Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-31
...wa 0r THE UNITED STATES.
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Coadnsy.
fpunLIc-No. Ill

AN lsr 90 amend an act On 49, .,.raI Csrcss
% Nv cher purpos,sn approved MaSoh third,
s;sh,eep hundred and slxtylhree
b. 4 enacted BY "a Sssass ard tio.is q repre-
sr.,. as,,,sIsJ That the President Of the United
S,s,.s shsIl he authorized, whenever he shall
.w se,sssry, during the present war,to
a. IL, Of men for the military
ssrxira nlg.i ttates ~ the publio eAi-
Sc q And be 10 further enacted, That the
nuo, OF each ward Of city, town, township,
Sreoinct, OK election district, or OF county,
vine, The ooun.-y is not divided into wards,
iowi townsiips, precincts, or election districts,
sNall ~ al nearly NJ ossible In proportion TO |
IRE number OF meu resident therein liable 10 |
render military service, taking into account, as
~ ssS nS%SsT woa ami 1' IN ees
&ftajniug and filling said quota there shall be
Snkeu into account the number OF men who Snyo
heretofore en- cred the naval service OF the
the enrolment lists as already returned 10 the
once OF the Provost Marshal General OF the
Vuited States.
Sec. g. And be 1t further enacted, That IL the
quotas shall not be filled within the time desig..
mated by the President, the provost marshal OF
the district within which any ward OF city,
town township precinct, or election district,
or county, where the same IL not divided into
wards, towns, townships, precincts, on election
DISTRICTS which il deficient in its quota, is situa-
ted, shall, under the direction OF the Provost
Marshal General, make draft for the number
deficient ,hereirom; but all volunteers who
may enlist after the draft shall have been order
Cd. and before II shall be actually made, shall be
deducted from the number ordered TO be drafted
In suoh ward, town, township, precinct, or
election district, or county. And ii the quota
6f any district shall not be filled by the draft
made insocordanec with the provisions of this
act, and the act TO which il is an amendment,
further d. afts shall DO made, and like proceed,
ings had, until the quota of such district snail
be filed. I.
SEQ. 4 k~d BE- IL further enacted, That any
person enrolled unde sthe proyi lions of the act
for enrolling and calling out the national forces,
and for other purposes, approved March third,'
eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or who may
be hereafter so enrolled may furnish, az any
time previous to the draft, an acceptable SUD
otitute, who is not liable TO draft, nor ut the
time In the military or naval service OF the
United States, and such person 30 furnishing
mbetitute shall be exempt from draft during the
time for which Isuchl substitute shall not De
liable to draft, not exceeding the time for which
suck substitute shall have been accepted
Sec. B. AVID be Il further enacted, That any
person drafted into the military service of the
United States may before the time fixed Tor ms
appearance for duty at the draft rendezvous
furnish an acceptable substitute subject TO such
Che Secretary of War. That IL such subs iute
is not iiable<to draft, the person furnishing him
shall be exempt from draft during the time Tor
which snch subs tute is not liable to draft. not
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 liable to
drah on future calls, but not until the present
enrolment shall be exhausted; aud this ex-
emption 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 so served more than one year, and
whose term of unexpred service shall not at
lifetime of substitution exceed six months, may
be employed as asubsiitute o serve IN the troops
Of the State in which he enlisted; and II any
drafted person shall hereafter pay money for
the procurstion Of q substitute, under the pro-
visions OF The act TO which thisis an amendment,
such payment of money shall operate only to
sselicve such person from draft in filling that
Quota; and his name shall be retained on the
roll In filling future quotas; but in no instance
shall the exemption of any person, on account
of his payment of Communication money Tor the
procHafioa of a substitute, extend beyond one
year; but ut the end of one year, in every such
case, the name of any person so exempted shall
be enrolled again, If not before returned TO the
enrolment list under the provisions of this
section. go l
Eco. g. And be it further enacted, That boards
OF enrolment shall enr III all persons liable to
draft under the provisions OF this act, and the
act to which this is an amendment, whose
names may have been omitted by the proper
enrolling officers; all persons who shal! arrive
at the age of twenty years before the draft; all
aliens whn ehall declare their intention to be-
come cliiS5ns; I'LL persons ulsCUdreeu from Inc
military or naval service of the United States
who have not been in such service two years
during tie present war; and all persons who
have bean exempted under the provisions of the
second section of the act to which this Is an
amendment, but who are not exempted by the
provisions of his act; and said board of enroll.
ment shall release and discharge from draft all
persons who, between the time Of the enroll
ment and the draft shall have arrived at the
age Of f0rtyfve years, and shall strike the
names of such persons from the enrolment.
Sec. 7. And Be 1; farther enacted, That any
marine. or able or ordinary seaman who shall
Be drafted under this act, or the act to which
this ie IN amendment, shall have the right,
within eight days after the notification of such
draft, to enlist in the naval service as seaman
and certificate that he has SO enlisted being
NAV be prescribed by the secretary of the Navy
iand duly presented to tho provost marshal Of
the district In which such mariner or able Of
ordinary seaman shall have been drafted, shall
exempt him from such draft: PROVIDED, THAI
the period for which he shall have enlisted into
the naval service shall not be less than the period
for whieh he shall have been drafted into the
military service: Aaa provide further, 7 hat the
proof has been made before the naval officer
Issuing the same that the said person so enlistine
IN the navy IL q mariner by vocation, or an able
or ordinary sceman. And any person now in
Me military service of the United States who
shall furnish satisfactory proof that he Is 9
mariner by vocation or an able or ordinary
eoomsn may enlist into the navy under such
rules sind regulations as may be prescribed BIZ
The President of the United States; Provided
That such enlistment shall not be for less than
the rSiexpired term of his military service nor
for less than one year. And the bounty money
which any mariner or seaman enlisting from the
army into the navy may have received from the
United States, or from the State in which he
enlisted in the army, shall be deducted from
me prize money to which he may become en-
6tled during the time required to complete his
military service: AsG provfts further, That the
whole number of such transfer enlstments shall
not exceed ten thousand. - -
Sec. 8. A~d be Il further en1tsed, That when
sver any such mariner or able OF ordinary sea.
man shall have been exempted from such drsfs
e the m hilary service by such enlistment into
me navAl service, under such due Certificate there
~ then the ward, town, township, precinct, or
e!ecncn district, or county, when the same is Of
Hudod into wards, towns, townships, precincts,
o. election districts, from which such person has
been drafted, shall BIO credited with his services
70 all intents and PURPOSES IS if he had been duly
mustered into the military service under such
dram. sirrsV ~ = Tf'- - = -
Sec. 9. And BE- it further enacted, That oil en-
nstmsnts into the naval service of the United
9!eteS, OF in,o the marine corps of the United
Meates, thu tmay hereafter be made OF nereans
Able 70 service under the act OF Congress entitled
An act for enrolling and calling out the natoneI
.otces, and for other purposes," approved Marcf,
shird, eighteen hundred and sixty three, shall he
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