Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-03-31

procure, or att mpt to p cue, .. ,ub t.tase Tor
any person draf I'd, or l alb o 70 D. drsf,sd, AZ
al iresail, he shall bs deemed g iilty Of mhde.
meanor ana sh III, pp,n convection, DO panishet |
by imprisonment no lees tn hriy d,ys, nor |
more Inan six Months, and pay "a NO net l@s
tn N one hundred, nor m re hin one th1aand |
d. lars by any court coapetoht to try the offence;
See. "a And BE- Il fiyher enacted, that I'll
atle coded male co ored persons, between the
ages of tsen'y and forty i've Year,, resident In |
the United STATE shall be enrolled AGO ardns 10
the pr visions " this {, and OF tfe Fot 70
which this is an amendment, and from pass Of
national fore 6; aud when slave OF Loyal
master shall be dratt d aud muster d int, the
serves Of the United States, hi master shall
have certidoite thereof, aad thcreupon tueh
soss sIs py law ~ acSa
man, shall bs paid to the per- on to vhlm such
drafted pc son was OWING service or Labor AZ we
me of MS muster INTO the servics of the UNI
States. The secretary of War shail appoint a
comuiss on in each Of tie sls,e States I, p'esen.
ted In ongress, CHI Iged TO award 10 each loyal
perion to whome u co oied volunteer may owe
service Just compensation, not eXceeoing 'hl ee
hundred Gollars, for oh such ooloId volunteer
payable cut of the fund dc lived 4 ON co mGts-
lions, and every such Q loIei vo unteer on beng
mustered into the service snail be free. And IA AL
cases where men of color have been acre oiore
enlisted or have volunteered In The mn My
service OF tie Unitel STATES, all the p % iaoh,
of this act, so far as the payment Of bounty ana
compen at on are provided, shall be equally
apple IDLE as to those no may be hereafter TO
ciuited, But men Of color, draf ed or enhsteu'
or VIII may volunteer iato the mil tary service,
while they sh III be credited on the quotas OF toe
several states or sub iiv sions of States, wherein
they are respectively draft d, enlisted or shall
volunteer, shall not be assgnei as safe troops
but shall be mu.tei ed int regiments or en-
panies rs United States 60 ored troops
Sec. rs. And be IL further enacted, That INC
fifteenth eec lon of the acs 10 which ths is
amendatory be so amended that II will RAJ as
sbar nod N a
of such inspection, who shall receive from any
person whomesoever any money or other VaIu-
able tn ngs, agree, directly or indirectly, u
receive the same to his o. n or another's e; Tor
making an imperfect inspection. or false or IN
! correct report, or who shall wifully neglect to
| make g faithful inspection AZ d true report, and
| each member o. the board OF enrolment VINO
shall wilfuly agree to the discharge from service
of any drafted persor who Is L OF legally ana
properly entitled to such discharge, shall be tried
by q court-nartial and on conyic ion thereof,
| be punished by fine not less than three hundred
| dollars aud not more than ten thou and dollars,
sha be imprisoned at the discretion OF the court,
and be GA hiered and dismissed from the service.
| Sec. &c. And be IL further enacted, That the
words precinct" and selection district" as used
| in this act, shall not be constructed to require
any subdivision for purposes OF enrolment and
draft less than the wards into which any city
or village may be divided, or than the towns or
townships into which any county may be
divided.
Eco. ~. And Dc H TURNER f7NCleQ, 1uht &c
much Of the act entitled can act for enrolling
and calling out the national forces, and for other
purposes approved March third, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-three, d may be Inconsistent
with the provisions of this act is hereby repealed
Approved, February "a, 1864.
(PuBLIc REsoLuTioN--No. IA -tv
A RESOLUTION relative to the transfer o
persons in the military service to the naval ser
vice. WAg
Rs,olred 6g the Senote and Ho,ss Of Represen
ta.ipeS of the United States Of America in Cosgres
ass n,blsd, First That the Provost Marshal Gen
eral be and Is hereby directed TO enlist sucl
persons as may desire I, enter into the nava
service of the Uni ed 81 ates, under such di &c
tions as may be given by the Secretary of Wa
and the Sc rotary of the Navy, which enlist
ments shall be credited to the Apr pirate dis
t1iot; Provided raeue,thelsss. That, inasmuch r
persons enlist in the naval service receive priz
money. persons SO enlsting shall not be entite
to receive any bounty upon their enlistment
Second = That the President of the United State
may, whenever in his Judgment the public ser
wee requires, authorize and direct the transfe
of persons who have been employed in sea ser
vice. and are now enlisted in regiments for lsnt
service, from such regiments to the naval service
upon such terms and according to such rules an,
re gulations as he may prescribe ProUide neues
tRetess, That the number of transfers from an
company regiment shall not be so great as T.
reduce such company or regiment below tn
minimum strength required by thu regulation
of the m litary service: And prortde fierthe1
That such sum as may have been paid to person
so transferred, as bounty for entering INTO d
military service, shall be transferred from th
recruit ing fund of the naval service to the cred
Of the proper appropriation for the land service
Sec. O. Aud Be it further resolved, That thsr
shall be paid TO each enlisted able ordinar
seaman, Lerelfter enlisted into the naval servic,
an advance of three months pay, as bounty
be refunded to the Treasury from any pri7
money to which su,h ENLISTED man may be en-
titled. piazza y 3sss r-FA4 ~
Approved, February "a, 1864,