The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-02

rrh,, rrovost.marshals shall in no case receive :
commutation for transportation or Tor luei any y
ono,ters Int only for forage, wnen not iuInioneu
Nv tbe government, together with aclual
of hostage, stationery, and clerk hlre authoiiA'"
nv the proves marshal general. r,,.. orv
w o II And be it further enacted, Inat any
,orson enrolled and draftt6 according TO the pro
Visions of this act, who shall lurhlsn aS aoeoP
oble substitute shall thereupon receive nroii .no
hoard of enrolment a certlncate Oh uiecna 81
from such draft, which shall exemP. niil no ,,aa
military duty during the time LOT when e " 40
drafted; and such substitute snaIi n hY law ne
the same pay and allowances provlueu ~ im ;a 10
81 ho had been originally drafted into the service
of the United States. r,.. sroh
Sec is. And be it further enacted, ina. euo.,
Of fSn volunteers and militia now in the service
Of tbe limited States as may reenist to serve one
wear. unless sooner discharged, alter lhe AZ ~"
hon of their present term of service, shali NC GU
iitIed TO bounty of fifty dollars, one nan ~. "
which to be paid upon such reenilstmens anu
balance at the expiration of the term OF rceiIo.
meut; and such as may rcenllst 70 s1t ~. W. .,;ro
wears unless sooner discharged, aileI lle LII e
lion of their present term OF enilstile dollars
raive mon such reenstment, twenty uoMa,
of the one one hundred dollars bounty ior eLii.s
mont nrnvided by the fifth section OF the act up,
nrore5 twenty second of July, eighteen nunuI s,
and sixty-one. entitled can act to authorize .he
employment of volunteers to ala IN ei,ioi'in9 'A0
laws and protecting public properly r,,,t whom
Sec Ia And be it further enacted, mat wlcn-
o,or regiment of volunteers OF the SAINT urn,
from tbe same State is reduced TO one nan n .ne
moyimum number prescribed by law, the TOD s
dent NAV direct the consolidation vi VIC oo nap'
nies of such regiment: PROVIDED, lnat ~ Sun
many so formed shall exceed the iila4iiutl i;d
her nrescribed by law. When such consoliua-
tion Is made. the regmental officers shall De re-
5noe5 in nroportion TO the reduction IN the NUM-
her Of COMPANIES. , r, -.
oV Sec % And be it further enacted, That when-
over regiment is reduced below the minimum
number allowed by law, no olncers sn'i ~
pointed in such regiment beyond tnose h m.'e''
i'i See 81 And be it further enacted, That SO
much IF the fifth section of the act approved
Seventeenth July, eighteen hundred and Sixty
two entitled, q An act to amend an act gaining
forth the militia to execute the laws OF ,ne
Union" and so forth, as requires the approval Vi
the President to carry into execution the
of n court-martial, be, and the same Is hereby, re-
neoIed as far as relates to carrying into execution
fhe sentence of any court-martlal against any per-
son convicted as spy or deserter, or OF mutlny
or murder: and hereafter sentences IN punish
ment of these offences may be carried INTO eAecu-
ton upon the approval of the commanding-gen-
eral in the field. r,,o. u..
martial shall have power to sentence officers who
shall absent themselves from their commands
with mt leave to be reduced to the ranks to serve
three years or during the war;
Sec %. And be it further enacted, That the
clothes, arms, military outfits, and accoutrements
furnished by the United States to any soldier,
shall not be sold, bartered, exchanged, pledged,
loaned, or given away; and no person not sol
dier, or duly authorized officer of the United
States who has possession OF any such clothes,
arms. military outfits or accoutrements, furnish
ed as aforesaid, and which have been the subjects
of any such sale, barter, exchange, pledge, loan,
or rift, shall have any right, title, or interest
therein; but the same may be seized and taken
wherever found by any officer OF the United
States, civil or military, and shall thereupon be
delivered to any quartermaster, or other officer
authorized to receive the same; and the posses
sion of any such clothes, arms, military outfits,
or accoutrements, by any person not soldier or
officer of the United States, shall be prima facie
evidence of such sale, barter, exchange, pledge,
loan, or gift, as aforesaid.
Sec "a And be it further enacted, That every
person not subject to the rules and articles of
war who shall procure or entice, or attempt to
procvre or entice q soldier in the service of the
United States to desert; or who shall harbor,
conceal, or give employment to deserter, or
carry him away, or aid in carrying him away,
knowing him to be such; or who shall purchase
from any soldier his arms, equipments, ammuni-
ton, uniform, clothing, or any part thereof; and
any captain or commanding officer of any ship OF
vessel, or any superintendent or conductor OF any
railroad, or any other public conveyance, carrying
away any such soldier as one of his crew or other
WISE knowing him to have deserted, or shall re-
fuse to deliver him up to the orders of his com
handing officer, shall upon legal conviction, be
fined at the discretion of any court having cog
nizance of the same, in any sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, and he shall be imprisoned
not exceeding two years nor less than six months.
TO BE CONTINUED.