The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-09-01

provided with ordnance stores, as provl-
ded for in this act, but when not called
into actual service, such supplies, ordnance
and ordnance stores shall be withheld
until required.
SEC. 6. The Governor of the Common
wealth is hereby authorized to provide the
necessary hospital arrangements, camps Of
instruction, arms and accoutrements, gar.
rison aud camp equipage, transportation,
and all things necessary for the armlnG
and equipping and putting into service,
subsistence when IN service, quartermas-
ter's, commissary and ordnance stores OF
the said Pennsylvania State Guard, and
to make and adopt all neediui rules and
regulations, to take and use horses for
cavalry and artillery service, for which
full compensation shall be made within
SIX months after the taking of the same,
and the person by whom the same shall
be taken shall exhibit to the owner thereof
his authority for such seizure, and shall
at the time give to the owner a certificate
stating the number of horses taken, and
the the time when and by whom, and the
service for which the same are required,
and such supplies as In his judgment
may be necessary, and TO seize such rail
roads and other means of transportation as
the exigencies of the case may demand.
SEC. z. The Governor of the Common
wealth is also hereby authorized and en-
powered to cause to be made an Immediate
enrolment and classification Of the militia
Of the Common wealth; and it shall be his
duty to call and keep in service, az long
as he may deem necessary, from the body
Of the said militia, or from such portions
of the Commonwealth as he may deem
necessary, the said Pennsy lvauia State
Guard, by volunteering or draft: Provi-
t}ed, That any persons who may be deem
ed by the board of examination able to do
military duty, may be received as volun-
teers In the regiments provided to be
raised by this act, without reference to
age
SEC. s. That if practicable, until the
time fixed by law for making the enroll
mcnt of the militia of the Commonwealth,
the Governor is authorized and empowered
to organize the military force authorized
by this act, on the basis of the enrolment
made in the several districts Of the State
by the enrolling officers of the General
Government, but if impracticabie, the
Governor is hereby directed to cause an
immediate enrolment of the militia of the
Commonwealth, to be made as provided
for in the act to which this is supplement.
That when the assessors refuse or neg
lect to enter upon the performance of the
duties Of enrolling the citizens of their
respective districts, for a period Of five
days after being notified of their duty, the
Governor shall appoint competent per-
son or persons to make the enrolment.
It shall be the duty of the Governor to
appoint one competent citizen In each
county, who shall be a physician, who, in
connection with the county commissioners,
or city commissioners, shall constitute
board, three Of whom, the physician being
one, shall make a quorum, with power TO
determine who are exempt from enroll
mcnt under this act, and the act to which
it is a supplement; and it shall be the
duty of the enrolling officer to give notice,
by publication In newspaper of the
county, Of the times at which such appli-
cation saall be heard, and to notify said
board when they will be required to hear
such applications.
That all other duties in reference to
the enrolment shall be performed as d.
rected in the act to which this is supple
ment, and that the physician SO appointed
to hear aud decide on applications fer
exemptions shall receive for each and
every day so employed the sum of five
dollars, and the county commissioners or
city commissioners the sum of three dol
lars per diem, to be paid out of the State
Treasury.
That the Governor shall have authority
to make and enforce all orders which may
in his Judgment be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this act, and to effect
speedy enrolment and organization of che
militia of this Commonwealth
SEC. 8. That the Quartermaster Cen
eral be and he is hereby authorized to sell
any unsuitable or unserviceable ordnance
belonging to the State, the proceeds of
which shall be paid into the State Treas
ury, and applied, if deemed necessary by
the ommander-in-chicf, in addition to
the appropriation above named, towards
the purchase of ordnance and ordnance
stores.
SEC 10. That where the brigade fund
of the county is. not sufficient to pay the
assessors, as provided by the third section
of the act to which this is supplement,
the said assessors shall be paid by the
several cities and counties in which such
assessment is made.