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son liable to draft and not actually drafted the
the person liable who furnished such substitute shall
be agan placed on the list and he shall be subjected to
draft thereafter as though no such substitute had been
furnished by him, and ii such substitute enlisted and
incapable as aforesaid shall have BEEN since the passage
Of this act mustered Into the service substitute for
person actually drafted then it shall be the duty of the
provost marshal general to direct the provosmashal of
the district Immediately notify person whofurnish.
ed such substitute that he IL held to service in place of
such substitute, and he shall stand in the same relation
and be subject to hesae liability as before the furnish
SIC, 90 And be it further enacted That in any
substitute shall desert from the army and It shall appear
by evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the
party furnishing such substitute shall have in any way,
directly indirectly aided abetted such desertion, or
to have been prvy to any intention on the part Of such
substitute to DESERT then such person shall be Immediate
~ placed in the army and shall for the period for
which he was liable to draft such service to commence at
theIdate of the desertion Of the substitute.
SIC a.. And be al further enacted That, IN addition to
lawful penalties Of the crime Of desertion from
the mly naval service, all persons who have de-
serted the military naval service Of the United States,
who shall not return to said service report themselves
to provost marshal within sixty days after the proca-
nation hereinafter mentioned shall be deemed and taken
Of citizenship and their lights to become citizens and
such deserters shall be forever incapable Of bedding any
Office Of trust or profit under the United States or OF
exercising rights of citizens thereof and all ersons
who shall hereafter desert the military naval service and
all persons Who being duly enroedha depart the uris-
ulcton OF the district IN which ne eHf0eu OF 20
You'd the limits Of the United States with intent to avoid
any dratth the military naval 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 tossue his proclamation set
ting forth the provisions of this section, in which proca-
nation the Presidents requested to notify all desefters
returning within sixty days aforesaid that they shall
be paroed condition Of returning to their regiments
and companies such other organizations they may
be assigned to- until they shall have served for period
of time equal to their original term OF enlistment
1H1 be ii further enacted That the third
ton Of the act entitled An oct furtfer to regulate and
provide for the enrolling and calling out the national
forces and for other purposes approved July fourth,
eighteen hundred and sixty -four. be. and the same Is
SEE 2a1 1ndbea further enacted, That any person or
persons enrolled in any sub district may, after notice of
draft and before the same shall have taken place to
be mustered into the service of the United States such
number Of recruits not subject to draft as they may
deem rxpedient 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 many
Of them may be drafted to the extent of the number Of
such recruits, and in the order designated by the ps-
cipas at the time such recruits are thus as aforesaid
mustered In. ~ tsSa%' s43.t = -sS.
SEe.24l And be IL further enacted That section fifteen
of thect approved February twenty fourth, eighteen
hundred and sixty -four, entitled An act for enrolling
ana calling the national forces and for other pur
after the words any civil magistrate the words any
person authorized by law to administer oaths,n
sEoI25 And belt further enacted, That the secreta.
ny of War Is hereby authorized to detail 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 garrison equ
page quarermasers Stores aud ordnance which oaths
shall be administered without expense TO the parties TAX
ing them and shall beas binding upon the persons taking
the same, and fasely take shall subject them TO the
penalties as If the same administered by
magistrate or justice Of the peace. ~ s
SEe26 A,,d be IL ft,the, enacted, That acting assist
ant surgeons, contract surgeons and surgeons and COM
msioners on the enrolling boards while in the military
service OF the United States shall hereafter be exempt
from all alyte be drafted under the provisions Of any
fnra atda tUsy kf.,a
Sec .(2 Aad be it further enacted, That this act shall
take erect from and after Its passage; Provided, That
pending draft ornerere with the quotas assigned there
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Approved, March 1865. 80 - 49,, ~. :
An Act amsndatory of certain Acts imposing Duties upon
!, a foreign Imporatons 1ftfr c7a =
Be Il enacted BY The Senate qad House Of Representatives
efe United States Of America IN Cbgsess assembled,
That section six oil an act entitled .An act to increase
June thirty eighteen hundred and sxtyour be amended
SO that paragraphs second, third and fourth of section
six Of said act shall read as follows: .f-g,f ,, -.
