The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1864-02-19
I The Amended ENROLMENT Bin. J,

the following synopsis ot the bin which
passed fhe House Of Representatives on
Friday last, amending the "conscription'
law.
The bill provides that the quota of each
ward ola city, town, township, precinct, or
election district Of a. county, swhere the
same is divided into wards townships, pre-
cincts, 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
practicable, the number which has been
previously furnished, therefrom !; and. in
ascertaining 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 namesare borne upon the enrolment
lists as already returned to the office of
Provost Marshal General of the United
States. Any person enrolled under the
provisions of The enro)lment act, oriwho
may hereafter be so enrolled may furnish
at any time previous to tie draft an ac-
ceptablee substitute, who isenot liable to
draft, nor at the time in the military or
naval service fftbea Omitted States, and
such person so furnishing substitute
shall be exempt from draft during the
time for which suchcsubsttute shall be
exempt from draft, not, however, exceed
ing the time for which such substitute
shall have been accepted. But no pri
vate soldier, musician, or non commission
ed officer, being actually, in the military
service of the United States, shall be
procured oraceeptsd as a'subs;itute. =
boards of enrolment are to enroll all
persons liable to draft under the provisions
of this act and of the enrolment act, whose
names may have beene omitted by the
proper enrolling officers; all persons who
shall arrive at the age of twenty years be-
fore theidraft; all aliens who shall declare
their intention to become citizens all
persons discharged from the military or ma
aval service of the United States who have
not been in such service two years during
the present war, and all persons who have
been exempted under the provisions of the
second section to- which this act is sup
plement, but who are not exempted by the
provisions Of this acts and the boards of
enrolment, shall llcreleaseli and discharge
from draft all persons who, between the
time of the enrolment and the draft, shall
have arrived at the; age Of, forty-tive years,
and shall strike the names iofsuch persons
from the enrolment. ma su0.y1im9M aH5
Any person drafted into the military
service of the United States, may, before
the time fixed for his appearance for duty
at the draft. rendezvous, furnish an ac-
ceptable substitute, subject to such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Secretary of War. If such sub
stitute is not, liable to draft, the person
furnishing him shall be exempt from draft
during the time for which such substitute
is not liable to draft, not exceeding the
term for which he was drafted; and if
such substitute lis sgliableito draft, the name
of the person furnishing him shall be liza
BILE to draft in filling future quotas. And
if any drafted persons shall hereafter pay
money for the procurationi of a substitute
under the provisions of theaot to which
this isjan amendment 4 such payment of
money shall operate only to relieve such
person from draft during the, time for
which thelperson was drafted, unless the
names placed in the box be sooner. ex-
hausted, in'Which case the names shall be
returned to- the wheel. % aaaiioi agm
Members offreligious denominations
who shall, by oath or affirmation, declare
that they are sconscientionslyr opposed to-
the bearing of arms, and who are prohib-
tied from doing so By the rules aud arti-
cles of faith and practice Of said religious
denominations, shall, when, drafted into
the military service, be considered non
Ecombatants, and shall be assigned by the
tSscretaryo of Wartolduty in the hospitals,
Eori 10 the care of freedmen, or shall pay
the sum of three hundred dollars Ito such
person. as the Secretary ofWar shall desig-
nate TO receive it, to he applied to the
benefit of the sick aud wounded soldiers;
provided that no person shall be entitled
to the benefit ofsthe provisions Of this SEQ
tion, unless his 'aeclaration of conscien-
tious scruples against bearing arms shall
be suppofted BY satisfactory evidence that
fhis deportment has been uniformly con
sistent with such, declarationssoI sdj 1Gl
ANY mariner OF ablesseaman who shall
Fbe drafted shall have the right, within
eight days after the notification ofs such
draft, to enlist in the naval service as q
seaman, "a nal17a4aaE lan5isaI ai 1aiTS
ha1lNo pilot, engineer, masterlat-arms, act