Daily national Republican., 1864-03-17

directly or indiregtly demand or recsve any com
pensatiou for furnishing said certineates OF disa
bility, and any ofeer elsfk, Or deputy, connected
win me Bead Of Enrolment, who shall reoeivs
oonpsnsstion from any drafted man for any ser
Vices, or orobtaining the performances OF such ser
vice required from any member Of said board BY
the provisions 81 this act, shall Be deemed guilty
Of high misdemsanor, and upon conviction, shall
for every such oicnne be fined not exceeding esoo,
70 be recovered upon information or Indictment
before any oourt OF oonpotsnt jurisdistion, one
halffor the use Of any informer whs may proseeute
for thu sAme In the name Of the United States,
and the other half for the use Of the United states
and uhall also be subject to imprisonmsnA for q
term not exsssdins one year, a. the discretion Of
the oourt. %.
sec. y. And Do u further enacted, That no member
OF the Board Of Enrolment, and no surgeon do
tailed or employed 10 assist the Board Of Enrol
ment, and no clerk, assistant, or employees OF any
Provost Marshal orr hoard OF Enrolment, shAll,
directly or indirectly, be engaged In procuring
| attempting 70 procure substitutes for persons
drafted, or liable 70 be drafted, Into the military
service Of the United States. And II any member
Of Board Of Enroiment, or any such surgeon,
clerk, assistant, or employee, shall procure, or
attempt 70 procure, . substitute for any person
drafted, or liable 10 be drafted, a. Aforesaid, he
shall be deemed guilty Of . misdemeanor, and
| shall upon conviction, be punished By inprison-
ment not less than thirty days nor more than six
months. and pay hne not less than 900 nor more
than 1900, BY any court eompetsnt 10 try the
offence. rrEgg .H.-rET I...
SEQ. u. And % JrtAsr enacted That all able
| bodied male oolored persons between the ages Of
twenty and forty years, resident In the United
states, shall be enrolled according 10 the proVi-
sions Of this ast and OF the act to which this IL an
amendment, and form part Of the national forces;
and when slave Of loyal master shah be drafted
/ and mustered into the service Of the United
State, his rnnstur shall have seftlfiaAto there
Of; and thsreapOn such slave shall be fres, and
the bounty of ttoo now payable BY law for saeh
dfaftod nan shah be paid to the perfon to whom
lspeh ttA,ei pcrpon was owing service or labor At
l No fnoi1f Id muster into the service Of the
hl1ll'qt ~ 1,1f ~ secretary Of War shall sp-
~ |tt,>1ihkitHN In each Of the slave States
~ ~ p4ngress, charged to award TO
f 4f&l NtfAotff 10 whom eolored volunteer
i fpNs teffipee . Just compensation, not exceed
Th&tlqo, Tor cash such oolored volunteer, paysble
ottuf the fund derived from communications; and
efery ansh eoiorsd volunteer on being mustered
into the 9ssrvine shsll be nee. And In all eases
where men Of color have been heretofore enlisted,
or have volunteered in the military service OF the
United states all the provisions OF this ast 30 far
a. the payment Of bounty and eompenhAtion are
provided, shall be equally applicable a. to those
who may be hereafter recruited. But mon OF color,
drafted or enlisted, or who may volunteer into the
military service, while they Rhall bo credited on
The quotas OF the several States or subdivisions OF
states wherein they are respectively drafted, en-.
listed, or shall volunteer, bhAll be assigned q
state troops, but shall be mustered into regiments
or companies - United States eolored troops.
Sec. 70. And dbsR (sTffrr snddsd That the fifteenth
section OF the act 70 which this IL AmendAtory, be
so amended that IL will read follows; That any
surgeon charged with the duty OF such inspection,
who shall receive from any person whomsoever
any money or other valuable thing, or agree, di.
recty indirectly, to receive the 70 his own
or Apother'a use, for making an imperfect inspee
ton, or false or incorrect report, or who shall
wlfully neglect to mako faithful inspection and
! true report, and each member Of tho Board Of I'm
rolmsnt who shall wilfully agree to the disehargl
from services Of any drafted person who IL not le
gaiy and properly entitled TO suoh discharge shal
be tried by a eourt-martial, and, on sonvictiol
, thereof, be punished BY lno not less than ESQ
. and not more than $4,000 shall be Imprisoned .
the discretion OF the court, and be eashiercd an'
) dismiised the service, D.,
Sec. %. And b u further enacted, That the word
"preeinot" and election district as used In thi
act, shah not be construed to require any subdi
, vision for purposes of enrolment and drAft les
than the wards into which any city village maj
be divided, or than the towns or Townships int,
4 which any county may be divided. =
/. Sec. n. And be further enacted. That so much O
the act entitled An act for enrolling and eAllin
II out the national foroes and for other purposes
. approved March ., 1858, as may be ineonsisten
with the provisions OF this act IL hereby repealed
n Approved. February ~, 1894.
. By order OF the seoretary Of War:
v x. D. TOWNSEND,
i. mil AssiEtant Adjutant General.