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Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
Conem'gb.
Bethel Station
Carolltown,
Chess Springs,
Conemaugb,
Cresson,
Ebensburg.
Fallen Timber,
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genilock,
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Lnretto,
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Munster,
piattsville,
Koseland,
St. Augustine,
Scalp Level,
Sonnian,
Summerbill,
summit,
Wiluiore,
Enocn K"ese,
Joseph Behe,
Henry Nutter,
A. G. Crooks,
J. Houston,
John Thompson,
jsa H. Fislce
J. M. Christy,
Wm Tiley, Jr.,
I. E. Chandlert
II. Adlesberger,
E. Wissinger,
A Durbin.
Mnnster.
Andrew J Ferral, Snsq'ban.
G. W. Bowman, u hue.
StnnrTVharton, Clearfield.
Georpe Berkey, Richland.
B. M'Colgan, Washt'n.
B. F. Slick, Croyle.
"William M'Conncll Washt'n.
Morris Keil, S'ineiaill.
CfirUCKEg, MOI5TERS, &c. .
Preshyterian-Rev. D. IIahbison, raster -
Preaching every Sabbath morninfr at 10,
iclock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
oath School at 1 o'clock, A. XL Prayer meet
in? evcrvThursday evening at 6 o clock.
hklhodist Episcopal Church-V.TL. J. S. Lsm
aoN, Preacher in charge. Rev. J. Gray, As-.Wl-int.
Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
t 101 o'clock in the morning, or . in the
trenincr. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M.
rrayeriaectins "every Thursday evenmg, at 7
Welch lrJ:pendentV.zx Ll. R. Powell,
Pador Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'clock, and in the evening at . 6 o clock.
Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
month land on every Tuesday, Ihnrsday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month. ,
Calvinutie Methodist V.zr. John Williams,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at K o clock,
A. M. Piayer meeting every Friday evening,
: 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
: 7 o'clock. .
Disciples Rev. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preaca
ine every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular J!pttRv David Jenkins,
Patter. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
2 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Catholic Rev. M. J.: Mitchell, Pastor.
Services every Sabbath morning at 10 J o clock
ltd Yespera at 4 o'clock in the evening.
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Fa-tern, daily, at 8 o'clock, V. M.
Western, " at 8 o'clock, P. A-
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towuic, arrive on Thursday of each week,
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Leave Ebensburg on Friday of each week,
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rolltown, kc, arrive on Monday, Wednesdav
tad Fridav of each week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
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COUSTI OFFICERS.
Judjes of the Courts President, Hon. Geo.
rylor, Huntingdon; Associates, George W.
Easley, Henry C Devine.
Prothonotary Joseph M'Donal 1.
P.egistcr and Recorder James GriiTin.
Sherif John Buck.
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
County Commissioners Peter J. Little, Jno.
Campbell, Edward Glass.
Treasurer Thomas Callin.
Poor House Directors George M'Ciillough,
Ceorge Delany. Irwin Rutledge.
Poor House Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Auil'oTs William J. Williams, George C.
- Zahin, Francis Tierney.
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
C'ifcntr. -James Shannon.
Mercantile Appraiser Patrick Donahoe.
Sup'l. of Common Schools J. F. Condon.
CBEX&nURG EOR. OFFICERS.
AT LARGE.
Justices of the rtace David II. Roberts,
Emecn Kinkead.
Lvrgttg-x. A. Barker.
Srkoal Directors Ael Lloyd, Phil S.Noon,
Joshua D. Parrish", Hugh Jones, E. J. Mills,
vid J. Jones.
EAST WARD.
Knsiahlc Thomas J. Davis.
Town Council J. Alexander Moore, Daniel
trans, Richard R. Tibbott, Evan E. Evans,
"iHiam Clement.
wpectors Alexander Jones. D. O. Evan.
Judge of Election Richard Jones, Jr.
A'tusor Thomas M. Jones.
I-'avis. . . .
WEST WAUD.
ConaicWilliam Mills, Jr.
Toici Council John Dougherty. George C.
hm, Isaac Crawford, Francis A. Shoe
yer, James S. Todd.
JrectortG. W. Oatman. Roberta Evans.
JdSe cf Election Michael Hasson.
A''-'or.j8LXae3 Murray.
Jr'la,it AttcisorsWVMdin Barnes, Dan-
Tiic EaioHiuejat Act.
The following is a carcfullj corrected
copy of the act finally agreed upon by the
Comnartec of Conference, and which
passed both houses of CoDgress Friday,
February 19 :
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act for
enrolling and calling out te national for
ces, and for other purposes," approved
March 3, 1863.
