Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-09
AN ACT to amend act entitled /" An act for n
rolling and catng out the natioral forces, and
for other purposes" approved March third,
eighteen hunired and thraa


rolling and csting out the national forces, anc
for other purposes" approved March third
eighteen hundred and sixty-thr
Be II enacted 5y tse Senate and House Of Repre-
se7t1ttreS Of the Uaftsd States Of america an Con
aeess assembled, That the President OF the United
States shall be authorized, whenev he shall deem
uch number OF the militar Ser ice of tbs
United tates the public ex igeneies may req uire
Sec. 2 Had Be 1t further enacted, That the quota
OF each ward Of city, town. township, precinct
or election district, OF county, where the couu-
~ is not divided into wards towns town ships pre-
cncts. election districts, shall be, nearly
possible. in pre- portion the number of men resi-
dent therein liable 10 render military service tax
ing into account as FAR as practicable the numbs-
/ which has been previously furnished therefrom;
/ aud in ascertaining and filling said quota there
! snail be taken into account the number of men
who have heretofore entered the naval services OF
the United States and whose names are borne upon
the enrolment lists already returned Off &c
States.
See 3. And be il further enacted That if the quo
tas shall not be filed within the time designated
ny the President, the provost marshal of the DIS.
triet within which any ward of city, town town.
ship precinct, election district, county where
the same * not divided into wards, towns town
ships, precincts or election districts which is DO
6cent in its quota, is situated, shah, under the
direction of the Provost Marshal General, make
draft for the number deficient therefrom but all
volunteers who enlist after the draft shall
been ordered, and before il shall be actually made
shall be deducted from the number ordered to be
drafted in such ward, town, township, precinct, or
election district, county. And If the quota of
any district shall be filled by the draft
accordance with the provisions of this act and the
act to which it is an amendment, further drafts
shall be made, and like proceedings had, until the
quota of such district shall be nlled. -#
Sec 4. 4nd be it f1rthrr enacted, That any person
enrolled under the provisions of the enroll
ing and calling out the national forces, and for
othe- purposes, approved March third, eighteen
hund.ed and sixty three, or who may be hereafter
so enrolled, may furnish, at any time previous to
the draft acceptable substitute. who is lot la
BILE to draft, at the time in the military or ma
val serTice of the nited States. and such person
so furnishing substitute shall be exempt from
draft during the time for which such substitute
shall De liable draft, not OK ceedfng the time
FOR which such substitute shall have been accepted
Sec 5. At.d be IL further enacted, That per
drafted into the military service OF the United
states may before the time xed for his appearance
for duty the draft rendez furnish an accent
able substitute, subject to such rules aud regua-
tons may be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
That fsuch substitute is not liable to draft, the
person furnishing him shall be exempt from draft
during the time for which such substitute is not
liable 10 draft, not exceeding the term for which
he drafted and if such substit ute is liable
draft the name OF the person furnishing MIN shall
again be placed the roll, and shall be liable to
draft future calls but not until the present
roiIment shall be exhausted } and this exemption
shall not exceed the term for which such person
shall have been drafted. And any person in
the military or naval service of the United States
not ysicaliy disqualified, who has o ed more
than one year, and whose term of uneX pired
vice shall not at the time of substitution exceed
six months, may be employed a substitute
serve in the troops of the State in which he enlist
ed and il any dratt cd person shall hereafter pay
money IOI the prOcuThtlCn or q substitute, under
the provisions of the act to which this is amend
ment, such payment of money shall operate only
to relieve such person from draft. in filling that
quota and his name shah he retained on the roll
in filing future quotas; but ia instance shall
the exemption of any person, account of his
payment of Communication money for the procura
ton Of a substitute, extend beyond one year but
at the end OF one year, in every such case, the
name Of any person exempted shall be enrolled
again, if not before returned to the enrolment list
under the provisions Of this section
Sec. Is. Ind be it further enacted That boards OF
enrolment shall enroll all persons liable to draft
under the provisions or this act, and the act to
which this is amendment, whose names may
