Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-03-01

dent of the United States Provided. That sucl
enlistment shall not be for less than the uuex,
plred term of his military service nor for lesl
than one year. And the bounty money whiol
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 ia
the army, shall be deducted from the prize
money to which he may become entitled during
the time required to complete his military SER
uoo And provided further, That the whole
number Of such transfer enlistmeuts shall moi
exceed ten thousand.
sEc. &. And be ii further enacted, That when
ever any such mariner or able or ordinary sea-
man shall have been exempted from suoh draft
In the military service by such enlistment into
the naval service, under such due certificate
thereof. then the ward, town, township, precinct,
or election district, or county, when the same is
not divided into wards, towns. Townships pre-
oiuc's, or election districts, from which such
person has been drafted shall be credited with
his services to all inteuta and purposes as if he
had been dolly mustered into the military service
under such draft.
SEC . AHd be Purifier enacted That all en-
hstments into the naval service Of the United
SWses, or into the marine corps Of the United
states, that may hereafter be made OF persons
lab to service under the act OF Oonqfess en-
titled "An act for enrolling and calling out the
national forces, and fer other purposss,p ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty.
three, shall be credited 10 the ward, town, toWu.
ship, precluct, or election district, or county,
when the same Is not divided Into wards, towns,
townships, precincts, or election districts, 10
which such ENLISTED men we're or may be enrolled
and liable to duty under the act aforesaid, under
suc1 regulations as the Provost Marshal General
OF the United States may prescribe.
SEC ~ And De II further enacted, That the
following persons be and they are her tr ex-
| empted from enrolment and l-in .. :.
Visions Of this att .ud Of tue e ~
an amendment, TO wit: Such as are iel, o.ed SO
physically or mentally unfit for the service, all
persons actually in the military or naval service
Of the United States at the time of the draft and
all persons who have served in the IN litary or
naval service two years during the present war
and been honorably discharged thersfrom and
no persons but such as are herein exempted shsli
be exempt. I... .Ig
Sac II. And be Il further enacted, That Sec
ton third of the "Act for enrolling and calling
out the national forces, and for other purposes {"
approved March third, eighteen hundred and
slxty-ihree, aud SO much of section teu Of said
act as provides for the separate enrolment Of
each class, be aud the same are hereby repealed;
and il shall be the duty Of the board Of enroll
ment Of each district to consolidate the two
classes mentioned in the third section of said
act.
SEC. II. And be Il further enacted, That any
person who shall fOrclbly resist or oppose any
enrolment, OF who shall incite, counsel, en-
courage, or who shall conspire or confederate
with any other person or persons forcibly to re-
slst or oppose any such enrolment, or who shall
aid or assist, or take any part in any forcible
resistance or opposition thereto, or who shall
assault obstruct, hinder, impede, or threaten
any officer or other person employed in making
or in aiding to make such enrolment, or employed
IN the performance, or in aiding In the per
! tOrmanoe OF any service in any way relating
thereto, or in nr-esting or aiding to arrest any
spy or deserter from the military service of the
United States shall, upon conviction thereof in
any court competent to try the offence, be
punished by tine bot exceeding five thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment not exceeding five
yea's, or by both Of said punishmeuts in the dis.
cretion of the court Aud in cases where such
assauhing, obstruoiing, hiudering, or impeding
snail produce the death of such officer or other
person, the offender shall be deemed guilty of
murder, and, upon conviction thereof upon in
dictment in The circuit court of the United States
for the district within which the offence was
committed, shall be punished with death. And
nothing in this section contained shall be con-
strued to relieve the party offending from La
bility, under proper Indictment or process, for
any crime against the laws Of a State commit.
ted by him while violating the provisions Of th s
section
SEC. 13. Ahd be i further enacted, That the
Secretary Of War shall be authorized to detail or
appoint such number of additional surgeons for
temporary duty in the examination of persons
atted into the military service, in any district,
as may be necessary to secure the prompt ex-
animation OF oil such persons, and to fix the
CONDENSATION to be paid surgeons 50 appointed
while actually employed Aud such surgeons SO
detailed or appointed shall perfolm the same
duties as Tie surgeon Of tue board Of enrolment,
except that tLey shall not be permitted to vote
or sit with the board Of enrolment
SIC IA Ind Je il further enacted That the
Secretary of War is authorized, whenever in his
judgment the public interest will be subseryed
thereby. to permit or require boards Of exami.
uation OF enro led or drafted men to hold their
examinations 81 diff rent points within their re-.
sptctive enrolment districts, to DO determined bv
him: Provided That 10 all districts over ons
hundred miles in extent, and in such as are
composed Of over ten counties, the board shal
hold their essions in at leasttwo places in such
district, and at sueh points as are best calculated
TO accommodate The people thereof
Sec 10. ARd be il further enacted, That pro-
vost marshsls, boards of enrolment, or any mem.
Der thereof, acting by authority oF the board.
shall have power to summon Witnesses In behali
of the Government and euforce their Attendance
by attachment without previous payment cf fees
in any case pending before them. or either Of
them and the fees allowed for witnesses attend
ing under summons shall be six cents DER mile
for mileage, oouating Que way and no other
fees or costs shall be allowed under the provi-
siOns OF this section and they shall have power
TO administer oaths aud afirma ions Aud anv
person who shall wiliully and cOrruptly swear o.
affirm falsely before any provost marshal. OF
board Of enrolment, or memher thereof. acting
by authority Of the board, or who shall before
any evil MAGISTRATE, wiifuilyand eorruptly swea,
or affirm falsely to any affidavit to be used ID
any case pending before any provost marshal OIL
board Of enrolment shall, on conviction. be fiuet
( not exceeding five hundred dollars, and impris-
oned not less than six months Ior more thar
twelve months. The drafted men shall hayl
process to bring in witnesses, but without mile
age.
Sec. 10. And belt further enacted That copie
Of any record of a provost marshal or hoard o
enrolment, or Of any part thereof, certified b,
the provost marshal or majority of said boar
Of enrolment, shall be deemed aud taken as eyi
deuce iu any civil or military court in like man
o ner as the original record ; Provided, That
; any person shall knowingly certify any falls
r copy or copies of such record. 10 be used in an
t civil or military court he shall be subject to th
= pains and penalties ofperiury.
+ Sec II And be il further enacted, That mem
# bers of religious denominations who shall b
o oath or affirmation declare that they are consei
(; entously opposed to the bearing Of arms, an
d who are prohibited from doing so by the rul,
and articles of faith and practice of said religion
Il denominations, shall, when drafted into the mi
d itary service, be considered nou-cOmbatants ar
ie shall be assigned by the Secretary Of War
duty in the hospitals, or to the care Of freedmen
y or shall pay the sum of three hundred doars
II such person as the Secretary of War shall desiI
III nate to receive it, to be applied to the hene6t