Be it enac ted hy tlte Senate anil House
of Representatives of the United Slates of
America, tn Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States shall be
authorized, whenever he shall deem it
necessary during the present war, to call
for such number of men for the niilifary
service of the United States as the public
extremities raay require.
Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, Tat
the quota of each ward of a city, town,
township, precincr, or election district, or
of a county where the county is not divi
ded into wards, town?, township. pre
cincts, or election districts shall be, as
nearly as possible, in proportion to the
number of men resident therein liable to
render military service, taking into account
as far as practicable the number of men
wTach has been previously furni-shed
therefrom ; and in ascertaining and filiing
said quota there shall betaken into ac
count the number of men who have here
tofore entered the naval service of the
United States, and whose names are borne
upon the enrollment lists as already
returned to the oSee of the Provost
Marshal General of the United States.
SilC 3. And he it farther enacted, That
if the quota shall not be filled within the
time designated by the President, the
Provost Marshal of the district within
which any ward of a city, town, township,
precinct or election district, or county
where the sam? is uot divided into wards,
towns, townships, precincts or elcctiun
districts, which is deficient in its quota, is
situated, shall, under the direction of the
Provost -d jrshal General, make, a draft
fur the number deficient therefrom ; but
all volunteers who m-ij enlist after the
draft shall have been oidere-J, and before
it shall bo actually made, ehall be deduc
ted from tlte number ordered to be drafted
in such ward, town, township, precinct,
election district or county. And if the
quota of any district shall not be filled by
the draft made in accordance witif the.
provisions of this act and the act to which
it is au amendment, further drafts shall
be made and like proceedings had until
the quota of such district shall be filled.
StC. 4. And be, it farther enacted, That
any person enrolled under tlia provisions
of the act for enrolling ajid calling out the
national force?, and for other purposes,
approved March 3, 1SG3, or who may be
hereafter so enrolled, may furnish, at any
time previous to the draft, an acceptable
substitute, who is not liable to draft, nor
at the time in the military or nival service
of the United States, and such person so
furnishing a substitute shall be exempt
from the draft during the tiuio for which
such substitute shall have been accepted.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
any person drafted into the military ser
vice of the United States may, before the
time fixed for his appearance for duty at
the draft rendezvous, furnish an accepta
ble substitute, subject to such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by tl'e
Secretary of War. That if" such substi
tute is not liable to draft, the person
furnishing him shall be exempt from
draft during the time for which such
substitute is not liable to 'draft, not ex
ceeding the term for which he was drafted;
and if such substitute U liable to draft,
the iignie or' person furnishing him
shalFagaiu be placed on the roll, and shall
be liable to draft ou future calls, but cot
until the present enrollment shall be ex
hausted ; and this exemption shall uot
exceed the term for which such persou
shall have been drafted. And any person
now in the military or naval service of
the United States, not physically disqual
ified, who has so served more thau one
year, and whose term of unexpired service
shall not at the time of substitution exceed
six months, may be employed as a substi
tute to serve in the troops of tho State in
which he was enlisted : aud if a3' drafted
person shall hereafter pay money for the
procuration of a substitute, under the
provisions of the act to which this is arc
amendment, such payment of money shall
operate only to relieve such person from
draft ou that call, and his name shall be
retained on the roll, and he bhall be sub
ject to draft in filling that quota; and his
name shall be retained on the roll iu fil
ling future quotas ; but in no instance
shall the exemption of any person, on
account of his payment of commutation
money for the procuration of a substitute,
extend beyond one year ; but at the end
of one year, in every such casethe name
cf any person so exempted shall be en
INSBURG, PA.9 THUESDAY, MARCH
rolled again, if not before returned to the
enrollment list under the provisions of
this section.
Slc. G. And be it further ciidctcd, That
IJoarda of Enrollment shall enroll all per
sons liable to draft under the provisions of
this act an the act to which thia is an
amendment, whose names may have been
omitted by the proper enrolling officers;
ail persons who shall arrive at the age of
twenty years before the draft; all aliens
who shall declare their intentions to be
come citizens; all persons discharged
from the military or naval service of the
United States who have not been in such
service for two years during the present
war; and all persons who 'have been
exempted tinder the provisions of the
second f-ection of the act to which this is
an amendment, but who are not exempted
by the provisions-of this act, and said
Boards cf Enrollment shall release end
discharge from draft all pcrson3 who,
between the time of the enrollment aud
the draft, shall have arrived at the age of
forty-five years, and shall strike the names'
of such persons from the enrollment.
