Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1864-03-01


hold office, shall be taken IS conclusive
evidence that be is not entitled TO sxenp
tlOn from military service on account oil
slieHnge.
Any person drafted apd liable to render
military service, Sho shall procure exemp
ZION BY fraud or false representation, IS TO
be deemed a deserter, TO De punished as
such, aud held 10 service for the full term
for which DE was drafted, reckoning from
the time Of his arrest; provided that the
Secretary Of Var may rider the d charge
Of oil PERSONS IN the military service who
are under Abe age of Is year. at the time
Of the application for their discharge,
when 1t shall aFf ear, upon due proof, that
such persons are 10 the service without
the consent, either express or implied, OF
their parents or guardians, and provided
that such persons, sheir parents or guar
dams shall first repay to the Government,
aud to the State and local AUTHORITIES, ali
tOuu,les and advance pay which may have
been paid to them.
Any person who shall procure, or
attempt TO procure, fal-e port from
the surgeon Of the board Of eurollmenr,
concerning the physical condition of any
drafted person, OF decision 10 favcr of
such person by the board Of enrolment,
upon claim to exemption, knowing the
same to be false, shall, upon conviction in
any di,tric, court or circuit court Of the
Unlted States, be punished BY imprison-
meut for the period for which the party
was drafted.
The fee Of agents and attorneys, for
making out, and causing to be executed,
papers in support Of claim for exemption
from draft, or for any service rendered to
the claimant, shall not IN any case exceed
five dollars and physicians and surgeons,
furnishing certificates Of disability, aud
any officer, slerk, or deputy, connected
with toe board Of enrolment, Who shall
receive compensation from any drafted
man for any services, or obtaining the
performance Of such service required from
any member of the board by the provis-
ions Of this act, shall be guilty Of high
misdemeanor, and on convistion shall be
fued $500, and shall also be subject to
Imprisonment for . term not exceeding
one year at the discretion Of the court
All sble-boiied male cclored persons
between the ages Of 20 and As years,
resident, in the United States, shall be
enrolled according 10 the provisions of the
enrolment act, and to this smendasory
act, aud form part Of the National forces
aud when the slave Of . 10y al master shall
be drafted and mustered into the service
Of the United States, bis master shall
have a certificate thereof. Thereupsn
such slave shall be free, and the bounty
OF sl00 now payable BY Law for spch
drafted men shall be paid to the person
to whom such drafted person was owing
service or labor at the time Of bis muster
into the service of the United States.
The Secretary Of War shall appoint .
commission in each of the States represen.
ted in Congress, charged to award TO each
loyal person to whom the colered volun.
tser may owe q service, q just compensa.
ton no, exceeding $500 to each cOlOrsd
volunteer, payable out of The fund
derived from commutstion, and every
such colored volunteer on being mustered
into the service shall be free and in eli
cases where men Of color have been
heretofore enlisted, or have volunteered
in the military service, all the provisions
Of this act, SO far as the payment Of
bounty and compensation are provided,
shal. be equally applied to those who
may be hereafter recruited, but men Of
color drafted or enlisted, or who may
volunteer into the military service, while
they shall be credited on the quotas Of
the several States or subdivisions of States
wherein they are respectively drafted,
enlisted, or shall volunteer, shall not be
assigned IS State troops, but shall be
mustered into regiments or companies as
United States colored volunteers.
The words precincts and election
districts, as used in this act, are not to be
construed to require any subdivision for
the purpose OF enrolment and draft less
than the wards into which any city or
village may Be divided, or the towns or
townships into which any country may
be divided.