The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-02-27

provided that no person shall be emitted u
the benefit of the provisions of this section
unless his declaration Of conscientious scru
pies against bearing arms shall be support
ed by satisfactory evidence that his deport
ment has been uniformly consistent will
such declaration.
SEC. 1S. And be it further enacted, That
no person Of foreign birth on account of ali
enage be exempted from enrolment OF
draft under the provisions OF this act, or the
act to which it is an amendment, who haf
at any time assumed the right of a citizen
by voting at any election held under au-
thority Of the laws of any State or Terrific
ry, or of the United 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 con-
elusive evidence that he is not entitled to
exemption from military service on account
OF alienage.
Sec. l9. And be it further enacted, that
all claims redemption shall be verified by
the oath or affirmation of the party claim
ing exemption to the truth OF the matter sta
ted, unless it shall satisfactorily appear to
the Board Of enrolment that such party,
for some good and sufficient reason, is un-
able to make oath or affirmation; and the
testimony Of any other party filed in sup
port Of a claim to exemption shall also be
made upon oath or affirmation.
SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That
if any person drafted, and liable To render
military service, shall procure q decision OF
the board Of enrolment in his favor upon a
claim to exemption by any fraud or false
representation, practised by himself or by
his procurement such deception or exemp-
ton shall be of no effect, and the person ex-
empted, or in whose favor the decision may
be made, shall be deemed q deserter, and
may be arrested, tried by court-martial and
punished as such and shall be held to SER
vice for the full term for which he was
drafted. reckoning from the time of his ar
rest; provided, that the Secretary of War
may order the discharge of all persons in
the military service, who are under the age
Of IL at the time Of their application for their
discharge, when it shall appear upon due
proof that such persons are in the service
without the consent, either express or inn
piled, Of their parents or guardians. And
provided further, that such persons, their
parents or guardians, shall 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 amend
ment. to the contrary Notwithstanding.
SEC. q. And be it further enacted, That
any person who shall procure or attempt
to procure Il false report from the Surgeon
of the Board of Enrolment concerning the
physical condition Of any drafted person,
or a decision in favor of such person by the
Board Of Enrolment upon claim to ex-
emption, knowing the same to be false,
shall, upon conviction in any District or
Circuit Court of the United States, be pun
ished by imprisonment for the period for
which the party was drafted.
SEC. -. And be il further enacted, That
the fees Of agents AMI attorneys for max
ing out and causing 10 be executed any pa
pers in support OF claim for exemption
from draft, or for any services that may be
rendered to the claimant, shall not, i'll any
case, exceed five dollars; and physicians or
surgeons furnishing certificates of disabili-
~ TO any claimant fer exemption from
draft shall not be entitled 10 any fees or
compensation therefor. And any agent or
attorney who shall directly or indirectly
demand or receive any greater compensa-
ton Tor his services under this act, any
physician or surgeon who shall directly or
indirectly, demand or receive any compen
sa,ion for furnishing said certificates of
disability. and any officer, clerk or deputy
connected with the Board of Enrolment,
who shall receive compensation from any
drafted man Tor any service, or obtaining
the performance OF such service required
froni any member Of said Board by the pro-
visions OF this act, shall De deemed guilty
OF high mlsdeineanor. and, upon conyic-
ton, shall. for every such offence, be fined
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be
recovered upon information or indictment
before any court of competent jurisdiction.
one half for the use of any iIaoriner, who
May prosecute for the same in the name of
the United States, and the other half for the
use of the United States, and shall also be
subject 10 Imprisonment for term not ex
ceeding one year, at the discretion OF tbs
court.
SIC. %. And be it further enacted. That
no member of the Board OF Enrolment,
and no officer detailed or employed to as
sist The Boards of Enrolment, and no
clerk. assistant or employee of any Provost
Marshall or Board Of Enrolment, shall be
engaged, directly or indirectly, in procur-
ing or attempting TO procure substitutes for
persons drafted or liable TO be drafted into
the military service of the United States:
and ii any member OF a Board Of Enroll
ment or any such surgeon, clerk or aSSlS-
tant. shall procure or attempt 20 procure a
SD bs,tute for any person drafted or liable
to be drafted aforesaid, he shal he
deemed guilty Of :, inisdemeanor, and shall
upon conviction. be punished by imprison-
men. not less than thirty days nor more
than SIX months. and pay iiHe no. less
than one hundred nor more than one thou.
sand dollars, ty any coait competent 20
try the OfeaSe.
SIC - And be !. further enacted, that
arnen6aiovy, shall he so amended that it
will read rs follows: That any surgeon
charged with the duty OF sucn inspection,
who shall receive anything from any per-
son vhomsOeyer, any money or other val
liable thing, or agree directly or indirectly
to receive the same to his cwn or another,
as for making an imperfect inspection, or
false or incorrect report, or who shall
wilfullv neglect to make q faithful inspec-
ton and true report; and each member of
the Board of Enrolment who shall wilfully
agree to discharge from service of any
drafted person who is not legally and prop
erly entitled to such discharge, shall be
tried by court martial, and on conviction
thereof, be punished by fine not less than
500 and not more than $4,000 shall be
imprisoned at the discretion OF the court,
and be cashiered and dismissed the service.
SEC. %. And be it further enacted, That
all able bodied male colored persons be-
tween the ages of twenty and forty -five
years, resident in the United States, shall
be enrolled according to the provisions of
this act and of the act to which this is an
amendment, and form part of the national
forces; and when slave of loyal master
shall be drafted and mustered into the ser
vice Of the United States, his master shall