Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-11

charging persons or classes of per-
sons from the selective draft under
the provisions of this act. not in
cluded within the original jurisdic-
tion of such local boards.
The decisions of such district
boards shall be final, except that, in
accordance with such rules and reg
ulations as the President may pre-
scribe, he may affirm. modify or re-
serve any such decision.
Any vacancy in any such local
board or district board shall be
filled by the President, and any mem
Der of any such local board or dis
trict board may be removed and an
other appointed in his place by the
President, whenever he considers
that the interest of the nation de-
mands IL.
The President shall make rules
and regulations concerning the or
Plantation and procedure of such To-
cal boards and district boards, and
providing for and governing appeals
from such local boards to such dis
trict boards, and reviews of the de-
cisions of any local board by the dis
trict board having Jurisdiction, and
determining and prescribing the sew
eral areas. in which the respective
local boards and district boards shall
have jurisdiction, and all other rules
and regulations necessary to carry
out the terms and provisions of this
section, and shall provide for the
issuance of certificates of exemption,
or partial or limited exemptions, and
for system to exclude and dis
charge individuals from selective
draft.
Sec. 5. That all male persons be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty, both inclusive, shall be sub
Ject to registration in accordance
with regulations to be prescribed by
the President; and upon proclama-
ton by the President or other public
notice given by him or by his direc-
ton stating the time and place OF
such registration 1t shall be the duty
OF all persons of the designated ages
except officers and enlisted men OF
the regular army, the navy and the
National Guard and Naval Militia
while in the service of the United
States to present themselves for and
submit to registration unedr the pro-
visions of this act; and every such
person shall be deemed to have no.
tice OF the requirements of this act
upon the publication of said procla-
nation or other notice as aforesaid
given by the President or by his di-
rectlon; and any person who shall
willfully fail or refuse to present
himself for registration or to sub
NIT thereto as herein provided, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor and shall
upon conviction in the district court
of the United States having turis-
diction thereof, be punished by i'm
prisonment for not more than one
year, and shall thereupon be duly
registered. Provided, That in the
call of the docket precedence shall
hn o. In tssf. Il.
to the trial of criminal proceedings
under this act. Provided further
That persons shall be subject to
registration as herein provided who
shall have attained their twenty-first
birthday and who shall mot have
attained their TIM ty-first birthday
on or before the dSy set for the reg
istration, and all persons so regis
tered shall be and remain subject to
draft into the forces hereby au-
thorized, unless exempted or eX-
cused therefrom as in this act pro-
Vided: Provided further, That in the
case of temporary absence from
actual place of Legal residence of any
person liable to registration as pro-
Vided herein such registration may
be made by mail under regulations
to be prescribed by the President.
Sec. 6. That the President is hereby
authorized to utilize the service OF
any or all departments and any or all
officers or agents of the United States
and of the several states, territories
and the District of Columbia and the
subdivisions thereof in the execution
of this act, and all officers and agents
of the United States and of the sew
eral states, territories and subdivis-
ions thereof and of the District of CO.
lumbia, and all persons designated OF
appointed under regulations prescrib-