Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-05-18

such substitute that he il held to service in
the place of such substitute and he shall
stand in the same relation and be subject to
the same liability as before the furnishing of
such substitute
Sec. 20 And be IL further enacted, That in
case any substitute shall desert from the ar
my. and it shall appear by evidence salts
factory to the Secretary of War that the par
ty furnishing such substitute shall have, in
any way, directly or indirectly, aided or abet-
ted such desertion, or to have been privy to
any intention on the part of such substitute
to desert, then such person shall be immedi-
ately placed in the army. and shall serve for
the period for which he was liable to draft.
such service to commence at the date of the
desertion of the substitute.
Sec. 81. .ARd be IL further enacted. That, in
addition to the other lawful penalties of the
crime of desertion from the military or naval
service, all persons who have deserted the
military or naval service of the United States,
who shall not return to said service or report
themselves to provost marshal within sixty
days after the proclamation hereinafter men,
toned, shall he deemed and taken to have
voluntarily relinquished and forfeited their
rights of citizenship and their rights to be-
come citizens; and such deserters shall be for
ever incapable of holding any office OF trust
or profit under the United States, Oh Of exer
cisng any rights Of citizens thereof; and all
persons who shall hereafter desert the militia
ry or naval service. and all persons who. be-
| ing duly enrolled. shall depart the in.
risdiction of the district in which he is en-
rolled, or go beyond the limits of tn,
United States, with intent to avoid any draft
into the military or naval service duly order
ed, shall be liable to the penalties of this sec
ton. And the President is hereby authorized
and required forthwith, on the passage Of this
act, to issue his proclamation setting forth the
provisions of this section, in which proclama-
ton the President is requested to notify all de-
serters returning within sixty days as afore
said that they shall I've pardoned on condition
of returning to their regiments and companies
or to such other organizations as they may be
assigned to, until they shall have served for q
period of time equal to their original term oil
enlistment.
Sec. t22 And be IL further enacted, That
the third section of the act entitled IAN act
further to regulate and provide for the enrol.
ling 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.
Sec. 1913 And be IL further enacted. That
any person or persons enrolled in any sub-dis.
trict may, after notice of draft, and before
the same shall have taken place, cause to be
mustered into the service of the United States
such humber 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 as substitutes for such persons, or SO
many OF them as may be drafted, to the ex-
tent of the number of such recruits, and in
the order designated by the principals, at the
time such recruits are thus as aforesaid mus
tered i'm.
Sec. t24 Aud be IL further enacted, That
section fifteen of the act approved February
twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty
four, entitled IAN act for enrolling and call
ing out the national forces, and for other pur.
poses, be. and the same is hereby, amended
by inserting after the words "any civil magis-
trate,'' the words. 'or any person authorized
by law to administer oaths.''
Sec. rs. And be IL further enacted, That
the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to
detail one OF more of the employe[els of the
War Department for the purpose of admins
tering the oaths rexuired by law in the settle
ment of officers accounts for clothing. camp
and garrison equipage, quartermaster's stores
and ordnance, which oaths shall be admins
tered without expense TO the pnrties taking
them, and shall be as binding upon the per
sons taking the same, and if falsely taken
shall subject them to the same penalties, as il
or Justice of the peace.
! Sec. 1851 And be IL further enacted That
acting assistant surgeons, contract surgeons
and surgeons and commissioners on the enrol
ling boards. while i'm the military service o
the United States shall hereafter be exemp
from all liability to he drafted under the pro
visions OF any act for enrolling and calling GU
the national forces.
Sec. [27 And be IL further enacted Tina
this act shall take effect from and after its pas
sage: Prorided. That nothing herein contain
ed shall operate 10 postpone the pending draft
or interfere with the quotas assigned therefor
Approved, March 3, 1865.
PuBLIc-No So,
AN ACT amendatory Of certain acts imposin,
duties upon foreign importatons.
BE II enacted Jy The Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtiues Of The United States Of america in C6n
gress assembled, That section six of an act emit
tied IAN act to increase the duties on imports
and for other purposes, approved June thir-
! ty. eighteen hundred and sixty.four, be amen
ded so that paragraph second. third and fourth
Of section six of said act shall read as follows
| Second-On all manufactures of cotton, tex
cept jeans. denims. drillngs. bed tickings
ginghams, plaids, cottona.ies, pantaloon stuff
and goods of like description not bleached
colored, stained. painted or printed. and not
exceeding one hundred threads to the sguar,
inch, counting the warp and filling, and ex
ceecling in weight five ounces per square yard
live cents per square yard; il bieached, five
cents and a half per square yard; IL colored
stained, painted, or printed, five cents and a
half per square yard, and, in addition thereto
ten per centum ad valorem. On finer and
lighter goods of like description, not exceed
ing two hundred threads to the square inch
counting the warp and filing, unbleached
five cents per square yard; if bleached. five
and half cents per square yard: II colored
stained. painted, or printed. five and hall
cents per square yard, and i'm addition thereto.
twenty per centum ad valorem. On goods OF
like description, exceeding two hundred
threads TO the square inch. counting the warp
and filling, unbleached, five cents per square
yard; IL bleached, five AM a half cents per
square yard; if colored, stained, painted. OF
printed, five and half cents per square yard
and IN addition thereto, twenty per centuin
al valorem
Third. On all cotton jeans, dcnims, drill
ings, bed tickings. ginghams, plaids. cotton
AIDES, pantaloon stuffs, and goods Of like de-
scfiption, or for similar use if unble .ched, and
not exceeding one hundred threads TO the
square inch. counting the warp and filling
and exceeding live ounces to the square yard,
six cents per square yard; if bleached, six
cents and a half per square yard; if Colored
stained, painted or printed, six cents and q
halt per square yard; and in addition thereto
ten per centnm al valorem. On finer or light
er goods of like description, not exceedig two
hundred threads to the square inch, counting
the warp and filling, if unbleached, six cent.
per square yard; II bleached, six and a hal
cents per square yard; if colored, stained
Pointed. or printed. six and a half cents PEE
square yard; and in addition thereto fifteen pc
centum ad valorem. On goods Of lighter de
scIiption, exceeding two hundred threads I.
the square inch. counting the warp and filling
II nnbeached. seven cents per square yard:
bleached seven and half cents per square
yard; il calored, stained, painted, or printed
seven and a half cents per square yard and
ia addition thereto. fifteen per centum al va
loren. Provided, That upon all plain wover
cotton goods, not included in the foregoing
schedule, unbleached valued at over sixteer
cents per square yard, bleached valued at owe
twenty cents per square yard, colored, valued
at over twenty-five cents per square yard, ant
cotton jeans, denims and drillings. unDleach
| eel, valued at over twenty cents per squar,
yard, and all other cotton goods of every de
sciiption, the valne of which shall excee,
twenty-five cents per square yard, there shall
be levied. collected. and paid duty Of thirty
i've per centum al yaloren: -And. proride,
FURTHER, That no cotton goods having MOI,
than two hundred threads To the square inch
lCDuntipe the a,.H6 ilip,r st,.lI Ia al.