Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-10-06
DESERTER5
AND
SKEDADDLERS
DIS ED!
500 fne for taking their votes
EVERY BOARD THAT RECEIVES
THEIR VOTES SHALL BE
PROSECUTED

IIG GACb GGCblOu VI lllG ttCl VI
Congress, approved March 3, 1865,
provides as follows:
SECTION 2l.-Agd be 1T further
enacted, That in addition to the
other lawful penalties of the crime
of desertion from the military and
naval service, all persons who have
deserted the military or naval SER
vice of the United States, who
shall not return to said service or
report themselves to a Provost
Marshal within sixty days after
the proclamation hereinafter men,
toned, shall be deemed and taken to
haze voluntaily rslinqaished and
forfeited their rights Of citizenship,
and their rights to become citizens;
and such deserterS shall be forever IN
capable Of holding any office Of ftrast
or profit under the United States,
or Of exercising any rights Of citi-
eens thereof; and all persons who
shall hereafter desert the military
or naval service, and all persons
who being duly enrolled, shall de-
part the jurisdiction of the district
in which he is enrolled, or 60 be-
yond the limits of the United
States, with intent to avoid any
draft into the military or naval
service, duly ordered, shall be
liable to the penalties of this Sec
ton. And the President is here
by authorized and required forth
with, on the passage of this act, to
issue his proclamation setting forth
the provisions of this section, In
which proclamation the President
is requested to notify all deserters
returning within sixty days as
aforesaid, that they shall be par
doned on condition of returning to
their regiments and companies or
such other organizations as they
may be assigned to, until they
shall have served for a period of
time equal to their original term
of enlistment" "
In obedience to the latter clause
of this section, the President of the
United States, on the 18th day OF
March, 1865, issued his proclama-
ton bordering and requiring" all
deserters to return to their posts;
or to report themselves to Provost
Marshals for duty, on or before the
Ilth day of May, 1865.
That proclamation and the act
of Congress upon which it was
based, were published in all the
authorized newspapers of the 10th
District. Thus all parties inter-
ested had full knowledge of their
rights and ample warning of the
penalty that would ensue in case
they neglected to avail themselves
of the privilege of reporting on OF
before the 18th day of May. 1865,
The IO3d section of the general
election act of Pennsylvania, ap-
proved July 2, 1889, declares
that
'FIf any inspector or judge of an
election shall k9tOacinOty reject the
cOte of any qualified citizen OF
KNOWINGLY RECEIVE THE
VOTE OF my PERSON NOT
OU4LTFTED. OR CONCEAL l.
FROM HIS FELLOW OFFICERS
Any FACT IN THE KN0WL-
EDGE OF WHICH SUCH VOTE
SHOULD BY La W BE RECEIV-
ED OR REJECTED, EACH OF
THE PERSONS so OFFENDING
SHALL ON CONVICTION, BE
PUNISHED IN THE MANNER
PR RESCRIBED IN THE 1OSTEI
SECTION OF THIS ACT.r
Ind on referring to the Penalty
f1l the 10Th section it says thai
each such person 50 CONCERNED
THEIR EN-. SHALL, ON CON
FICTION THEREOF, BE FINED
IN Any SUN NOT LESS THIN
FIFTY NOR MORE TH4N TWO
HUNDRED DOLLAR'S.'
We now tell every Copperhead
election officer in the county, il
he receives such votes, we will
prosecute him to the extent oi
the law. Union men are request
ed to take the name of every per-
son voting, disqualified by the
above act of Congress, and for
ward the same with the name Of
the officer taking the vote, to the
Chairman Of the Union County
Committee.