Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-02

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in any casepending before then, or either
of them, aud the fees allowed for witnesses.
attendlng under summons shall be six cents
per mile for mileage counting one way
ana no other Tees or costs shall be allowed
under the provisions of this section; and
they shall have power 70 administer oaths
or ah1rmations. And any person who shall
Eilltullyaud cOrruptly swear or affirm false.
y before any provost marshal, or board of
enrolment, or member thereof, acting by
authority of the board, or who shall, be-.
fore any civil magistrate, Willfully aud
corruptly swear OF affirm falsely to any
atidAytt 70 be used in any case pending
before any provost marshal or board of
enrolIimeut, shall, on conviction, be fined
not exceeding Eve HUNDRED dollars, and
imprisoned not less than six months nor
more than twelve months. The drafted
men shall have process TO bring in wit
nesses, but without mileage.
Sec. 16. And be it turtle enacted, That
copies of any record of provost marshal
or board of enrolment, or of any part
thereof, certified by the provost marshal,
or majority of said board of enrolment
shall be deemed aud taken as evidence in
any civil or military court in like manner
as the original record: Provided, That if
any person shall knowingly certify any
EQs
used in any civil or military court, he shall
be subject TO the pains and penalties of
perjury.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That
members of religious denominations, who
shall by oath or affirmation declare that
they are consctentiouslY opposed TO the
bearing of arms, and who are prohibited
from doing SO by the rules and articles of
faith and practice of said religious demon
nations, shall, when drafted into the mil.
itary service, be considered non.combat.
ants, and shall be assigned by the Secre-
tary of War to duty in the hospitals, or to
th Q care OF freedmen, or shall pay the
sum OF three hundred dollars to such per
son as the Secretary of War shall desiR-
nate to receive it, to be applied to the
benefit Of sick and wounded soldiers
Provided, That no person shall be entitled
to the benefit of the provisions of this
section unless his declaration of conscieu.
tious scruples against bearing arms shall
be supported by satisfactory evidence that
his department has been uniformly consis-
tent with such declaration.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That
no person of foreign birth shall, on
account of alienage, be exempted from en-
rollment or draft under the provisions of
this act, or the act to which it is an amend
ment, who has at any time assumed the
rights of citizen by voting at any
election held under authority of the laws
Of any State or Territory, or OF the Uuited
States, or who has held any Office under
such laws or any of them; but the fact
that any such person of foreign birth has
voted or held, or shall vote or hold, Office
as aforesaid, shall be taken as conclusive
evidence that he is not entitled to exemp.
alienage
Sec. 10. Add belt further enacted, That
all claims to exemption shall be verified
by the oath or Affirmation OF the party
claiming exemption, TO the truth of the
facts stated, unless it shall Satisfactorily
appear to the board of enrolment that
such party is for some good and sufficient
reason unable to make such oath or AFR.
nation; and the testimony of any other
party filed in support Of claim to ex.
empIiOn shall also be made upon oath or
affirmation.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That
ii any person drafted and liable to render
military service shall procure decision of
the board of enrolment in his favor upon
claim TO exemption by any fraud or false
representation Practiced by himself or his
procurement, such decision or exemption
shall be Of no effect, and the person ex-
emPted, or in whose favor the decision NAV
be made, shall be deemed q deserter, and
may be arrested, tried, by court.martial
and punished as such, and shall be held to
service for the full term for which he was
drafted, reckoning from the tune of his ar
rest /: Provided, That the Secretary of War,
may order the discharge of all persons in
the military service who are are under the
age of eighteen years at the time of the
application for their discharge, when 1t
alliappear upon due proof that such per-
soDs are in the service without the consent.
either expressed or implied, of their par.
ents or guardians. Aud provided further.
That such persons, their parents or guar.
disns, shall frst repay to the Government
\ and to the State and local authorities all,
bounties and advance pay which may have
been paid to them, any thing in the act
to which this is an amendment to the con.
traryi Notwithstanding. -
Sec. 81. And be 1t further enacted, That
any person who shall procure, or attempt
70 procure, false report from the sur
geoni of the board of enrolment ooncer.
ming the physical condition of any draft
iperson. OIL decision in favor of such per.
son by the board of enrolment upon a
claim TO exemption, knowing the same to
be false shall, upon conviction in any dis.
trtct or circuit court Of the United, States.
be punished by imprisonment for the ne.
Rod for which the party Was drafted. -.
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That
the fees OF agents and attorneys for making
out and scausinE to be executed any papers
IN support of claim for exemption from
draft, or for any services that may be
rendered to the claimant, shall not, in any
case, exoesd Eve dollars, and physicians
or Surgeons fuFniahino cart;6oof.:s e r.
ability to any claimant for exemption finn,
draft shall not be entitled to any fees or
compensation therefor And any agent or
attorney who shall, direktly'or fndiieetlv. !.
demand OF receive any greater compenss-s
ton for his; services under this act. md
any physicianor surgeon who shall, direct.
y or indirectly, demand OF receive any