Sec. 7- And be it further enacted, That
any mariner or able or ordinary seaman
who shall be drafted under thia act, cr
tho act to which thia is an amendment,
slAll have the right, within eight days
after the notification of such draft, to
enlist in the naval service, as a seaman,
and a certificate that he has so enlisted
being made out in conformity with regu
lations which may be prescribed by the
Secretary of the Navy, and duly r ret-ented
to the Provost Marshal of the district in
which such mariner or able or ordinary
seaman f-hall have been drafted, shall
exempt him from such draft ; Provided,
That the period for which he shall have
enlisted iu the naval service shall not be
les? than the period for which he shall
have been drafted into the militarv service ;
And prttcidtxl further, That the said cer
tificate shall declare that satisfactory proof
has been n:ade before the naval oiacer
issuing the same that the sild person so
enlisting in the navy is a mariner by
vocation, or an able or ordinary seaman.
"Ani any person now iu tl.c military ser
vice of the United States who shall fur
nish patisdactory proof that he is a mariner
by vocation, or an able seaman, may enlist
into the navy under such rules aud regu
lations as may" bo prescribed by the
President of the United States; Provided,
That such enlistment shall not be for less
than the unexpired term of his mi'.itarj
service nor for hits than one year. And
the bounty money which any mariner or
seaman enlisting from the army-into the
n ivy may have received from the United
States, or from the State in which he
enlisted in the army, shall be deducted
from the prize money to which he may
become entitled during the time required
to complete his military service ; And
provided farther, That ths whole, number
of such transfer enlistments shall not
exceed ten thousand.
Si:C. 3. And be it further cnacteil, That
whenever any such mariner or able ordin
ary seaman shall have been exempted
from such military service by such enlist
ment into the naval service, under such
due certificate thereof, then the ward,
town, township, precinct, or election dis
trict, or county, when the same is not
divided into wards, ttswns, townships,
precinct?, or election districts, from which
such person has been drafted, shall be
credited with his services to all interns
and purposes as it he had been duly
mustered iu the military service under
such draft.
Sec. 9. And he it farther enacted, That
all enlistments into the naval service of
the United States, or into the marine
corps of the United State?, that may be
hereafter be made of persons liable to
service under the act of Congress entitled
"An act for enrolling and calling out the
National forces, and for other purposes,"
approved March 3, 18G3, shall be credited
to the ward, town, township, precinct, or
election district,or county, whenjthe same
is npt divided into ward., towns, town
ships, precincts, or election districts, in
which such enlisted men were or may be
enrolled adu liable to duty under the act
al'oref aid,uudcrsuch regulations as the Pro
vost Marshal General of the United States
wayprescribe.
Sec. 10. And be it farther enacted, That
the following persons be, and they are
hereby, exempted from enrollment and
draft under the provisions of this act and
of the act to which it is an amendment,
to wit : Such as are rejected as physically
or mentally unfit for the service; all
persons actually in the military or naval
service of the United States at the time
of draft, and all persons who have served
in the military or naval service two years
during the present war and been honora
bly discharged therefrom. And no per
sons but such cs are herein excepted, shall
be exempt." ' ' . '
- S?C. II And be it further enacted. That
section third of the act entitled "An act
for enrolling and calling out the national
forces, find tor othcr purposes," approved
.March 3, 1SG3, and so much of section
ten of said act as provides for the separate
enrollment of each claas be, and the same
are hcrt-by, repealed ; and it shall be the
duty of the board of enrollment of eaeh
district to consolidate the two classes
mentioned in the third section of said act
Sec. 12. And be it farther enacted, That
any person who shall forcibly resist or
oppose any enrollment, or who shall incite,
counsil, encourage, or who shall conspire
or confederate with any. other person or
persons forcibly to resist or oppose iny
such enrollment, or who Ehall aid or assist,
or take any part in any forcible resistance
or opposition thereto, or who shall assault,
obstruct, hinder impede, or threaten any
ofiker or other person employed in making
or aiding to make such enrollment, or
employed in the performance, or aiding
in the performance of any service iu any
way relating thereto, or in arresting or
aiding to arrest any spy, or deserter from
the military service cf the United States,
shall, upon conviction thereof in any court
competent to try the offence, be punuhed
by a ' fine" not exceeding 85,0CSL, or by
imprisonment not exceeding five years, or
by both of said punishments, in the dis
cretion of the court. And ia cases where
such assaulting, obstructing, hindering or
impeding shall produce the death of such
officer or other person, the offender shall
be deemed guilty of murder, and, upon
conviction thereof upon indictment in the
Circuit Court of the United Stares for the
district within which the offense was
committed, shall be punished with death.
