American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-06-01
The American Citizen,
The New Militia Bill.

Comn,oSpeaith Of Pennylvanta. Ap-
prored My 4, 1861.
Section |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Cen
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby en-
acted by the authority of the same, That
every able bodied white male citizen, res
ident within this State, of the age of twenty
one years and under the age Of forty-fve
years, excepting persons enlisted in vol
untecr companies, persons exempted by
the following sections, idiots, lunatics,
common drunkards, vagabonds, paupers
and persons convicted of any Infamous
crime, shall be enrolled in the militia ;
persons so convicted after enrolment,
shall be forthwith disenrolled, and in all
cases of doubt, respecting the age of per-
son enrolled, the burden of proof shall be
upon him.
Section 2. First. Assessors shall annu-
ally, and at the same time they are en-
gagged in taking the assessment or valua-
tion of real and personal property in their
respective wards, boroughs or townships,
make list of persons living within their
respective limits liable to enrolment, and
place a certified copy in the office of the
county commissioners of each county in
the State, whose duty itshallbe to record
said roll or list of names in a book to be
provided for that purpose, in the same
manner as other books of record are
provided and such record shall be
deemed sufficient notification to all per-
sons whose names are thus recorded, that
they have been enrolled in the militia
.Sccoad As soon as the roll is complet-
ed the assessors shall forthwith cause no.
tees thereof to be put up in three of the
most public places in the city, ward, bor-
ough or township, which notices shall set
forth that the assessors have made their
roll of all persons liable to enrolment ac-
cording to law, and that a copy thereof
has been lett ior record in the Office of
the county commissioners, where the same
may be seen or examined by any person
interested therein. until some day aud
place. to be specified IN such notice when
the said assessors and commissioners of
the county Will meet to review such en-
roliment; such review shall be made at
the same time and place the said assessors
aud commissioners review their assess
ment OF real and personal property or for
appeals.
Wid. Any person claiming that he is
not liable to military duty on account Of
some physical defect or bodily infrmity,
or that he is exempt from the perform
ance of military duty by any law of this
State or of the United States, may on or
before the day specified in such notice,
and not after, deliver to said assessors an
affidavit stating such facts on which he
claims to be exempt or not liable to do mil
itary duty, such affidavit may be made be-
fore any person authorized to administer
oaths, and the assessors shall cause all
such affidavits to be filed it the office of
the county commissioners, and if any per-
son shall swear falsely in such affidavit, he
shall be guilty of perjury
Fourth. On the day that the county or
city commissioners meet to review the as
sessment of real and personal property,or
for holding appeals, they shall also deter
mine who are exempt or not liable to do
military duty, and, in column prepared
for that purpose in such roll, opposite the
name of each person not liable to do duty,
shall insert exempt" or "not liable" as
the case may be; and opposite the names
of all members of uniformed companies,
on such roll, shall insert ~. CO. and
against the name of any military officer in
commission and liable to do duty, the title
of his office; and shall also insert against
the names of persons between the ages of
eighteen and twenty-one years 'minor,"
but if such person will have arrived at the
age of twenty-one on or before the fifteenth
day of October following such enrolment,
then the designation last above provided
need not be made.
Fifth. The said commissioners shall at
the time they shall meet to review their
enrolment and for appeals, make a certi-
he'd list of the names of all persons whom
they shall determine to be exempt, or not
liable to do military duty, and shall file
the same in their office for the future ex-
animation of the assessors and commission
erS. .t assH+ ~ fl n
Stch The commissioners in each city
and county shall each year carefully ascer-
tam from the corrected assessment and
military rolls the whole number of persons
enrolled as liable to perform military duty,
snciuding all members of military compa-
nies, and shall report the same to the Ad-
jutant General on or before the first day of
November in each year. -
Se0enh. When the assessors shall have
completed their assessment roll they shall
sign the same, and shall attach thereto an
athdavit substantially as follows The un-
dersigned, assessor Cor assessors) of the
city Borough or ward or township of -,
IN the county of 49,, being sworn Cor af-
frmed) say that they have made strict
and dlligent inquiry to ascertain the names
OF all persons required to be enrolled as
liable to military duty by the laws of the
United States residing in the district, that
the roll hereto annexed is, as near as the
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