Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-06-29
NOTICE
TO THE
Enrolled Militia !
ArD1ToR's OFFICE,


The attention of the Enrolled Militia of the
county nf Holmes is called to the following ~
mcndmcnts to the militia law, made by the
General Assembly of Ohio, April l2th, 1855:
SECTION :. ON or before the first day of Sep
tcmbcr, the county auditor shall cause to be
made n correct duplicate list of all persons lia-
bic to military duty and from whom such COM
mutation money is due, ana transmit the same
TO the county treasurer. immediately upon tn"
county auditor shall give notice. by general
publication in the county npWspupcrS, rcguir-
ing the payment of the communication money
into the county treasury on or before the 18TH
dHy of September; after WEIGH time the treas
urrr shall proceed to- collect the same by dis
trCSS, or otherwise, with II penalty of thirty per
cent, with costs in the same manner as for 9TH
er taxes; aud for this purpose the treasurer shall
hereby he empowered to appoint collectors ut Il
remuneration of not more than twenty per
cent. on the amount collected with costs. The
treasurer and auditor shall receive such com
pcnsatton for extra services under this act as
the county commissioners may allow, not to
exceed five per cent. Commanders of conpa-
MES shall, on or before the fifteenth day ot Au-
gust of each year, deliver to the proper county
auditor certified copies of the company rolls,
showing the persons exempt from the payment
Of communication money, and the auditors here
by authorized to draw his order on the county
treasurer tor the amount of the costs of publici-
tion required by this act in favor of the party
TO whom the same is due; provided, the sum
paid for such publication Shall not exceed one
SIZE t. That there shall be appointed by the
governor, in each county of this state, militia
ry surgeon, who shall he commissioned for the
term of three years, unless sooner discharged,
with the rank of maj who, before entering
upon his duties, shall take an oath to faithfully
pcrfurm the duties ofhis office. That from the
| first duy ofJaly to the fifteenth day OF August
in each year, IL shall he the duty OF said surgeon
| to keep an office at the county seat, and eNam.
| inc all applicants Tor exemption upon the pay
ment to him by the applicant of the sum of nifty
cents, together with such stamps rs may be re
quirCd by law, and ii he Is nf opinion that the
applicant is unit for the performance of militia
ry duty, ne SHALL give him n certiicate aS rpqui
red by sCction two of this act. IT any such sur
geOn shall knowingly give II false crtifcate, II,
shall bc deemed guilty OF n misdemcanor, ant
be fined In any sum not exceeding fifty dOllnr
for each OiIrnSc, to- be recovered by indictmcn
in the proper county, for the benefit of the mil
itury fund. The examination and rccommCn
datiOn OF the medical board shall moi be rcuuir
ed from said county military surgeons
SEC. >. The county military surgeon shal
keep record showing the name and rcsdrnc,
of each person exempted and the reason there
for, and shall make report thereof to the sur
gcon general on or before the first day of Sep
lcnlNcr in each year; and in all his duties Shnl
he governed 10y such rules and regulations ~
the surScon-gencral may prescribe.
/ SEC. Il. At any time after the 18th of Angus
land before payment, the adjutnnt general /
authorized, upon the certificate of the militur.
Sturgeon OF the proper county, and upon hcin
satisfied that no Application was made for tx
ICmptiOn. to the county auditor, before the ljt
I of August, and of a reasonable excuse for sue
omission, % grant to any applCuntn II Ccrtiiicat
+ of exemption, upon the payment by the appli
4, cant of all costs of diStrtlnt. which may hay
accrued previous to the prcscn tatlon OF sue
, certificate to the county auditor.
In pursuance of section four, reclted above
2 DIR. ,EOcl pomcrCnc
has been appointed by the Governor. Exam
nations will hc made from the LIST day OF Jul
to the 18TH Of August.