The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-03-02

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pressed at the time, with regiments or bat
talions from another State, shall have the
privilege Of being transferred to organiza-
tions OF troops, in the same arm of the SER
vice, from the States in which said compa.
MES were raised; and the soldiers from
one State, IN companies from another State.
shall be allowed, if they desire it, trans
Ter to organizations from their own States,
in the same arm Of the service.
SEC. 3. Be IL further eaacted, That at the
expiration OF SIX months from the 1st day
Of April next. a bounty of one hundred
dollars in SIX per cent. government bond.
which the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby au.horiznd to issue, shall be paid to
every non-commissioned officer, musician
and private who shall then be in service, or
in the event of his death previous to the
period otsuch payment, then to the person
or persons who would be entitled by law
to receive the arrearages of his pay !; but no
one shall be entitled to the bennty herein
provided, who shall at any time during the
period Of six months next after the said first
day of April, be absent from his command
without leave.
SEC. 8. BE IL further enacted, That no
person shall be relieved from the operation
OF this act by renson Of having been here
tofore discharged from the army, where no
disability now exists nor shall those who
have furnished substitutes be any longer ex-
empted BY reason thereof: Provided, That
no person, heretofore exempted on account
of religious opinions, and who has paid the
tax levied to relieve him from service.
shall be required to render military service
under this act.
SEC. 5. BE IL further enacted, That all
white male residents Of the Confederate
States, between the ages Of seventeen and
eighteen and forty-fy and fifty years, shall
enroll themselves at such times and places.
and under such regulations as the Presi-
dentmay prescribe, the time allowed not
being less than thirty days for those east,
and sixty days for those west of the Missis>
sippi river, and any person who shall fail
so to enroll himself, without reasonable
excuse therefor, to be judged Of by the
President, shall be placed in service in the
| field for the war, in the same manner as
though they were between ihe ages Of eigh-
teen and fsrty-hys: Provided, That the
persons mentioned il this section shall
constitute 9 reserve for State defence and
detail duty, and shall net be required to
perform service ont VI the State in which
they reside.
SIC. 8. That all perseas required By the
fifth sectisn Of this act to enroll themselves.
may, within thirty days after the passage
thereof, east Of the Mississippi river, and
within sixty days, if vest Of said river.
form themselves into vslantary organiza-
tiens Of ssnpanies, battalions, or regiments,
and elect their eva eficers; said organi-
zatieus to ssnforn 10 the existing lawss
aud, having SO organized, to tender their
services ss volunteers during the war to
the President; and if such organizations
shall furnish proper msstsr rolls, as now
organized, and deposit copy thereof with
the enrolling officer Of their district, which
shall be equivalent to enrolment, they may
be accepted as minnie men for service in
such State, but 10 no event 70 be taken out
Of it. Those whe do not 50 volunteer and
organize, shall enroll themselves as before
provided; and may, by the President, be
required to assemble at convenient places
Of rendezvous, and be fermed or organized
ints companies, battalions and regiments,
under regulations to be prescribedby him;
and shall have the right to elect their CONS
pany and regimertal oEcers and all troops
organized under this act for State defence,
shall be entitled, while in actual service,
TO the same pay and allowance as troops
now in the feld.
SRe. Z. That asy person who shall fail
70 attend st ths place Of rendezvous as re-
guired BY the authority of the President,
without a sufficient excuse, to be judged
Of by bin, shall be liable to be placed in
service in the feld tor the war, as il hs
hMf tha aran e e.