The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1864-03-03

be enrolled anu liable to duty under
the act aforesaid, under such regula.
items as the Provost Marshal General
of the United States may prescribe
p Sec. 10. And be itfurther enacted,
That the following persons be and they
are hereby exempted from enrolment
and draft under the provisions of this
act, and Of The act 1" which this is an
amendment, tp wit Such as are re
t Ijacted as physically or mentally unfit
for service, all persons actually in the
military or naval service of the United
States at the time If the draft, and all
persons who have served in the military
or naval service two wears during the
present war and been honorablv dis
charged therefrom, and no person, but
snch as are herein exempted, shall be
exempt
Sec. IL. And be il further enacted,
That Sec. Of the "article for enroll.
ing and calling out the national forces
and for other purposes" approved,
Mach Sd, 1863, and so much of Sec.
10 Of said article as provides for the
separate enrolment of each class, he,
and the same are hereby repealed: and
repealed and it shall be the duty OF
the hoard of enrolment of each dis
trict to consolidate the two classes
mentioned in the Sd section of said
act.
Sec. H. And he it further enacted,
that any person who shall forcibly re-
sist or oppose any enrolment, or who
shall incite, counsel, encourage, or who
shall c"nspire or confederate with any
other person or persons forcibly to re-
sist or oppose any such enrolment or
who shall aid or assist or take any
forcible resistance or opposition there
to, or who shall assault, obstruct, him
der, impede or threaten any officer
or other person employed in making
or in aiding to make such enrolment
or employed in the performance or in
aiding in the performance of any ser
vice IN any way relating thereto, or in
arresting or aiding in arresting any
spy or deserter from the military SER
vice of the United States, shall, upon
conviction thereof, in any court com
petent to try the offense, be punished
in fine not exceeding $4,000, or by
imprisonment not exceeding five years,
or by both of said pnnishments i'm the
discretion of the court. And in such
cases where assaulting, obstructing,
hindering or impeding shall produce
the death of such officer or other per
son, the offender shall be deemed guilty
of murder, and upon conviction thereof
upon Indictment in the Criminal Court
of the U. S. for the district within
which the offense was committed, shall
be punished with death. And nothing
in this section shall be conslned to re-
lieve the party offending from liability
under proper indictment or process
for any crime against the laws of the
State, committed by him while viola
ting the provisions of this section.
Sec. l3. And be it further enacted,
that the Secretary of War shall be au-
thorized to detail or appoint such num-
ber of additional surgeons for tempo
rary duty in the examination of per
sons drafted into Tie military service,
in any district, as may be necessary to
secure the prompt examination of all
such persons, and to fix the compensa-
tion to be paid surgeons SO appointed
while actually employed. And such
surgeons SO detailed or appointed, shall
perform the same duties as the Sur
geon of the Board Of Enrolment, ex-
cept that they shall not be permitted
To- vote or sit with the Board or Enroll
ment.
i Sec a. And be it further enacted,
: that the Secretary of War is author
lied. whenever in his Judgment, the
!. public interest will be subserved there
by, To permit or require Boards of Ex-
a,nnaiion at different POINTS within
iibs-ir respective enrollmrn's districts 10
he determined proviliue-that all en
lisimenls over one hundred miles in ex
tent, and in such as are composed oI
over ten counties, the board shall hold
their sessions in at least two places in
such district, and at such points as are
best calculated to accommodate the
! people thereof
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted.
, that Provost Marshals, Boards of En-.
: rollment. or any member thereof, acting
= hv authority of the Board shall have
n,war tn Summon witnesses in hehal