M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-08-24
MILITARY COMPUTATIONS.
AuDI10R's OFFICE VINroN County o.
Macarthur, August 10, 1865.


DY TIE FIRST SECTION or
I'D TIE act. ITO organize and dIseip-
line the militia of Ohio, and appeal an act
therein named" il is provided That Slt q
white male citizens, residents OF this Stateg
being EIGHTEEN years of age and under TcR-
TY-FIvE, shall be enrolled in the mililia. and
perform military duty in such manner, not
incompatible with the Constitution and laws
| of the United States, as hereinafter presUrlb.
ed"
The second section provides that the as
SCISSORS of the several wa rl s and townships,
shall annually, in the month Of May, enrolIe
all persons living within their respective ti-
mits, liable to enrolment, aud return e
certified copy Of said enrolment to the Au-
ditor OF the county who is authorized, upon
satisfactory proof TO correct sail enrollmenI
by adding the name Of any person omitted.
or striking of any person improperly eIk
rolled.
Section four provides that ''all persons
who Rre subject to military duty under the
provisions OF this act, aud who are not mem
bers OF sOmr volunteer organization, shall
either become meHbtrs Of some yolunteeS
organization or shall pay into the county
treasury, annually, the sum OF four dollars,
(which sum shall be commuStion for inea
and penalties for neglect TO perform militia.
~ service, except under calls to prevent OF
repel invasion, or suppress invasion"
AS provided BY this act correct duplt-
cate list OF the assrsSOr, will be filed with
the county treasurer, on the first day Of
September 1865 for collection, aud all REQ.
sons neghCtiug or refusing TO pay TO thr
treasurer FOUR DOLLARS, or file certificate Of
exemption, on or before the 18th ol Septen.-
Der, will be chaIged THIRTY PEB csNr,
, additional, which the treasurer is required tc
collect by distress ur Otherwise, with cost,
! in the same manner as for other taxes.
! The following described are exempt, and
If the proper evidence be produced, will
he stricken from the roll such evidence
must be produced aud fled on or before tha
10 OF August FE
p, Section 6. In addition 10 the persons ab-
, solutey exempted from enrolment n the
y militia by the laws Of the United States
8 the persons hereinafter exempted shall be
D absolutely exempted from enrolment, VIA
! lst. All persons In the army OF navy W
volunteer forces of the United States,
$ 3D. Persons who hive been OF hereafter
4 may be houorably discharged from the army
e or navy of the United States, after having
performed military duty for one year OF mora
during the existing rebellion.
e Sd. Commissioned officers serving under
& this act, who shall have served as such IN
q the militia OF this State for the space OF
d five years; but no officer shall be so exempt
= unless by his resignation after such term Of
y service duly excepted, or in some other law.
full manner he shall have been honenby dis
charged.
= 4lh. Every non-commissloded officer,
musician and private of every uniformed
company raised, or hereafter to be raised,
since May |. 1868, uniformed according 70
the provisions Of any law Of this State and
: who shall have performed services in sush
company or troop for the space OF five years
from the time ofhis enrolment therein,
shall be exempt from military dut neIcepi
in case of war, insurrection or invasion.
5th' Every person physically disabled
IF may be exempted from military duty il he
m files with the county auditor, on or before
ID August ID OF every year, statement q
At the county military surgeon certifying that
u such person is unfit for military dut yreo-
son of such physical disabity or bodily In
firmly. which shall be described In said
statement.
!, n 9th. Idiots, lunetics, and felons conyio>
D ted Of infamous crimes. unless pardoned,
4 shall not be subject to military duty. j.
"a Applicants for certificates ofdsabil,y
k' must be made to DR.. A. E. Isamingei,
a Military Surgeon for Vinton county, be.
~ tween the lst day Of July and the 18th day
h August, as provided by the 4th section Of
a the act "To amend and supplementary to an
I, act entitled IAN act to organize and 6iscip-
line the militia OF Ohio, and 10 repeal an
= = an act therein named,' passed March 81,
le 1884," passed April 18th, 1865.
g ) 3 BIZ ~ II. C. Moore,
d Auditor of viuton County,