Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-24
OFFICIAL.
The New Enrolment Law.

'SEC IL. Aud be it further enacted That wnere az!
revised enrolment any Congressional draft is
trict has been obtained made, prior to any aetna
draw ing of nam@s from the enrolment lists the quot
such district ay be adjusted and appOrtiOned
such revised enrolment. instead Of being applied u
or based upon the enrolment as It may have stooC
sssEo H. Ana be further enacted, That hereafter
an persons mustered lbto the mtitary or nayaI ser
vice, whether as volunteers substitutes. representa-
tves, Otherxis shall be credited 10 the S'ate
and 10 the ward, township precinct other enroll
nent suh-risirlct where fuch IFrtons heFrg o.
actual Tesi6ence (f such persons have actual res
idenee within the Uni'et StsteR,) and where such
persons were or snail be enrolled (i lahle 20 enroi
mnt and II is hereby made the duty the Provost
Narshal e' eral to make such ru.s and give sucn 10
structtons TO the several vost Aarshas Boards n'
Enrolment, and Mastering OfhceFs shall he
for the faithful enforcement of tho provisions
this section 10 the end that fair and just credit sha
be given tn every section of the country: Provided
That any call for troops hereaf fter, county
township, ward, precinct, or erection district, shal
have circuit except for actually furnished said
ship ward. precinct. election district, and mus
thereof.
''Skc Is. And be it further enacted That in COM
putting quotas hereafter, credit shall be given to the
several States, districts, and subdsrics tor all men
furnished from th, respectively and not heretofore
credited during the present rebellion for period
Of servcenot less than three months caleu atng the
number oidays for which such service f,raished
and reducing the same 10 years: Provided That such
credits shall be applied to the call f0raddtona
troops made by the President on the twentyfrst day
of Deee.Dber. eighteen hundred and sixIy-four.
h y 49, ~, ~ % @ y W s,ieI enA'teo t a1ae persons
the provisions OF the several acts to which this
amendment Tor the term OF one year, and who have
actually nInshed, or may actually furnish, accepta
bic substitutes-not liable to draft-for the term
three years, shall De exempt from military duty dur
ing the time Tor Whica such substitutes shall not be
liable to draft, not xceeding the time for which such
substitutes sha have been mustered into the service
aIytnhB u he ACT OF Feoruary twenty y-Iolrth,
eighteen hundred and xtyour, to the contrary net
withstlndng.
CSC II. And be it further enacted, That any re-
cruitiDg agent, substitute broker or other person
who, for pay or profit, shall enlist, or cause 10 be
listed, as volunteer substitute, any insane per
son. or convict, or person under indictment for feO
ny, who is held TO bail to answer for felony or
person IN condition of inoxication, or deserter
from the military naval service, any minor be-
tween The ages OF and eighteen years without
the consent Of his parents guardian any minor
under the age Of sixteen years knowing him. either
case before mentioned to be such. who shall de-
fraud illegally deprive any volunteer substitute
Of any portion Of the State local. United States
bounty, which lie may be entitled. shall upon
victon any Of competent jurisdiction, be fined
not exceeding thousand dollars, imprisoned
not exceeding two years and not less than three
MONTHS bot h, in the discretion of the afore
said.
'SEc Is. And be it further enacted, That any on
Ger who shall muster into the military or laval ser
vice of the United states any deserter from said
vice, or insane person, or person in condition OF in
s6 sS,resn years yvi,bout tbe eonsent Of his mar
teen yeSrs knowing him to be such shall upon G. n
viction by any MARTIAL be dishonorabIy dis
missed the service Of the United states
f'SEc 19. And be 1t further enacted That every
where substitute furnished take the place
enrolled drafted man. and it is shown by evil
dence that shall be satisfactory TO the Secretary Of
war that such substitute was, the time of his
istment, known by the party furnishing him, to be
non cO0s 1aets, or in condition of Intoxication, or
under conviction indictment for any offence of the
grade Of felony a; the common law, to have been
guilty of previous act Of desertiOn uDsaIisfeo by
Lardon punishment, by Of any existing
infTmty ament, ply sically incapable OF perform
ing the ordinary duties of soldier in actual service
in the ranks or MINOR between the ages of sixteen
and eighteen years. without the of his parents
guardian. minor under the age of sixteen
years, it shall be the duty Of the Provost Marshal
General. advice of the fact to report the
the Provost MARSHAL OF the proper district and if such
rrff=f aa hHo -I,.
