Daily national Republican., 1864-03-16

directly or indirectly, dsnand or receive any COM
pensatina for fnrnlshins said certificates ofdinA-
bility, and any ofosr clerk, Or deputy, connected
within Beard Of Enrolment, who shall receive
compensatio from any drafted man for any aor-
Vices, or obtaining the perfarmanee OF such para
vice required from any member Of said Boafd By
The ptovistons of til sei, shAll be dssfned tilty
Of a high mindemsanor, and upon couviotion, hhAil
for every suoh orenss Be fned not exceeding eeoo,
70 be recovered upon Information or indiotment
before any court OF oompctent Jurisdiction, one
hGfEor the use Of any lnfornsr Whs may prosecute
for tho aameiin the name Of the United States,
and the othnr half of theus Of The United States,
and shall also be subject TO impribonment for
term not exceeding one year, at the discretion Of
the court. l H'II-al .H..r T' H..s 1+0... .g7rE
seo -. And BE- further snsotsd, That no member
OF the Board OF Enrolment and no surgeon de-
tailed or employed 10 asslSt the Board Of Enroll
ment and no clerl, assistant, or employee OF any
Provost Marshal or Board Of Enrolment, shall,
directly or indirectly, be engaged in procuring or
attempting 10 procure substitutes for persons
drafed or liable 70 be drafted, into the military
perviee Of the United States. And n any member
OF a Board Of Enrolment, or any such surgeon,
clerk, assistant, or employee, shall procure, or
attempt TO procure, q Bubstitute for any person
drafted, or nabls TO be drafted, az aforesaid, he
shall be deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
ment NOT less than thirty days nor more than six
months, and pay fine not less than sioo nor more
than u 900, by any court competent to try the
offence. -i rf ....
SEQ. a. And Dc q further enacted, That all able
bodied male oolored persons between the ages OF
twenty and forty-ve years, resident In the United
States, shall be enrolled according TO the proyi-
sons Of this act and Of the sct TO which this II an
amendment, and form part Of the national forces;
oh a M raj M nnfe Al bo dNa
and mustered into the service Of the United
states, his master shall have . certificate there
Of, and thereupon such slave shall be free, and
the bounty Of ei0O now payable by law for each
drafted man shail be paid 20 the person 10 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 sp.
represented in Congress, charged to award to
each loyal person 70 whom . eolored volunteer
may owe service q Just compensa alton, not exceed
ing $500 for each such colored volunteer, payable
out Of the fund derived ffom oommutations, and
every such oolored volunteer on being mustered
| into the service shall be free And In all cases
where men OF color have been heretofore enlisted
or have volunteered In the military service OF the
United states all the provisions Of this Aet 80 far
as the payment Of bounty and compensation are
provided, shall be equally applicable as to those
drafted or enlisted, who may volunteer into the
military service, while they ShAii b credited on
the quotas OF the several States or subdivisions Of
States wherein they are respectively drafted, en-.
listed, or shall volunteer, shall be assigned as
State troops but shall be mustered into regiments
or companies as United States eoiored troops.
sec u.s. And be u further snacied, That the fifteenth
section Of the act TO which this IL Amendatory be
so amended that It will read ~ follows: That any
surgeon charged with the duty OF Suoh inspection,
who shall receive from any person whomsoever
any money or other valuable thing, or agreo, d.
reetly or indirectly TO receive the same to his own
or Anothef's use, for Masking an imperfect inspeo
tion, or q false or incorrect report or who shAll
wilhnIiy neglect to make faithful inIpectisn and
true report, and each member OF the Board OF I'm
rolment who shall wiifully agree TO the dlsohargs
from service OF any drafted person Who IL not le
gxlly and properly entitled 10 such discharge, shall
be tried by q court-mArtial, and, on conviction
thereof, be punished by dne not less than s9oI
and not more than $4,000, shall be Imprisoned n
the discretion of the court, and be eashiered ant
dismissed the service. .....
Sec. 2e And b. q further Enacted, That the wordI
"precinotn and election district as used in fhii
act shall not be construed TO require any aubdl
| vision for purposes OF enrelmeat and draft lesl
than the wards into which any city or village may
be divided, or than the towns or townships into
i which any county may be divided.
Sec. n. And be q further enacted. That so much o
the act entitled An act for enrolling and eAllini
out the national forces, and for other purposes,
approved March ., 1909, AZ may bO inconaiSten
with the provisions OF this act 10 hereby repealed
Approved, February "a, 1854.
By order OF the Secretary OF War: ....-. ..
... ... L. D. TOWNSEND,
mill 2. Assistant AdJutant General.