American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-01-25

with their arrest, or have refused or may
refuse to report to the proper authorities
after being notified of their being so draft
ed, or have concealed or may conceal
themselves in order to avoid the service Of
any such notice, or of any notice relative
to said draft: and who shall continue so
to desert, escape, refuse to report, or con-
ceal themselves for the period of one
month after the passage Of this act; all
and every such person or persons are
hereby declared to be deprived of the
rights of citizenship withinthis. Common
wealth, and shall be incapable of voting
at any election of the citizens or of hold
ing any office of honor, trust or profit
within the same, or of inheriting any es-
tate under the intestatc laws of this Com
monwealth, or if by contract acquiring,
possessing Or disposing of any real or per-
soual estate within the same
SIC. ,. That it shall be the duty of
any and all Inspectors and Judges Of the
elections within this Commonwealth to
refuse and reject the vote or votes of all
such aioreaaid persons who they, or any
of them, may know to have so deserted,
escaped or avoided military duty, or tn.
ervice Of any notice as aforesaid for who
may be proven to them to have so desert
ed, escaped, or in any manneravoide ! said
military service OF any said notice, and
the said Inspectors and Judge of any
election, on the request of and qualified
voter, shall receive proof showing the
person offering to vote at said election,
has so deserted escaped or avoided such
service, and if any said Inspectors and
Judge, or majority of them, shall know
ingly receive the vote or votes of any
such person or persons, they shall be liza
BILE to Indictment for misdemeanor in of
fee, on the information of any citizen aud
on conviction shall be fined in sum not
less than one hundred dollars and be inn
prisnncd for term not less than one
month.
SEc 3. That it shall be the duty of all
Coustables, SheriiIs and other officers Of
the peace within this Commonwealth to
give any information they may receive ,or
knowledge they may have concerning the
said persons 80 deserving or avoiding the
military service to the said inspectors and
Jugc Of Elections where said persons
may reside or offer to vote, and on failure
to do so shall be liable to indictment there.
for-as for misdemeanor.
SEC. 4 That it shall be the duty of all
Constables, Sheriils and other officers oi
the peace within this Commonwealth tt
render aid and assistance to any officer ol
| officers of the government of the United
States charged with making the arrest Of
or service Of any notice ON any such per
son or persons deserting, escaping, refus
ing to report or concealing themselves, as
provided by the first section of this act
and on failure or reius to do so shall be
liable to indictment and punished for mis-
demeanor in Office and fined and impris
oncd in such sum aud for such term a,
the court trying the same may adjudge.
SEc. 5. That any person or persons ad
ylsing, counseling, assisting, harboring
concealing, or in any manner aiding il
the dcserton, escape, or concealment o.
the person or persons described and pro
vided for by the first section of this act
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and on conviction of the same in any
Court of this Commonwealth, shall be fin
ell in u sum not less than one hundred dol
lars, and be Imprisoned not less than three
months.
Mr.. Haslett, Of Butler, submitted asup
plement to the act incorporating the Al
leghcny aKd Butler Plank k-rOad Company
authorizing it to increase the rates of toll'
not exceeding fifty per cent. over the rate
now authorized by law, ana also to charge
the same rates of toll upon vehicles lader
with iron, iron ore, or the products there
of, as it is now authorizedto churge upor
vehicles laden wlh coal, stone, or iron.