Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-03-02

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/ SEC. i6 Ind b. Il further enacted. That
1t copies Of any record Of a Provost Marshal
b or boer1 of enrolment, OF of any part
n thereof, certified by the Provost Marshal,
h or 4 majority of said bo7rd Of enrolment.
T shall he deemed and taken IA evidence
: in any civil or military court in like man
= ner as the original record: Provided, That
: if any person shall knowingly certify any
: false COPY or copies OF such record, TO be
] used IL any civil or military court, he
! shall bs subject 10 the pains and penal
g ties of perjury
4 SEC. II. Ana Be il further enacted, That
1 members of religious denominations, who
2 shall by oath or Affirmation declare that
D they are conscieniiously opposed 10 the
5 bearing Of arms, and who are prohibited
from doing so by the rules and articles of
9 faith and practice OF said religious demon
ination, shall, when drafted into the mil
itary service. be considered non combat
: ants. and shall be assigned by the Secre
! tary of War TO duty in the hospitals. or to
the care Of freedmen, or shall nav tho
sum of three hundred dollars TO such per
son rs the Secretary of War shall desig-
nate 10 receive it, to he applied to the
benefit of sick and wounded soldiers
Progidea, That no person shall be entitled
TO the benefit Of the provisions of this
section unless his declaration of consci-
entious scruplss shall be supported by
satisfactory evidence that hisdeportmens
has been uniformly consistent with such
declaration.
SEC. Is. And belt further enacted, That no
person of foreign birth shall. on account
of alienage, be exempted from enrolment
or draft under the provisions of this act, (
or the act 20 which it IS an amendment. !
who has at any time assumed the rights of
citizen by voting at any election held
under authority of the laws of any State {
or Territory. or of the United States, or ;
who mas held any Office under such laws .
or any of them; hut the fact that any
such person Of foreign birth has voted or
held, or shall vote or hold, office as aiore
! said, shall be taken as conclusive evidence
that he is not entitled TO exemption on
account of aliensge.
SEC. 10. And Be Il further enacted, That
all claims 20 exemption shall be verified
by the oath or affirmation of the party
claiming exemption, TO the truth OF the
facts stated, unless IL shall satisfactorily
appear 10 the board of enrolment that
such party is, for some good sufficient {
reason, unable TO make such oath or az
firmation and the testimony Of any 9th
er party FLED in support of a claim TO ex-,
emption shall also be made upon oath orr
affirmation.
SEC. 20. Ind bet tiUtler enacted, That if Z
any person, drafted and liable to render ,
military service, shall procure a decision
of the board o. enrolment il his favor {
upon a claim to exemption by any fraud (
or false representation practiced By him ,
self or by his procurement, such decision 4
or exemption shall be of no effect, and /
the person exempted, or in whose favor +
the decision may be made, shall be deem G
ed deserter, and may be arrested, tried ?
by court-msrGhal, and punished as such +
and shall be held to service Tor the full 7
term for which hewas drafted, reckoning =
from the time hs was arrested. Proll- z
ded, That the Secretary of War may or !;
der the discharge of all persons in the b
military service VINO are under the age OF Fl
years at the time OF the appli +,
cation for their discharge, when it shall sc
appear upon due proof that such persons Y
are in the service without the consent. :.
either express or implied, Of their parents N
Or guardians. ind provided, f,cTther, Tass4tl
SUCH persons, their parents or guardians, rc
shall first repay 10 the Government and
the State and local authorities all boun-
ties and advance pay which may have
been paid to them, anything in the act al
TO which this is an amendment to the s.
contrary notwithstanding. y
SEC. q. AHa be L further enacted, That Ju
any person who shall procure, or attempt io
10 procure, false report from the sur e
yeon of the board of enrolment concern d
ng the physical condition Of any drafted ?
person, or a decision in favor of such JC
person by the board of enrolment upon G.
/ claim to exemption, knowing the same q
% be false, shall, upon conviction in any C
district or circuit court of the United L
States, be punished by imprisonment for e
he period for which the party was draft II II
ID. a
SEC. 30. ARd BE- L fttrtkeT enacted, That o.
he fees Of agents and attorneys for max 4
ng out and causing to be executed any I
papers in support of claim for exempt
on from draft, or for any services that
nay be rendered to the claimant, shall
Tot, in any case, exceed five dollars and
physicians or surgeons furnishing certif- u
ates of disability to any claimant for ex- W
mption from draft, shall not be entitled e'
o any fees or compensation therefor q
And any agent or attorney who shall, di- az
ectly or indirectly, demand or receive u
NY greater compensation for his services u
Inder this act, and any physician or sur IN
,eon who shall, directly or indirectly, de- al
nsnd to receive any compensation for ~
furnishing said certificates of disability, ca
nd any officer, clerk, or deputy connect OF
d with the board Of enrolment who III
hall receive compensation from any draft &c
d man for any services, or obtaining the I'D
,erformance ofsuch service required from VI
ny member OF said board by the proyis- 10
ons Of this act, shall be deemed guilty of e.
high misdemeanor, and, upon convic- q
ion, shall for every offense, be fined not ar
xceeding five hundred dollars, 20 be re- re
oveTed upon information or indictment Pi
'eiore any court of competent iurisdic- af
ion, one half for the use of any informer IN
Tho may prosecute for the same in the II
Iame of the United States, and shall also al
'e subjected TO imprisonment for term h'
lot exceeding one year, at the discretion u
# the court.
SEC. g. And be Il further enacted, That er
10 member OF the board of enrolment, ar
nd no surgeon detailed or employed 10 az
ssist the board of enrolment, and no IN
Jerk, assistant, or employee of any pro- w w
ost marshal or board Of enrolment, 20
hall, directly or indirectly, be engaged az :
n procuring or attempting 10 procure n n
ubstitutes for persons drafted, or liable b'
n be drafted, into the military service of OF
he United States; end if any member Of nc nc
board of enrolment, surgeon, clerk, as e
istaut or employee, shall procure, or at u! ~
empt to procure, substitute for any ~ ~
erson drafted, or liable 10 be drafted, as oe
foresaid, he shall be deemed guilty of ~
and shall, upon conviction, :oS
e punished by imprisonment not less N
han thirty days, nor more than six -
lonths, and pay ine not less than one
nor more than one thousand
ollars, by any court competent to try -;
he ofense. -
SEC. "a. Ana Be !. further enacted, That n, r.
he fifteenth section of the act to which y
his is amendatory be so amended that it - -,
ill read as follows: That any surgeon -
h nar0ed with the dirty of SIlch iDspectiOn Az