Year: 1863

after due service of notice, as herein


prescribed, without furnishing a substi-


tute or paying the sum required there


for, shall be deemed a deserter, and shall


be arrested by the Provost Marshal and


sent to the nearest military post for trial


by court martial, unless, upon proper


showing that he is not liable to do militia


ry duty, the Board Of Enrolment shall


relieve him from the draft


Sect. Il. And be it further enacted


That all drafted persons shall, on arriv-


ing at the rendezvous, be carefully in


spected by the Surgeon of the Board, who


shall trul y report to the Board the physi-


cial condition of each one; and all per-


sons drafted and claiming exemption


from military duty on account of disabil-


ty or any other cause shall present their


claims to be exempeted to the Board,


whose decision shall be final.


Sec Is. And be it further enacted.


That any Surgeon charged with the duty
of such inspection, who shall receive
from any person whomsoever any money
or other valuable thing, or agree directly
or indirectly to receive the same for his
own or another's use, for making an i'm
perfect inspection or false or incorrect
report or who shall wiltully neglect to
make faithful inspection and true re-
port, shall be tried by q court martial,
and, on conviction thereof be punished
by fine not exceeding five hundred dol
lars nor less than two hundred and be
imprisoned at the discretion Of the court,
and be cashiered and dismissed from tie
service.


Sec l6 And be it further enacted.
That as soon as the required number of
able bodied men liable to do military du-
ty shall be obtained from the list ofthose
drafted, the remainder shall be discharg-
ed; and all drafted persons, reporting at
the place of rendezvous, shall be allowed
travelling pay from their places of resi-
dence; and all persons discharged at the
place of rendezvous shall be allowed
travelling pay to their place of residence;
and "a Expenses connected with the enroll
ment and draft including subsistence while
at the rendezvous, shall be paid from the
appropriation for enrolling and drafting
under such regulations as the President
of the United States shall prescribe; and
ali expenses connected with the arrest
and return of deserters to their regi-
ments, on such other duties as Provost
Marshals shall be called upon to perform,
shall be paid from the appropriation for
arresting deserters, under such regula-
tions as the President of the United
States shall prescribe: ProUided, The
Provost Marshal shall in no case receive
commutation for transportation or for
fuel and quarters, but only for forage,
when not furnished by the Government,
together with actual expenses of postage,
stationary and clerk hire authorized by
the Provost Marshal General


8rO. II. Aud be IL further enacted
That any person enrolled and drafted ac-
cording to the provisions of this act who
shall furnish an acceptable substitute,
shall thereupon receive from the Board |
of enrolment certificate of discharge |
from such draft, which shall exempt him |
from military duty during the time for
which be was drafted; and such substi-
tute shall be entitled to the same pay and |
allowances provided by law as if he had |
been originally drafted into the service of |
the United States


Sec Is. And be it further enacted. !
That such of the volunteers and militia |
now in the service Of the United States
as may re-enlist to serve one year, unless /
sooner discharged, after the expiration
of their present term of service shall be
entitled to bounty of fifty dollars, one
half ofwhich to be paid upon such re-
enlistment, and the balance at the expi-
ration of the term of re-enliStment, and
such as may re-enlist to serve for two
years, unless sooner discharged, after
the expiration of their present term of
enlistment, shall receive, upon such re-
enlistment, twenty-five dollars of the one
hundred dollars bounty for enlistment
provided by the fifth section of the act
approved twenty-second of July, eighteen
hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act
to authorize the employment of volun-
teers to aid in enforcing the laws and
protect ng public property"


Sec. l9. And be it further enacted,
That whenever regiment of volunteers
Of the same arm, from the same State, is
reduced to one-half of the maximum
number prescribed by law, the President
may direct the consolidation of the COM
panies of such regiment: PrOUided, That
no company so formed shall exceed the
maximum number prescribed by law.
When such consolidation is made, the
regimental officers shall be reduced in
proportion to the reduction IA tho
Der of companies.


. Sec 20 And be it further enacted,
That whenever a regiment is reduced
below the minimum number allowed by
law, no officers shall be appointed in
such regiment beyond those necessary
for the command of such reduced num-
ber


Sec 81. And be it further enacted,
That so much of the fifth section of the
act approved 18th July, 1862, entitled,
"An act to amend an act calling forth
the militia to execute the laws of the
Union" &C., as requires the approval of
the President to carry into execution the
sentence Of court martial be, and the
same is hereby repealed, as far at relates
to carrying into execution the sentence
of any court martial against any person
convicted as a spy or deserter, or of mu-
tiny or of murder; and hereafter SEN
tences in punishment of these offenses
may be carried into execution upon the
approval of the Commanding General in
the Ee1d