Year: 1863

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since the commencement Of the present re-
beion, and shall make said assignment so as
to equalize the numbers among the districts
OF the several States considering and allow


ing for the numbers already furnished as
aforesaid of the several States accordingly.


Sec l3. And be it further enacted. That
every person drafted and notified to appear,
as aforesaid, may on or before the dav fixed
for his appearance furnish an acceptable sub
stitute to take his place in the draft, or may
pay to such person as the Secretary of War
may authorize to receive in, such sum as the
Secretary of War may determine, not to ex-
ceed three hundred dollars for the procure.
ment of such substitute, and there upon the
said person furnishing substitute or paying
the money shall be discharged from any fur
ther liability under that draft; but any person
failing to report after one service of notice,
as herein described, without furnishing a
substitute or paying the required sum 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 military duty, the board
of enrolment shall relieve him from the
draft.


Sec. IA. And be it further enacted. That
drafted persons shall. on arriving at the
rendezvous, be carefully inspected by the
surgeon Of the board, who shal truly report
to the board the physical condition of such
one; and all persons drafted and claiming
exemption from military duty on account Of
disability, or any other cause, shall present
their claims to be exempted to the board,
whose decision shall be final.


Sec. l5 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 re-
ceive the same to his own or another's use
for making an imperfect inspection or false
or Incorrect report, or who shall wllfully ne
glect to make faithful inspection and true
report, shall be tried by court martial and,
on conviction thereof, be punished by fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less
than two hundred and be imprisoned at the
discretion of the court, and cashiered and
dismissed from the service.


Sec. Is. And be it further enacted. That
as soon as the required number of abel
bodied men liable to do military duty shall
be obtained from the list of those drafted, the
remainder shall be discharged, and all drafted
persons reporting at the place of rendezvous
shall be allowed travelling pay to their places
of residences: and all expenses connected with
the enrolment and draft, including subsist'
ence while at the rendezvous, shall be paid
from the appropriation for enrolling and
drafting, aud such regulations as the Pres-
dent of the United States shall prescribe;
and all expenses connected with the arrest
and return of deserters to their regiments, or
such other duties as the provost marshals
shall be called upon to perform, shall be paid
from the appropriation for arrestng desert
ers, under such regulations as the President
of the United States shall prescribe provid
ed, the provost marshals shall in no case re-
ceive commutation for transportation and for
fuel and quarters, but onl Y for forage, when
not furnished by the government, together
with actual expenses of postage, stationery
and clerk hire authorized by the provost mar
shall general


Sec. II. And be it further enacted That
any person enrolled and drafted according to
the provisions of this act, who shall furnish
an acceptable substitute, shall thereupon
receive from the board of enrolment cert-
fcate of discharge from such draft, which
shall exempt him from military duty during
the time for which he was drafted, and such
substitute 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. 81. And be it further enacted That
so much of the fifth section of the act ap-
proved seventeenth July, eighteen hundred
and sxty-two, entitled "An act to amend an
act calling forth the militia to execute the
laws of the Union," and so FORTH as re-
quires the approval of the President to car
ry into execution the sentence of court
martial be and the same is hereby repealed,
as far as relates to carrying into execution
the sentence of any court martial against
any person convicted as a spy or deserter, or
Of mutiny or murder; and hereafter sentences
in punishment of these offences may be car
ired into execution upon the approval of the
commanding general in the field.





Sec %. And be it further enacted That
court martials shall have power to sentence
officers who shall absent themselves from
their command without leave, to be reduced
to the ranks for three years or during the
war.


Sec. %. And be it further enacted. That
the clothes, arms, military outfits or accou
trements furnished by the United States to
any soldier, ahall not be sold, bartsred, ex
changed, pledged or given away; and no
person not soldier or duly authorized SOL
dier of the United States, who has possession
of any such clothes, arms military outfits, or
accoutrements furnished as aforesaid, which
have been the subjects Of such sale, barter
exchange, loan, pledge or gift, 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 mill
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