Daily national Republican., 1864-03-18

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dirsoty or indirectly, demand or teeoivs any com
peAsation for furnishinS said eartnestes VI disa-
hfity, ani shy oaoor, clerk, Or deputy, connected
with the Deaid Of Enrolmeat, who hhA1 receive
oompsnsation nom any drafted man fot any ser
vioes, or obtaining the performances Of speh sor-
vice required from any member Of sAla Board By
the provisions Of this act, shal be deemed guilty
Of high misdemeanor, and upon souyietion, shah
for svsry such ofenss BE- fined not exceeding $500
10 Be recovered upon Information or ipdietment
before any court Of oompstsnt jurisdistion, one
hAiffor the usgof any infornsr whs may Prosecute
for the same IN the name OF the United stAtss,
and the other half for the Of the United aiatsa
and shall also be subject TO inprisonment, for .
term not sxossding one year, a. the direrotien Of
the court. .....-. N ~ .s 7. .lr
see. a. And be q Jurtlsr snssiai, That no member
Of the Board Of Enrolmsnt, and no surgeon de-
tailed or employed TO assist the Board Of Enrol
msnt, and no clerk, assistant, or employee OF any
Provost MaSshAl or Board Of Enrolment, shall,
directly or indirectly be engaged In procuring or
attempting 10 procure substitutes for persons
drafted, liable TO bs drafted, into the military
service Of the United States. And n any member
Of Board OF Enrolmsnt, or any sush surgeon,
| clerk, assistant, or employee, shall procure, or
attempt 10 procure, . substitute for any person
drafted, or liable TO be drafted, a. Aforesaid, he
shall bo deemed guilty OF q misdemeanor, and
| shall, upon conviction, be punished BY imprison-
ment not less than thirty days nor more than six
months, and pay One not less than tIoo nor moro
than si,ooo, BY any court eompetent 10 try the
offence. ...... . 0..... .-saa. ....
SEQ. ~. And bs q further enaeieS, That all able
bodied male oolored persons between the ages Of
twenty and fortynve years, reaident In the United
states, shall DO enrolled Aseording TO the provi-
sons Of this act and Of the act 10 which this IL an
amendment, and form part OF the national foroesI
and when slave Of loyal master shah be drafted
and mustered into the service OF the United
states, his master shall hAya eertineato there
Of, and thereupon such slave ahall be froe, and
the bounty Of tioo now payable By law for eash
drafted man shall be paid 20 the person to whom
such drafted person was owing service or labor At
the time OF his muster into the service Of the
United States. The Secretary Of War shall ap-
point eommisslon In each OF the slave States
represented In Congress, charged TO award TO
each loyal person 10 whom . oolored volunteer
may owe service . Just compensation, not exceed
ing ESQ., for each such eoored volunteer, payable
out OF the fund derived from communications, and
| every such oolored volunteer on being mustered
into the service shall be free. And In all eases
where men OF color have been heretofore enlisted
have volunteered IN the military service Of the
United States, all the provisions Of this aet 20 far
~ the payment Of bounty and compensation ars
provided, shall bs equally applicable a. 10 those
who may be hereafter recruited But men OF color
drafted or enlisted, or who may volunteer into The
military service, while they shall be credited on
the quotas Of the several States or aubdiViHionH ol
states wherein they are respectively drafted, en-
listed, or shall volunteer, shall be assigned a.
state troops, but bhsl be mustered into regimsnti
or companies As United States oolorsd troops,
Sec. a6 1ndbsI JnSfha enacted, That the fifteenth
section OF the act TO which this il amendatory be
90 amended that II win read 40 follows; That any
surgeon charged with the duly Of such inspection,
who shall receive from ABJ person whomsosveI
any money or other valuable thing, or agree, d.
reetly indirectly TO receive the same 70 his owr
or auother's use, for rsahing an imperfect inspee
ton, or false or tnoorreet report, or who shal
wilfully neglect to make faithful inspection an,
true report, and eAah member Of thu Board OF En-
rolment who shall wilfully agree TO the dlseharg
from service Of any drafted person who Ia not Ii
gslly and propssly entitled TO such discharge shal
be tried BY oourt-mArtiAl, and, on conviction
thereof, be punished by . hne not less than $50
and not more than ele,0oo, shAll be Imprisoned .
the discretion OF the court, and bc eashiered an
dismissed the seryiee.
Sec. 90. And bs u Further sndeisd, That the word
"preeinet" and "eleetion district as used in thi
act, shall not be construed TO require any subdl
vision for purposes Of enrolment and dram les
than the wards into which any city or Village ma
be divided, or than the towns OF town ahips int
which any county may be divided.
Sec. q. And BE- u further enacted. That no much
the act entitled An act for enrolling and ealir
out the national forces, and for other purposes
approved March >, 1880, a. may be anconsistei
with the provisions OF this act Ia hereby repeAls
Approved, February "a, 1884.
By order Of the Secretary OF War:
..Er r L. D. TOWNSEND,
mil -. rs Assistant AdjutaIt General.