Daily national Republican., 1864-03-19


directly or Indirectly, demand or rscslrs any com
pensation for furnishing said esrtinoatss Of disa
bility, and any ofoer clerk, or deputy, connected
with the Board Of Enrolment, who shall reosivs
compensation from any drafted man for any SER
vices, or obtaining the performance OF such Ser
vice required from any member Of said Board By
the provisions OF this act, shall BE- deemed guilty
Of high misdemeanor, and upon eouviotion, shah
for every such oisnse be fined not exceeding e5oo,
TO be recovered upon Information or Indictment
before any court Of competent Jurisdiction, one
halffor the use OF any informsr whs may prosecute
for the same In the name OF the United States,
and the othor half for the Of the United States
and shall also be subject TO impriSonmsnt for
term not exceeding one year, at the discretion OF
the court. a
Soc. -. And be further enacted, That no member
Of the Board OF Enrolment, and no surgeon de-
tailed or employed to assist the Board Of Enrol
ment, and no clerk, assistant, or smployee OF any
Provost Marshal or board OF Enrolmant ahall,
directly or Indirectly, be engaged In proCsring or
attempting TO procure substitutes for persons
drafted, liable TO be drafted, into the military
service Of the United States. And n any msmber
Of q Board OF Enrolment, or any such surgeon,
clerk, ahsistAnt, or employee, shAn procure, or
attempt 70 procure, . substitute for any person
drafted, or liable TO be drafted, a. Aforesaid, he
shall be deemed guilty Of misdsmeanor, and
ment not less than thirty days nor more than siI
months, and pay nns not less than tIoo nor more
than sI 900, by any court Oompetent 10 try the
offenoe.
See. ~ And BE- u further snsefed, That all able
bodied male eolored persons between the ages OF
twenty and fortynve years, resident In the United
States, shall be enrolled according 10 the provi-
sions OF this act and Of the aot 70 which this IL an
amendment, and form part Of the national forces;
and when slave OF loyal master shail be drafted
and mustered into the service OF the United
States, his master shall have a certificate there
Of, and thereupon such slave hhAll be free; and
the bounty Of sIoo now payable By Law for sseh
drafted man shall be paid 10 the person 70 whom
such drafted person was owing service or labor II
the time Of his muster into the service OF the
United States. The Secretary OF War shall ap-
point Q commission In each Of the slave States
represented In Congress, charged 10 award 70
each loyal person TO whom eolored volunteer
may owe service Just compensation, mot exceed
ing $500, for each such eolored volunteer, payable
out OF the fund derived from communications; and
every such eolored volunteer on being mustered
into the service hhall be free. And In all eases
where men Of color have been heretofore enlisted
or have volunteered In the military service Of the
United States all the provisions Of this Ae 20 far
as the payment OF bounty and compensation are
provided, shall be equally applicable ~ TO those
who may be hereafter recruited. But men Of color,
drafted or enlisted, or who may volunteer into the
military service, while they GhAll be credited on
the quotas OF the several stAtes or subdivisions Of
States wherein they are respectively drafted, en-
listed, or shall volunteer, shall be AsEignsd 20
state troops, but shall be mustered into regiments
or companies As United States oolorsd troops.
Sec. 26. And bed farther enacted That the fifteenth
section OF the aot TO which this is AmendAtory, be
so amended that IL will read as follows; That any
surgeon charged with the duty Of such inspection,
who shall receive from any person whomsoever
any money or other valuable thing, or agree, d.
reetlyor indirectly 10 receive the same 10 his own
or Auother's use, for making an imperfect inspeo-
tion, or . false incorrect report, or who shall
wilfully neglect TO make faithful inspectisn and
true report, and each member Of the Board Of I'M
rolment who shall wilfully agree 10 the discharge
from service Of any drafted person who IL not 10
gally and properly entitled 10 such discharge lhA
be tried BY court-mArtiAl, and, on oonyietion
thereof, be punished by . hne not leas than $500
and not more than $4,000, shall bs Imprisoned al
the discretion OF the court, and be sAshiered and
dismissed the service.
Sec. 20. And Be % further Enacted, That the words
"precinct and election district a. used In this
act, shall not be construed to require any subdi-
vision 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.
Sec. n. And be Il tsstA1 eaSetsd That 90 much OF
the act entitled An act for enrolling and calling
out the national forces, and for other purposes,
approved March ., Iass, as may be inconsistent
with the provisions OF this act iI hereby repealed
Approved, February ~, 1894.
By order OF the Secretary OF WAR;
Il. D. TOWNSEND,
| mil Assistant AdjutAnt General.