Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-26


Constitution are broken. The Constitution Is
therefore aunullec; bot IL may be left iot every
one TO decide for himself hoS much. Tor the
time being there IL Of protection through That IN
strumeBt when party comes into power W sio
l4tion Of is provisions. and determines 10 hold "
IN spite OF the DEGREES Of The tribunal constituted
10 decide UPON the rights OF persons claiming aid
exercising authority within It's JURISDICTION
lCin. Eng wHE
The New Couscription Law-Tbe Act
ms ia Passed Both Houses OF Con-
gress.
An Ac. TO Amend an Act Entitled An Act for
Enrolling and Calling out the National Forces.
and for other Purposes" Approved March
Third, Eighteen Hundred and siIty-Thres.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of America.
in Congress assembled, Th~t the President OF
the United States shall be authorized. whenever
he shall deem il necessary. during the present
war, 10 call for such number OF men for the
military service OF the United States, as the pub
lie exigencies may require.
Sac Aud be il further enacted. That the
quota Of each ward of city, town, township.
precinct. or election district, of county,
where the county il not divided into wards,
towns, townships. precincts. or election districts
the number 81 men resident therein liable 10
render military service, taking into account, as
far IA practicable. the number which has been
previously furnished therelrOm; and in ascertain
ing and filing said quota there shall be taken
into account the number OF men wbo have here
tofore entered the naval service OF the United
Sites and whose names are borne upon the en-
roliment ii-ts already returned 10 the offe
Of the Provost Marshal General Of the United
Stttes.
SIC } And be i. further enacted. That, IL the
quotas shall not be filed within the time desig
mated by the President. the Provost Marshal of
the district within which any ward 0t a city,
town township, precinct. or election district. or
county, where che same is not divided into
wards, towns, townships. precincts or election
districts which j. deficient in it, quota. j. stua
ted, shall under the direction of the Provost
Marshal General, make draft for the number
deficient therefrom; but all volunteers who may
enlist after the draft shall have been ordered,
and before il shall be actually made shall he
deducted from the number ordered tn be GRATED
in such ward. town. township. precinct, election
district, or county Aud If the quota OF any dis
trict shall not be filled by the draft made in ac-
cordance with the provisions OF this act and the
act to which il is an amendment. further drafts
shall be IN de and like proceedings had until the
quota of such district shall be filled.
SEC. And be il further enacted, That any
person enrolled under the provisions of the act
for enrolling and calling out the national forces
and for other purposes, approved March third,
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, who may
be hereafter so enrolled. may furnish. at any
time previous to- the draft. an acceptable substi-
tute who is not liable 10 draft nor nc the time IN
the military or naval service of the United
States and such persons furnishing substi-
tute shall be exempt from draft during the time
for which such substitute shall not be liable to
draft. not exceeding the time for which such
substitute shall have been accepted.
SEC D. And be il further enacted, That any
person enrolled and drafted into the military
vice of the United States may, before the time
fixed for his appearance Tor duty at the draft rem
devious. furnish an acceptable substitute, sub
iect TO such rules and regulations may be pre-
scrbed by the Secretary of War. That il such
substitute is not liable TO draft. the person fur
nishng him shall be exempt from draft during
the time for which such substitute is liable Il
DRAFT, not exceeding the term for which he was
! drafted; and if such substitute is liable To draft
the name of the person furnishing him shall again
be placed on the roll, and shall be liahe To draft
on future calls, but not until the present enroll
ment shall be exhausted; and this exemption
! shall not exceed the term for which such person
! shall have been drafted And any person now
in the military or naval service OF the United
States. not physically disqualified. who has 81
served more than one year, and whose term o.
unex 9ired service shall not, at the time OF sub
stitution, exceed six months. NAV be employed
TO serve as a substitute to serve IN the troops o.
the State in which he enlisted; and il any drafted
person shall hereafter pay money for the pro
curation Of substitute, under the provisions o
| the act TO which this is amendment. such pay
| ment of money shall operate only TO relieve surl
person FROM draft in filing that quota: and nj
name shall be retained the roll IN filling tuiur
quotas; but i'm no instance shall the exemption
| of any person. on account OF his payment o
Communication money for the procuratiOn OF a sub
stitute extend beyond one year: but At the en'
/ of one year in every such case the name of an
person so exempted shall be enrolled again,
not before returned To tue enrolment list unde
the provisions OF this section
SIC 8 And be it further enacted. That Board
of Enrolment shall enroll all persons liable {
draft under the provisions of this act and the &C
To which this Is an amendment, whose name mn
have been omitted by the proper enrolling officer
| all persons who shall arrive At the age OF invent
wears before the draft; all aliens who shall d'
| clare their intention TO become citizens; all per
sons discharged from the military naval serS
| ice of the United States, who have not been
such service two wears during the present val
and all persons who have been exempted undo
the provisions of the second section OF the act {
which this is an amendment, but who are nc
exempted hy the provisions OF this act: sni sal
Boards oil enrolment Slall relet>e aUh uiscu tTs
from draft all persons who. between the time c
enrolment and the draft, shall have arrived
the age of forty i've years, and shall strike IN
> names of such persons from the enrolment.
SEC And be IL further enacted. That an
mariner or able seaman who shall be drafted III
der this act or the act TO which this Is an amend
ment. shall have the right within eight days aiIs
the notification of such draft. TO enlist in the M
, val service rs a seaman; and a certificate that
T has so enlisted being made out in conioi init
, with regulations which may be prescribed by IL
Secretary of the Navy and duly presented TO It
Provost Marshal of the district in which sue
, mariner or able seaman shall have been dratte'
shall exempt him from such draft: Provides
That the period Tor which he shall have bee
enlisted into the naval service. shall not be LEI
than the period for which he shall have bee
drafted into the military service And provids
further, That the sad certificate shtll decai
that satisfactory proof has been made before u
naval officer issuing the same. that the said pc
son so enlistng in the navy Is a mariner by W
I cation. or an able seaman. And any person no
Z i'm the military service of the United StareS. vi
4 shall furnish satisfactory proof that he Is m II
ner by vocation, or an able seamen. may eull
, in the navy under such rules and regu atoms
r,,sy lie prescribed by the President of the Unite
Stats: Provided, That such enlistment may ~
he for less than the unexplred term OF his mi
tary service nor for less than one wear And 81
bounty money which any mariner or seaman e.
D listing from the army into the navy. may ha'
e received from the United States, or from q