since the passage of this mustered the
vice substitute for liable to draft, and
BOt actualy drafted the of the person liable
who furnished such subs: itute shall be again placed
the st and he shall be SUBJECT draft there after
as though no sach substrut had heen furnished by
HIM and substitute SO enlisted, and incapable
d, shall have been, since the passage Of
person actually drafted be the duty of
the Provost Marshal General dir the Provost Mar
furnished such substitute that he is held TO SER
in the of such substitute, he shall
in the same relation aud be subject 70 the liza
biliy as before the furnishing OF such substitute.
t'SEC 60 Anu De ii further enacted, Tat in case
any substitute shall desert from the my, and it sha II
appear by evidence Satisfactory TO tbs secretary of
War, that the saTty furnishing such substitute shall
abetted such desertnn or 10 w. Teen prIvy % any
intention the such bst te to desert, then
such person shall be Immediately pla;td in the
army and shall serve for tho period tor which lie was
Liable to drait, such service cOmmence the dLIe
Of the deserti'n of the substitute
ftSEC- 81. And BE- it further enacted, That addi
ton to the other Lawful penalties Of the crime of de-
serOn from the m ltaTy naval service all persons
who have desel ted the military avail service OF the
United States, who shall return 70 said service
report themselves to Provost Marshal within sixty
days alter the proc amatiUn hereinafter mentioned,
shall be deemed ana i TO have voluntarily Ieln
pushed and forfeited their rights OF citizenship aud
lneit Ights 10 become citizens anu sucA oeerters
shall be forever incapab Of holding any Office Of
trust or profit il the United States, of exercising
any rights Ol eitzsBs thereof and all persons who
shall hereafter d. sert the military naval service,
ana All persons VINO beng duly enrolled shall depart
tue 9uhuSuOh OF lhe dlstTcL IN Whch ne Is enroled,
or go beyond the limits of the United states, with
tent 10 avoid any draft into the military or naval ser
vice, duly ordered shall liable the penalties of
this section. And the President is hereby authOrz ID
and required forthwith the passage or this act
ISSUE DIS procAhatOn setting IOrh lne provisions OF
this EtctlOn in which proclamation the President is
requested TO notify all dese-ters returning within sixty
oays as aoFeSau that they snail De p1rdoned On con
dIton Of their returning their regiments and
Panies, or to such organizations they may be as
signed until they shall have served for period Of
time equal to their original term OF enlistment.
''Eo p And be it further enacted, Tnat the third
section OF the act entitled An act-turther-to regu
uiate and provide for the enrolling ami calling of
the national torc 8, and for OtherurpOses" approved
July iOcrth eighteen hundred aud slXLy-four be, aad
the same IS hereby repealed
as. Ana be tfurtner enacted That any person or
persons enrolled sub-district may, after
OF a Graft, and before the same shall have taken
place, be mustered into the service of the
United sttes such number of recruits not subject to
draft, they may deem expe@ @ient which T, cruits
shall stand the credit OF the persons causing
them to be mustered and shall be Iaken substI
tutes FOR such persons, 0 many them ma
be drafted, TO The extent OF the number Of such
crutS and IN The order designated by the principals
at the time such recruits thus aforesaid
tered in.
''SEo. "A And be 1t further enacted, That section
fifteen OF the Act approved February twenty fourth
eighteen hundred aud sixty four entIted IAN act
enrolling and calling the n2toual forces, and for
other purposes, be- and the is hereby amend
ed by inserting after the f'any civil magis-
trate, the words 'or any person authorized by law
to administer Oaths.'
'SHo. rs. And be it further enacted That the Sec
retary of War is hereby authorized detail or
more OF the employees OF the War Department for
the purpose of administering the oaths required by
law the settlement Of officers accounts Tor clothing,
aud garrison equpage quarerm tsters' stor,s
and ordnance, which Oaths shall be administered
without expense to the partics taking them and shall
be binding upon te persons taking the same, and If
falsely taken, shall subject them to the penal
ties, If the same administered by a magis-
trate justice II the peace.
'ssEC. 70. Aud be IT further enacted, That Acting
Assistant sur cons Contract Surgeons and Surgeons
aud Commissioners on the Enrolment Boards, while
military tho United ates, shall here
after be exempt from all liability be drafted under
provisions Of any for enrOlIug and calling out
the national forces.
''SEC. n be it further enacted, That this act
shall take effect fr0m alter its p4ssage Provided,
That uOIhDg herein contained shall operate to postpone
the penuug drat interfere with the quotas assign
ed tueretOr.
s.Approved March g. 1861
ISectlOns from To Lweiye, inclusive, do not re.
late to Tins Bureau, and are UulitIed.l
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost MAJ shat General
PRo. Mar. OFFICE, 9rH DIS. OHIO.
MANSFIELD, March I3, 1865.
The above, by order of the Provost Marshal
General il Dublished for the information o.