The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-03-04

such surgeons, 90 detailed or appointed,
shall perform the same duties as the sur
geon OF the board Of enrolment. except
that they shall not be permitted to vote or
sit with the buard of enrolment.
SEo "A: and be it further enacted,
That the Secretary Of War il authorized,
whenever in bis judgment thepublic inter
ests will be subserved thereby, to permit
or require boards of examination of en-
rolled or drafted men to hold their exam
nations at different points within their
respective enrolment districts, to be de-
termiDed by him. Preoided, That in ali
districts over one hundred miles in extent,
and in such az are composed of over ten
counties, the board shall held their ses-
sions In at. least two places in such dis
trict, and at such points as are best calcu-
lated to accommodate the people thereof
SEo. f5. And be ii further enacted,
That provost marshals, boards Of enroll
ment, or any member thereof, acting by
authority Of the board, shall have power
to summon, witnesses in behalf Of the
Government, and enforce their attendance
by attachment without previous payment
of fees, in any case pending before them !;
and the fees allowed for witnesses attend
ing under summons shall be six cents per
mile for mileage, counting one way and
no other fees or costs shall be allowed I'M
der the provisions Of this section and
they shall have power to administer oaths
and afirmations. And any person who
shall wilfally and corruptly swear or affirm
falsely before any provost marshal, or
board of enrolment, or member thereof,
acting by authority Of the board, or who
shall, before any civil magistrate, wilfully
and corruptly swear or affirm falsely to
any affidavit to be used in any case pend
ing before any provost marshal or board
of enrolment, shall, on conviction, be
fined not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars,
and imprisoned not less than six months
nor more than twelve months. The drafted
men shall have process to bring in wit
nesses, but without mileage. 5t ..nW
SIC. 16. And be ii further enacted,
That copies of any record of provost
marshal or board of enrolment, or of any
part thereof, certified by the provost mar
shal, or majority of said board of enroll
ment, shall be deemed and taken as evil
dence in any civil or military court in like
manner as the original record Provided,
That II any person shall knowingly certify
any false copy or copies of such record,
to be used in any civil or military court,
he shall be subject to the pains and penal
ties of perjury. .f.e,-
SEC. II. And be it further enacted,
That members of religious denominations,
who shall by oath or affirmation declare
that they are cOnscientiously opposed to
the bearing of arms, and who are prohib-
tied from doing 90 by rules and articles of
faith and practice Of said religious denom-
iuation, shall, when drafted into the mill
tary service, be considered non-combat-
ants, and shall be assigned by the Secre-
tary of War to duty in the hospitals, or to
the care of freedmen, or shall pay the sum
of three hundred dollars to such person As
the Secretary of War shall designate to
receive it, to be applied to. the benefit of
sick and wounded soldiers Provided.
That no person shall be entitled to the
benefit of the provisions of this section
unless his declaration of conscientious
scruples shall be supported by satisfacto.
~ evidence that his department has been
uniformly consistent with such declara-
ton. 9.ai'gs susd..fl,. nn;aa;.a. q. ey..
SEC. 18. And be at further enacted,
That no person Of foreign birth shall, on
account of alienage, be exempted from
enrolment or draft under the provisions
of this act, or the act to which it is an
amendment, who has at any time assumed
the right of a citizen by voting at any
election held under authority of the laws
Of any State or Territory or of the United
States, or who has held any Office under
such laws or any of them; but the fact
that any such person of foreign birth has
voted or held, or shall vote or hold, office
as aforesaid, shall be taken as conclusive
evidence that he is not entitled to exemp-
ton on account of aliensge. ars.ae .gaof
SEQ 10. And be it further enacted,
That all claims to exemption shall be veri-
fed by the oath or affirmation of the party
claiming exemption, to the truth of the
facts stated, unless it shall satisfactorily
appear to the board of enrolment, that
such party is, for some good and sufficient
reason, unable to make such oath or af-
firmation and the testimony of any other
party filed in support of claim to ex-
emption, shall also be made upon oath or
affirmation.
SEQ. 20. And be it further. enacted.
That if any person drafted and liable to
render military service, shall procure a
decision of the board of enrolment in his
favor upon claim to exemption, by any
fraud or false representation practiced by
himself or by his procurement, such de-
cision or exemption shall be of no effect,
and the person exempted, or in whose ia
vor the decision may be made, shall be
deemed deserter, and may be arrested.
tried by court martial, and punished as
such, and shall be held to service for the
full term for which he was drafted. reck- |
oning from the time of his arrest Propi-
ded, That the Secretary of War may or |
der the discharge of all persons in the |
military service, who are under the age of j
eighteen years at the time ofuthe applioa-
ton for their discharge, when it shall ap-
pear upon due proof that such persons are
in the service without the consent, either
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