Daily national Republican., 1864-03-18
OFFICIAL NOTICES.
'OFFIoIALI.41tE.
HE ENROLMENT LAW.

/ Inc following act Of Congress n published for
the Information Of all concerned 500 ..ra.
PUBLIC, No. II. ...... ....r. .r
l. An act to amend an act entitled An act for en-
rolling and calling out tho national forces, and
for other purposes" approved March ., 1865.
Be q snsoisd blythe Senate and House Of RsprsIsnia-
pss Of hs United States Of Amtoa In Congrsss asse-
bid, That the President Of the United States shall
be authorized, Whenever he hhAl deem II necessary
during the present war, TO call for such number Of
men for the military service OF the United States
~ the public exigenoies may require. .......
Sec. 2. And Be q further enacted, That the quota
OF each ward Of . city, town, township, precinct
or election district, or OF = county, where the
county IL not divided into wards, towns, town
ships, precincts, election districts, shall be-
nearly as possible, in proportion to the number OF
men resident therein liable TO render military
vice, taking into account far spractioable the
number which has been previously furnished
| therefrom; and In ascertAinlng and filling said
quota there shall be taken into account the num-
Der Of men who have hereto oioIe entered the naval
service Of the United stAtes, and whoso names are
borne upon the enrolme at lsts already returned
to the once OF the Provost Marshal General Of the
| Cnited States,
SEQ. T. Andbeaf further enacted, That II the quotas
shall not be filled within the time designated
by the President, the Provost Marshal OF the dis
triet within which any ward oil city town, town
ahip, precinct, or election district, or county
whore the same il not divided into wards, towns,
townships, precincts, or election districts, which
IL deficient In Its quota, IL situated shall, under
the direction OF the Provost Marshal General,
make draft for the number deficient thereiromj
but all volunteers who may enlist amer the craft
shall have been ordered and before It shall be
tually Made, shall be deducted from the number
ordered to bo drafted In such ward, town, town
ship precinct or election district, or county. And
II the quota OF any district shall not be allied by the
draft made in accordance with the provisions Of
this act, and the act TO which II is amendment,
further drafts shall be made, and like proceedings
had until the quota OF such district shall be filled.
SEC. I. And be % further enacted, That any person
enrolled under the provisions Of the act for en-.
rolling and calling out tho national forces, and
for other purposes, approved March ., 1868, or
who may be hereafter % enrolled, may furnish, At
any time previous 10 the draft, acceptable sub
Etitute, who IL not liable TO draft nor at the time,
in the military or naval service OF the United
stAtes, and such person 30 furnishing a substitute
shall be exempt from draft during the time for
which [suehl substitute shall not be liable 10
draft, not exceeding the time for which such sub
stitute shall have been accepted.
Sec. 8. And be u further CROSied, That any per
son drafted into the military service Of the United
States may, before the time hN ed for his appear,
ance for duty at tho draft rendezvous, furnish
acceptable substitute, subject to such rules and
, regulations As may be prescribed by the Seore.
tAry OF War. That II such substitute 10 not liable
10 draft, the person furnishing him shall be eX.
empt from draft during the time for which such
substitute is not liable TO draft not exceeding the
term for which he was drafted, and II sueh sub
atitute IL liable to draft the name OF the person
furnishing him shA again be placed on the roll
and shall be liable to draft future calls but not
y until the present enrolment shall be exhausted
and this exemption shall not exceed the term FOL
e which such person shzll have been drafted And
i any person now In the military or naval service
Of the United States not physically disqualified
8 who has so served more than one year and whoss
. term Of unexpired service shall not Mt the time
substitution exceed six months, may be employed
% substitute to serve in the troops OF the stat,
In which he enlistedi and IL any drafted person
shall hereafter pay money for the proeuration o
~ = substitute under the provisions OF the act h
~ which this Is an amendment, such payment q
Il. money shall operate only to relieve such perso
m from draft in filling that quotAi and his name sha
- be retained on the roll in hlling future quota
-, but In no instance shall the exemption OF an
"a person on account OF his payment Of c0mmutAtlo
money for the procurAtion OF substitute extcI
= beyond one year. but at the erd OF one year,
every such case, the name OF any person so e,
empted shall be enrolled again, II not before r
- turned to the enrolment list under the provision
OF this section.
Sec. O. And be u further enacted, That BuArds
Enrolment shall enroll all persons liable to dra
under the provisions Of this act, and the act
which this is an amendment, whose names ma
have been omitted by the proper enrolling officer
all persons who shall arrive at the age OF twent
years before the draft; all aliens who shall deelA
their intention TO become oitizensI all persons di
charged from the military or naval service OF Il
United States who have not been in such servi,
two years during the present war; and all persoI
who have been exempted under the provisions
~ the second section Of the act to which this is
k,,N, pha ,nN nNadh Nha,
visions OF this Aeti and said Boards OF Enrolmei
shah release and discharge from dfaft all persoI
who, between the time Of the enrolment and Il
draft, shall have arrived at the age OF forty.fN
years, and shall strike the names Of such person
from the enrolment.
H. Sec. 7. And Be Il further SHqtiGi, That any ma
iner, or able or ordinary seaman, who shall
drafted under this act, or tho act to which this
an amendment, shall have the right, within eig
days after the notiho cation Of Fuch draft, to enli
In the naval service as seaman, and a certihca
that he has so enlisted being made out In coniorl
ity with regulations which may be prosorib
by the Secretary OF the Navy, and duly present
TO the Provost Marshal Of the district in viii
such mariner, or able or ordinary seaman, Hhi
have been drafted shall exempt him from hu
drafti Provided, That the period for which he BhI
have enlisted tito the naval service shall not
less than the period for which he shall have be-
y drafted into the military service /: And prorid
IuTLheTt That the SAID coruncato snail declare IN
satinfaotory proof has been made before the nav
,iA Ofioer issuing the hEme that the said psrson
enlisting In the Navy Is a mariner by vocation,
an able or ordinary seaman. And any person no
In the military service of the United states wi
shall furnish satisfactory proof that he Is marin
~" by vocation or an able or ordinary seaman, mi
enlist into the Navy under such rules and regul
tions as may be prescribed by the President OF Il
III United States PrOVided That such enlistme
shall not be for leIG than the unexpired term
his military service nor for less than one yea
And the bounty money which any mariner or Sc
man, enlisting from the Army into the Navy, IN,
Wn have received from the United States, from Il
State In which he enlisted in the Army, shall be d
Quoted from the prize money to which he may
come entitled during the time required TO compile
his military service 4Hd provided Junlsr, That Il
whole number Of such transfer enliStments shi
not exceed ten thousand.
-, Sec 8. And be further enacted, That whenev
- any such mariner, or able, or ordinary seama
shall have been exempted from such draft In Il
military service by such enlistment into the nav
Dis. service, under such due certificate thereof tn
er the ward town, township, precinct, er electlt
"a district, or county when the same Is not dlyid
into wards, towns, townships, precincts, or elC