American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-03-02

NUMBER IL.
The Enrolment Bill as Passed.

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The following is at once the briefestand
best summary we have seen Of the provis-a
ions of the new enrollmentaet 1t is from
the New York Times. Persons interested
can rely upon the accuracy of this conden-
sation of the new law, which is very long
one: aa
The billprovides thatthe quotas of To-
calities shall be as nearly as possible in
proportion to the number of men resident
therein liable to military service, taking
into account, as far as practicable, the num-
Der which has been previously furnished.
Chose enlisting in the naval service will
also be taken into account, as well as all
who may volunteer after the ordering of
the draft. 1t also provides that if the S
quota of any district shall not be filled by
the draft, further drafts shall be made, and
like proceedings had until the quota of the
district is filed.
g Persons enrolled may furnish at any
time previous to the draft an acceptable
substitute who is otliable, and. such per-
sons thus furnishing a substitute shall be Z
exempt from the draft not exceeding the
time for which such substitutes shall have
been accepted. Any person drafted may,
before the time fixed for his appearance
for duty at the rendezvous, furnish an
acceptable substitute. If any drafted per-
son shall hereafter pay money for the pro-
curation of a substitute, such payment
shall operate only to relieve the person from
the draft on that call aud his namo shall
be retained on the roll, and he shall be sub
ject to draft in filing that quota, and his
name shall be retained on the roll in filling
future quotas, But II no instance shall
The exemption Of any person on account Of
his payment Of con,nutation money for
Heprocwation Of a Substitute, ertend be-
yoad one gear: butat the end of one year
in every such case the name of the person
so exempted shall be enrolled again, ifnot
before returned to the enrollment list un-
der the provision of this section.
The following persons are exempted
from enrolment and draft, viz: Such as
arc rejected as physically or mentally un-
fit for service; persons actually in the mil
itary or naval service of the United States
at the time Of the draft; and all persons
who have served in the military Or naval
service two years during the present war,
and been honorably discharged. No per-
sons but such as are herein exempted shall
be exempt.
So much of the Enrolment Act, as
provides for two classes of enrolllnent is
repealed, and they are now consolida-
ted.
No person of foreign birth shall on
account Of alienago be exempted from en-
rolnlout Or draft, who has at any time as
sumed the rights of citizen, by votingat
any election held under the authority Of
the laws of any State OF Territory or of
the United States, or who had held any
Office under such laws, or any Of them,but
the fact that such person of foreign birth
has voted or held, or shall vote or hold Of :
fee, shall be taken as conclusive evidence
that he is not entitled to excmption from
military service on account of alienage.
Allable-bodied male colored persons boz
tween the ages Of twenty and foity-fyo
years, resident in the UnitedStates, are to
be enrolled according to the provisions of
the Enrolment Act, and form part of the
national srces. And when slave of
loyal master shall lie drafted and mustered
into the service Of the United States, his
master shall have certificate thereof,an
thereupon such slave shall be free, and
the bounty of 500, now payable by lsw
for each drafted man, shall be paid to the
person to whom such drafted person was
owing service or labor at the time Of his
muster into the Service Of the United
States"
Mr.. LINcoLN's LAsT.--A Washington
correspondent gives the following as Mr.,
Lincoln's last:
My opinion as to who WILDE next Pres
ideut, said Mr.. Lincoln not many days
ago, lis very much the opinion that Pat
had about the handsome funeral You
see Pat was standing opposite the State
House in Springfield, with short, black
pipe in his mouth and his hands deeply
buried in his empty breeches pockets
Pat, who's funeral is that passing?'
Inquired Old Jake Miller, who seemed i'm
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