Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-02

thirty days, nor more thRn six months, aud,
pay a fine not less than one hundred, nor
more than one Thousand; dollars, by auy
court competent 70 try. the oGsnee.5 EIiI
Sec. "a. EAud,be it further epheted, Phat
all able bodied male colored persons, be-
tween the ages of twenty and foEty-fVe
years, resident in the United States, shall
be enrolled according TO the provisions of
this act, and of theiactt0 which this Is an
amendment, and formpa of the national
forces; and whensa slave of loyal master
shall Oe drafted aud mustered into the ser.
vice of the United States. bis master shall
have certificate thereof, and theredpon
such slave shall be free; and the bounty of
one bundled dollars, now payable by law
for each drafted man, shall be paid to the
person to whom snch 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 representa- in Congress.
charged tolaWard to each loyal person 70
whom a colored volunteer 'msy owe SER
vice a just compensation, not exceeding
three hundred dollars, for each such color.
ed volunteer, payable out of the fund, de.
rived from commuIRti6ns, aud every shch
colored volunteer on being mustered into
the service shall be free Aud in ali cases
where men OF color have been heretofore
enlisted or have volunteered ia the military
service of the United States, all the pro-
visions of this act, SO far as the payment
of bounty and compensation are provided,
shall be equally applicable IS tothose who
may be hereafter recruited. But men of
color, drafted or enlisted, or who may vol.
unteer in the military service, while thew
shall be credited on the quotks of the sew.
eral St6tSs, or Subdivisions of Slit
wherein they are respectively draf
ted, enlisted, or shall volunteer, shall.
not be assigned as State troops, bnt shall
be mustered into regiments or companies,
as United States colored troops.
Sec. 20. And be 1t further enacted, That
the fifteenth section OF the act to which
this is amendatOry be so amended that 1t
will read as follows: That any surgeon
charged with the duty o! such inspection.
who shall receive from any person whom.
soeyer any money or other valuable thing.
or agree, directly or Indirectly, to receive
the same to his own or another's use. for
making au imperfect inspection, or false
or incorrect report, OF who shall wfllfulIy
neglect TO make faithful inspection and
true report, and each member or the board
of enrolment who shall WilfuIIy agree to-
the discharge from service of auy drafted
person who is not legally and properly en-
titled to such discharge, shall he tried by
court-martiat, and, on conviction thereof.
be punished by a ine of not less than three
hundred dollars and not more than ten
thousand dollars, shall be Imprisoned at
the discretion of the court, aud be Cashier !.
ed and dismissed the service
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted. That
the words HpeecincW and HRIRctiOn disL
trict, as used in this act, shaIL not be con.
strued TO require any subdivision for,p
poses of enrolment and draft less than
the wards into which any city or village
may be divided, or than the towns or
townships into which any county may be
Sec. 81 And be it further enacted, That
SO much of the act entitled t.Au act for
enrolling aud calling on I the national forces
and for other purposes" approved March
third eighteen hundred and sixty three, as
may be inconsistent With tue provisions of
this act, is hereby repealed -
Approved, Febroary "a, 1864. as-s4l