have been onitted by the proper enrolling officers
all persons who shall arrive at the age OF twenty
years before draft; all aliens who shall declare
thor intention to become citizens; all persons dis
CHARGED from the military or naval service Of the
United States who have not been in such service
two years during the present war; ana al persons
who have been exempted under the provisions OF
the second section OF the act to which this is an
amendment, but who are not exempted oy the pro-
visions of This act; and said boards of enrolment
shall release and discharge from araLI al persons
who, between the time OF the enrolment ana the
draft, shall have arrived at the age OF forty-hFe
years and shall strike the name OF such persons
Sec Z And be 1t further enacted, That any
ariuer able or ordinary seaman who shall be
drafted IN der this act, or act to which this
il an amen dment, shall have the right within
eight days after the notification of such draft to
enlist in the naval service as a seaman, and
tifcate that he has cnsthed being made ont IN
conformity with regulations which may be pre-
scrbed by the Secrets OF the Navy, and duly pre-
scented the provost marshal OF the ulSiFltt III
which such mariner or able or ordinary seaman
shall have been drafted, shall exempt him from
such draft Proraded, That the period for which
he shall have enlisted into the naval service shall
be less than the period Tor which he shall have
been drafted into the milt AIRY service And prorIeed
further That the said certificate shall declare that
satisfactory proof has been made before the naval
officer issuing the same that the said person so en-
listing ia the navy IS a mariner py VOCATION, or an
able or ordinary seaman. Aud any person now in
the military service Of the United States who shalt
furnish satisfactory proof that he is manner by
vocation or able or ordinary seaman may enlist
into the navy under such rules and regulations as
may be prescribed by the President OF the Unite
Ststes Prouided, That such enlistment shali not
be for less than the uneE plred term OF mr. military
service nor for less than one year And the boun-
ty money which any mariner or seaman enlistlng
from the army into the navy may have received
from the United States or from the state in which
he enlisted in the army, shall be ABDUCTED from the
prize money to which he may become entitled
during the time IequII ed to complete his IAlIltary
service And proctded further, That The whole
number of such transfer enlistnIents shall not e&-
coed ten thousand
Sec. s. And be 1t further enacted That whenever
any such mariner or able ordinary seaman shall
have been ted frcrI such draft in the military
service by such enlistment into the naval service
under such due certificate thereof, then the ward,
town, township, precinct or election instinct, or
county, when the same is not divided into wards,
towns townships, precincts election districts,
from which such psrson has been drafted, shall be
credited win his services to all ana purposes
if he had been duly mustered into the militia
service under such draft.
Sec O. and be it further enacted That all enlist
m ents the naval service of the United States
into the marine corps ofthe United States that may
hereafter be made of persons liable TO service un-
der the act of Congress entitled 90 An act for en-
rolling and calling the national forces and for
other purposes" approved March third. eighteen
hundred aud si1ty-three, shall be credited to the
ward town. township, precinct, or election district,
OF county, when the il not divided into wards,
towns townships, precincts, election dlstricts IN
which such enlisted were may be enrolled
and liable to duty under the act aforesaid, under
such regu stiCns the Provost Marshal General OF
the Unit ed States may prescribe.
Sec. 10. And be 1t further enacted, That the fol
lowing persons be and they are hereby exempted
from enroilmen and draft under the provisions OF
this and Of the act to which this is an amend
ment, TO wit: Such rejected az physically or
r.ct Ally unfit for the service all persons actually
in the military naval service Of the United
States ut the time of the draft, and all persons
who have served in the military or naval service
two years during the present war and been honora
bly, discharged therefrom; and 10 persons but such
as are herein exempted shall be exempt.
Sec. IL And be IL furth>r enacted, That section
third Of the enrolling and calling out the
national forces and for other purposes, approved
March third eighteen hundred and sixty three, and
so much SECTION ten OF said act as provides Tor
the separate enrolment OF sacu clast be and the
same are hereby repealed; and Il shall be the duty
of the board Of enrolment of each district to con-
solidate the two classes mentioned in the third
section OF said act.
Sec.72. And b. 1t further enacted, That any per
/ I,slI or enrol