Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-03-10
LES CITY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY, TO- 1864

, ment in his favor upon a claim to ex-
emptlon by any fraud or false repre-.
sentatlon practiced by himself or by
his procurement, such decision or ex-
emption shall be of no effect, and the
person exempted, or in whose favor
the decision may be made, shall be
deemed deserter, and may be arres-
ted, tried by court.martial, and pun
ished as such, and shall be held to
service for the full term for which he
was drafted, reckoning from the time
: OF his arrest: Prorided, That the
Secretary of War may order the dis.
charge of all persons in the military
service who are under tho age of
eighteen years at the time of the ap-
plication for their discharge, when it
shall appear upon due proof that such
persons are in the service without the
consent, either expressed or implied,
of their parents or guardians. And
Prorsded furtIer, That such persons,
their parents or guardians, shall first
repay to the Government and to the
State and local authoritis all bounties
and advance pay which may have
been paid to them, any thing in the
act to which this is an amendment to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 81. And be Il further enacted,
That any person who shalt procure, or
attempt to procure, false report from
the surgeon of the board of enrolment
concerning the physical condition Of
any drafted person, or decision in fa-
vOr of such person by the board of en-
rolment upon a claim to exemption,
knowing the same to be false, shall,
upon conviction i'll any district or cir
cult court of the United States, be
punished by Imprisonment for the Pc
rlod for which the party was drafted
Sec. %. 1Rd be 1t further enacted,
That the fees of ofagents and attorneys
for making out and causing to be exc.
cuted any papers in support Of claim
for exemption from draft, or for any
services that may he rendered to the
claimant, shall not, in any case, ex-
ceed five dollars and physicians or
surgeons furnishing certificates of dis
ability to any claimant for exemption,
from draft shall not be entitled to any
fees or compensation therefor. And
any agent or attorney who shall di.
rectly or indirectly, demand or re-
ceivc any greater compensation for
his services under this act, and any
physician or surgeon who shall, di-
rectly or indirectly, demand or receive
any compensation for furnishing said
certificates Of disability, and any Off
Ger, clerk, or deputy connected with
the board of enrolment who shall re-
ceive compensation from any drafted
man for any services, or obtaining
the performance of such service re-
qu;rcd from any member Of said board
by the provisions Of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of high misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction, shall, for every
such offence, tie fined not exceeding
five hundred dollars, to be recovered
upon information or indictment before
any court of competent jurisdiction,
one-half for the use of any informer
who may prosecute for the same in
the name of the United States, and
the other half for the use of the Uni
ted States, and shall also be subject
10 Imprisonment for a term not ex-
ceeding one year, at the discretion of
the court.
Sec. %. Ind be Il further enacted,
That no member of the board of en-
rolment, and no surgeon detailed or
employed to assist the board of enrol
ment, and no clerk, assistant, or en-
ployce of any provost marshal or
board of enrolment, shall, directly or
indirectly, be engaged in procuring
or attempting to procure substitutes
for persons drafted, or liable to be
drafted, into the military service of
the United States. And if any men,
Der of board of enrolment, or any
such surgeon. clerk, assistant, or en-
ployec, shall procure, or attempt to
procure, substitute for any person
drafted, or liable to be drafted, as aE-
oresaid, he shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall, upon con-
viction, be punished by Imprisonment
not less than thirty days, nor more
than six months, and pay fine not
less than one hundred, nor more than
one thousand dollars, by any court
competent to try the offence.
! Sec. "a. And Be II further enacted,
That all able-bodied male colored per-
sons, between the ages of twenty and
forty five years, resident in the United
States, shall be enrolled according to
the provisions of this act, and of the
act to which this is an amendment,
and form part Of the national forces
and when a slave of a loyal master
shall he drafted and mustered into the
service of the United States, his mas
ter shall have certificate thereof and
thereupon such slave shall be free |;
and the bounty of one hundred dol
lars. now payable by law for each
: drafted man, shall be paid to the per-
son to whom such drafted person was
owing service or labor at the time of
his muster into the service of the
United States. The Secretary of War
shall appoint commission in each of
the slave States represented in Con-
gress, charged to award to each loyal
person to whom colored volunteer
may owe service a just compensation,
not exceeding three hundred dollars,
for each such colored volunteer, paya-
BILE out of the fund derived from CON-
: mutations, and every such colored vol.
unteer on being mustered into the SER
vice shall be free. And in all cases
, where men of color have been hereto
fore enlisted or have volunteered in
, the military service of the United
! States, all the provisions Of this act,
{ so far as the payment of bounty and
. compensation are provided, shall be
0 equally applicable as to those who
4 NAV be hereafter recruited. But mer
of color, drafted or enlisted, or wht
d may volunteer into the military ser
:. vica while thew shall he credifpd n,