The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-03
The Enrolment Bill.
The Bill as Amended The Neao E;r-
en.ptions.-Ho,0 the A'nayis to be En-
rolled

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H. The following is the full text of the
Enrolment Bill as it passed both
Houses of Congress on Friday last :
I,sf. AN ACT e,
To amend an act entitled can act for
enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes" ap-
proved March 81, 1868.
BE at endctedby the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States
OF America ia COnrgess assembled,
That the President IF the United States
shall be authorized, whenever ne shall
deem il necessary, during the present
war, To call for such numbers of men
for the military service of the United
States as the public exiaencies may re-
qnire.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the quota of each ward of city
town, township, precinct or election
district, or county, when the county is
not divided into wards, townships, pre-
cincts, or election districts, shall he, as
nearly as possible, in proportion to the
number Of men resident therein liable
to render military service, taking into
account, as far as practicable, the num-
ber which has been previously furnish
ed therefrom, and IN ascprtaining and
filing said quota, there shall be taken
into account the number of men who
vice of the United States, and whose
names are borne upon the enrollnen,
lists as already returned to the office of
the Provost Marshal General of the
United States.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That if the quotas be not filed within
the time designated by the President,
the Provost Marshal within which anv
wardssof a city, town, township, pra
cient or election district or county,
when the same is not divided into
ward towns, townships, precincts or
election distftcts, which is deficient in
its quota, is situated, shall under the
direction or the Provost Marshal Gen
eral, make draft for the number def
cient therefrnm but all volunteers
who may enlist after the draft shall
have been ordered and before it shall
6esactually made, shall be deducted
from the number ordered to he drafted
in such ward, town, township, precinct,
election district or county AMI if the
quota of any district shall not be filled
by the draft made in accordance with
the provisions of this act and the act
to which it is an amendment, further
drafts shall be made like proceed and
ings had, until the quota such shall be
filed.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,
That any person enrolled under the pro
visions of the Act for enrolling and call
ing oul the National forces, and for
othr purposes, approved March Sd,
1868 or who may be hereafter so en-.
rolled may furnish at any, time, previ
our to the draft, an acceptable subsii-
tute who is not liable to draft, nor at the
time in the military or naval service OF
the United States, and such persons so
furnishing substitute siral be exempt
from draft during the time for which
such substitute shall not be liable tu
draft not exceeding the time for which
such substitute shall have been accept.
/ ed.
Sec. 5. And be il further enacted
That any person enrolled or drafted
into the military service of the United
States may, before the time fixed fol
his appearance for duty at the draft
rendezvous, furnish an acceptable sub
stitute' subject to such rules and reg
ulations as may be prescribed hy III.
Secretary of War. That if such sub
stitute is not liable To- draft, the person
furnishing him shall be exempt from
the draft during the time for which
snch substitute is not liable to draft, MOI
exceeding the term for which he was
drafted, and if such substitute is liable
to draft, the name of the person fur
nishing him shall again be placed OF
the roll, and shall be liabla to draft OF
future calls, but not until the presen
enrolment shall be exhausted and thi
exemption shall not exceed the tern
for which such persons shall have beer
drafted. And any person now in tn
military or naval service of the Unite,
States, not physically disqualified VIII
has so served more than one year, an,