Second On all manufactures of cotton Except Jeans
dnims drillings bedtickings gnghams, plads cotton
AIDES, pantaoon stuff and goods OF like descrptop) not
exceeding hundred threads the square inch count
ing the warp and filling and exceeding in weight five
onces per square yard five eents per square yard II
bleached five cents and half per square yard colorsd
stained painted, printed, five cents and half per
square yard and in addition thereto ten per centum ad
valore On finer and lighter goods Of like description,
not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch
counting the warp and filing unbleached five cents per
square yard IT beached five and half cents per square
yard ii colored, stained painted or printsd five and
half cents per square yard aud, In addition thereto
twenty per centum ad valorem On goods of light des
erption, exceeding hundred threads to the square
cents per square yard II beaehed Ave and half cents
per square yard if coored stained painted printed
i've and half cents per square yard and In addition
thereto, twenty per ceptunl I'D valorem.r 1-s,s-e
Third On all cotton jeans denim drilings bed tickings
ginghams pads cottonades pantaloon stu and goods
like description for similar use if unbeached and not
exceeding hundred threads to the square nch
ing the warp and filling, and exceeding tive ounces to the
square yard six cents per square yards If beached six
cents and half per square yard If colored stained,
painted printed and half per square yard
and In addition thereto ten per cenum ad valore On
uer and lighter goods of like description not exceeding
two hundred threads the square inch counting the warp
and filing if unbleached ak cents per square yard If
beached six and half cents per square yard if colored
stained, painted: or printed, six and a half cents
per eentum ad yaorem. On goods of lighter
description, exceeding two hundred threads tc the
square inch, counting the warpand filing furuieacbe
seven cents square yard fbleached seven and half
cents per square yard and in addition thereto fifteen Der
centum nd valorem: Prorided That pon ali plain wo-
ven cotton goods not incp2ed In the foregoing schedule
unbeached valued at over sixteen cents per square yard
beached valued at over twenty cents per square ward
coored valued at twenty-five cents per square yard
and cotton Jeans, denms and dngs unbleached valued
at over twenty cents per square yard aother cotton
goods ofeyery description the value ofwhch shall exceed
twenty-five cents per square yard there shall be levied
collected and paid duty OF thrtyive per centum ad
valorem: And p7oced further, That no cotton goods
having more than two hundred threads to the square
inch counting the warp and filing shall be admitted to
less rate OF duty than is provided for goods which Of
Fourth On spool thread Of cotton six cent, per dozen
spoos containing on each spool not exceeding one hun.
dred yards of thread and in addition thereto thirty mar
centnm ad vaorem; exceeding one hundred yaris for
every additional hundred yards Of thread on each spool or
fractional part thereof in OF one hundred wards
six cents per dozen, and thirty per cenum ad valo
rem. On cotton thread yarn when advanced beyond
single yarn, by twisting two or more strands together If
not wound upon spoos four a. cents per skein hank
ofeight hundred and forty S4o yards, and thirty per
cent. ad valorem. Il g. 81 l.-rfref a.
SEc.2 And be it further enacted That from and after
the day when this act takes effect in addition to the
duties heretofore imposed by law the importation OF
the articles mentioned in this section, there shall be
levied collected and paid the following duties and
rates of duties, that Is to say On brandy, rum, gin
and whiskey, and cordials liquors iiqueurs arrsck
absynthe, aud all other spirituous liquors and
sprituous beverages, fifty cents per gallon, OF first
proof and less strength and shall be increased In pro-
protion for any greater strength that THAN the strength
zen per centum ad vaorem On iron bars for railroads
or inclined planes, ten cents per hundred pounds.
w wrougnt'ron tubes, one cent per pound. 8 --
:. ana oe Further enacted, That from and after
s n.y. takes eject in lieu Of the duties heretofore i'm
ny Jaw on the importation of the articles mention
50 IN TINS Section there shall be levied collected and
paid me following duties and rates of duty that IL 10
say Vn cottoh hve cents per pound. On Illuminating
oil aud naphtha benzine, and benzole refined or nrp
duced from the dstillation of COAL asphatnm sbss
peat petroleum. or rock OIL or other bituminous snS
stances used for like PURPOSES FORTY cent? ner