The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-24

forever incapable of holding any Office OF
trust or profit under the United States, or OF
exercising any rights of citizens Thereon anu
persons who shall hereafter desert the mliltary
or naval service, and all peasons VINO, Oeing
duly enrolled, shall depart the jurisdiction OF
the district in which he is enrolled, or 60 pc
yond the limits of the United States, with IN
tent to avoid any draft into the military or ma
val service, duly ordered, shall be liable to the
penalties of this section. And the PRESIDENT Is
hereby authorized and required forthwith, on
the passage of this act, to issue his proclama-
ton setting forth the provisions OF TINS sec
ton. in which proclamation the President Is
requested to notify all deserters returning
within sixty days as aforesaid, that tney snail
be pardOned on condition ct returning 10 tneI
regiments and companies, or to such other Or
CARNATIONS rs they may be assigned 10: unui
they shall have served for . period OF tlme
equal to their original term OF enlistment
SECTION %. And be it further enacted. That
the third section of the act entitled An act
(further) to regulate and provide tor the en-.
rolling and calling out the national forces, and
for other PURPOSES" approved July fourth,
eighteen hundred and sixty -four, be, and the
same is hereby, repealed. 80 . !.
SEC. %. And be It further eadcted. That any
person or persons enrolled in any subdistrict
NAV. after notice of the draft, before the same
shall haveltaken place, cause to be mustered into
the service of the United States snch number of
recruits not subject to draft as they may deem
expedient, which recruits shall stand to the
credit of the persons thus: Causing them to be
mustered In, and shall be taken - substitutes
for such persons, or as many of them as may
be drafted, to the extent of the number Of such
recruits, and in the order designated by the
principals at the time such recruits are thus, as
aforesaid, mustered in. .- - n'sal -'...E
SECTION "a. And be it further, enacted, That
section fifteen Of the Act approved February
twenty. fourth eighteen hundred and sixty
four, entitled "An act for enrolling and
calling out the national forces, and for other
purposes" be, and the same is hereby, amend
magistrate" the words . or any person au-
thorized by law to administer oaths."
SECTION rs. And be It further enacted, That
the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to
detail one or more of the employees of the War
Department for the purpose of administering
the oaths required by law in the settlement OF
officers accounts for clothing, camp and gar
rison equippege, quartermasters stores, and
ordinance, which oaths shall be administered
without expense to the parties taking them,
and shall be as binding upon the persons TAX
ing the same, and If falsely taken, shall sub
ject them to the same penalties, as If the same
were administered by magistrate or justice
of the peace.
SEor1oN 26. and be IL further enacted, That
acting assistant surgeons, contract surgeons,
and surgeons and commissioners on the enrol
ling boards, while in the military service of the
United States, shall hereafter be exempt from
all liability to be drafted under the provisions
of any act for enrolling and calling out the ma
tional forces.
SECTIoN27. And be II further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and after its pas.
sage; Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall operate to postpone the pending draft,
or interfere with the quotas assigned therefor.
Approved March 8, 1865.
Sections from one 10 twelve, inclusive, do
not relate to this bureau, and are omitted.
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
Official copy.
JOHN T. AVERILL,
Col and A. A. P. d.. G. Mimi