fur
nish an acceptable substitute subject tc
such rules and regulations as may bt
prescribed by the Secretary of War. l
such substitute is not liable to draft, thu
person furnishing him shall be exempted
from draft during the time fo1which sucl
substitute is not Liable to draft not ex
ceeding the term fer which he was draft
ed, and if such substitute is liable t.
draft, the name Of the person FURNISHING
him shall be liable to draft in filling III
| ture quotas, and if any drafted perso
shall hereafter pay money foir the l proc.
ration of substitute under the NV !"
ions of the act to which this Is q,
amendment, such payment OF none,
shall operate only to relieve such per
son from draft during the time for whicl
the person was drafted unless the name:
placed in the box be sooner exhausted
in which case the name shall be returned
to the whole. Members Of religion:
who shall by other affirmation declar,
that they are conscientiously opposed tt
the bearing of arms, and who are pro
hibited from doing so by the rules anG
articles of faith and practice of sale
religious denomination shall be consid
cred non-combatants, and shall be as
signed to the Secretary Of War for duty
in the hospitals, or to the care of freed
men, or shall pay the sum of $500 to
such person as the Secretary of War
shall designate to receive it, to be APP
| piled to the benefit of sick and wounded
soldiers, provided that no person shall
be entitled to the benefit of the provis
ions of this section unless his declara
ration of conscientious scruples against
bearing arms rhall be supported by sat.
isfactory evidence that his department
has been uniformly consistent with sucl
declaration.
At half past six the House adjourned
H.