And nothing in this Fection contained
shall be construed to relieve the party
offending from liability under proper
indictment or process for any crime against
the laws of a State, coiumitteJ by hira
whild violating the provisions of this
tection.
Sec. IS. And be it farther enacted, That
the Secret iry'of "VTar shall detail or ap
roiif, fujh number of additional surgeons
for temporary duty in the examination of
persons dratted into the military service,
iu any district, as may be necessary to
secure the prompt examination of all such
persons, aud to fix the compensation to
be paid to surgeons to appointed while
actually employed. And such surgeons,
so detailed or appointed, fdiall peVforiii tho
same duties as the surgeons of the 3oard
of Enrollment, except that they shall not
be permitted to vote or sit with the Board
of 3urol!ment.
Sec. 1-1. A nd be it ' further enacted, That
the Secretary of War is authorized,
whenever iu his judgment the public
interest will be subserved thereby, to
peimit or require li.nrds of Examination
of enrolled or drafted men to hold their
examinations at dilierent points within
their respective enrollment districts, to be i
determined by him. Provided, 1 hat in
all districts over 1C0 miles in extent,
and in such as are composed of over 10
counties, the board shall hold their ses
sions in at least two places iu such district,
and at such points as are Wst calculated ,
to accommodate the people thereof. ;
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, Ti at
provost marshals, boards of enrollment, or
any member thereof, acting by authority
of the board, shall have power to summou
witnesses in behalf of the Government,
and enforce their attendance by attach
ment without previous payment of fees, in
any case pending before tliein, or either
of them ; and the fees allowed for witness
es attending under summons ehall fce six
cents per mile fr mileage, counting one
way ; and no other fees or cost3 shall be
allowed under the provisions of this sec
tion ; and they shall have power to admin
ister oaths and affirmations. Aud any
person who shall willfully and corruptly
swear or affirm falsely before any Provost
Marshall, or IJoard of Enrollment, or
member thereof, acting by auhtority of
the I3oard, or vho shall, before any civil
magistrate, willfully and corruptly swear
or uSna falsely to any affidavit to be used
in any case pending before any Provost
Marshal or Board of Enrollment, shall,
on conviction, be fined not exceeding f 500,
and imprisoned not iess than six months
nor more than twelvo months. The
drafted men shall have process to bring
in witnesses, but without fees or mileage.
Sec. 1G. And le it further enacted. That
copies of any record of a Provost Marshal
or board of Enrollment, or of any part
thersof, certified by the Provost Marshal,
cr majority of said Board of Enrollment,
shall be deemed antl taken as evidence in
any civil or military court in like manner
as the original record : Provided, That
if any person shall knowingly certify any
false copy or copies of such record, to to
used in any civil or military court, he
shall be subject to theains and penalties
cf perjury.
10, 1864
Sec." 17. And Le it fur licr enacted, That
members of religious denominations, who
shall by oath or affirmation. declare that
they are conscientiously opposed to the
bearing of arms, and who are prohibited
from doing so by the rules and articles of
faith and practice of said religious denom
ination, shall, when drafted into the
military service, be considered non-combatants,
and shall be assigned by the
Secretary of War to duty in the hospitals,
or to the care of freedmen, or shall pay
the sum of three hundred dollars to such
person as the Secretary of War shaU
designate to receive it, to be applied to
the benefit of the sick and wounded sol
diers : And provided, That no person
shall be entitled to the benefit of
the provisions ot this section, unless
his declaration of conscientious scru
ples against .bearing arms shall be
supported by satisfactory evidence that !
his deportment has been uniformly con
sistent with such declaration.
SEC. 18. And be it further, enacted,
That no person of foreign birth shall, on
account of alienage, be exempted from
enrollment or draft under the provisions
of this act or the act to which it is an
amendment, who has at any time assumed
the right of a citizen by voting at any
election held under the authority of the
laws of any State or Territory, or of the
United States, or who has held any office j
under such law or any of them ; but the
fact that any such person cf foreign birth
has voted or held, or shall vote or hold
office, as aforesaid, shall be taken as
conclusive evidence that he is not entitled
to exemption from military service on
account of alienage. -
Sec 19. And be it fur thcr enacted. That
all efaima'to exemption shall be verified
by the oath or affirmation of the party
claiming exemption to the truth of the
facte stated, unless it shall satisfactorily
appear to the board of enrollment that
such party is for some good and sir&Sient
reason unable to make - at present such
oath or affirmation; and the testimony of
any other .party filed in support of a
claim to exemption shall also be made
upon-oath i of affirmation.
SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That
if any person, drafted and liable to render
military service, shall procure a decision
of the Board of Enrollment in his favor
upon a claim to exemption, by any fraud
or false representation practiced by him
self or by his procurement, such decision
or exemption shall be of tio effect, and
the persou exempted, or in whose favor
'the decb-ion may be made, shall be deem
ed a deserter, nd may be arrested, tried
by court-martial, and punished as such,
and shall ba held to service for the full
term for which he wa3 drafted, reckoning
from the time-of his arrest : Provided,
That the Secretary of War may order the
discharge of all persona in the milita
ry service who are under the age of
eighteen years at the time of the applica
tion for their discharge, when it shall
appear, upou due proof, that such persons
are in the service without ths consent,
either expressed or implied, of their
parents or guardians : And provided "
thcr, That such persons, their parents or
guardians, shall first repay to the Gov
ernment and to the State and local au
thorities, all bounties and advance
pay which may have been paid to
them, anything in the act to which this is
an amendment to the contrary notwith
standing. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That
any person who shall procure, or attempt
to procure, a false report from the surgeon
of the board of enrollment concerning the
physical condition of any drafted person,
or a decision in favor of such person by
the Board of enrollment upon a claim to
exemption, knowing the same to be false,
shall, upon conviction in any district or
curcuit court of the United States, be
punished by imprisonment for the period
for which the party was drafted.
Sec. 22 And be it further enacted, That
the fees of agents and attorneys for mak
ing out und causing to be executed any
papers in support of a claim for exemption
from the draft, or for any services that
may be rendered to the claimant, shall
not in any ca:e, exceed five dollars; aud
physicians or surgeons furnishing certifi
cates of disability to any claimant for
exemption from draft shall not be entitled
to any fees or compensation therefor.
And any agent or attorney who shall,
directly or indirectly, demand or receive
any greater compensation for his services
under this act, aud any physician or
surgeon who shall, directly or indirectly,
demand or receive any compensation for
furnishing said certificates of disability,
and any officer, clerk, or deputy, connect
ed with the Board of Enrollment, who
shall receive compensation from any
drafted man for any services, or obtaining
the performance of such service required,
from any member of said Board by the
NUMBER 24.
provision of this act, shall be guilty of a
high misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
shall, for every such ofiense, be fined cot
exceeding' &5C0, to be recovered upon
information or indictment before any court
of competent jurisdiction, bne-haif for
the use of any informer who may prose
cute for the same in tho .name - of . the
United States, and the other half for the
use of the United States, and 6ha!l also
be subject to imprisonment for a terra not
exceeding one year, at the discretion of
the court. .
.Sec. 23. And le it further enacledtThzt
no member of the Board of Enrollment,
and no Surgeon detailed or employed to
assist the Board, and no clerk, assistant or
employee of any Provost Marshal, or
Board of Enrollment, shall, directly or
indirectly, be engaged in procuring or
atfemptiug to procure substitutes for
persons drafted, or liable to bo drafted,
into the military service of the United
States. And if any member of a Board
of Enrollment, or any such surgeon, clerk,
assistant, or employee, shall procure, or
attempt to procure, a substitute for any
person drafted, or liable to be drafted, as
aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall, upon -conviction,
be punished by imprisonment not leas
than thirty days nor more than six months,
and pay a tine of not less than 8100, nor
more than 1,000, by any court competent
to try the offense. .
Sec. 24. Andhe it further enacted, That
the fifteenth section of the act to which
this is amendatory be so amended that it
will read as follows : That any surgeon
charged with the duty of such inspection,
who shall receive from any person whom
soever any money or other valuable thing,
or agree, directly or indirectly,-to receive
the same to his own or another's use, for
making an inperfect inspection, or a false
or incorrect report, or who shall willfully
neglect to make a faithful inspection and
true report, and each member of the
board of enrollment who shall willfully
agree to the discharge from service of aDy
drafted person who is not legally and
properly entitled to such discharge, shall,
be tried by a court-martial, and on con
viction thereof, be punished by a fine not
less than 5300 and not more than $10,
000, shall be imprisoned at the discretion
ot the court, and be cashiered and dis
missed the service. .
Sec. 25. And Be it further enacted,Thtl
all able bodied male colored persons
between the ages of 20 and 45 years,
resident in the United States, shall be
enrolled according to the provisions of
this act, and of the act to which this act
is an amendment, and form part of the
national forces; and when a slave of a
loyal master shall be drafted and mustered
into the service of the United States, his
master shall have a certificate thereof ;
and thereupon such slave shall be free ;
and the bounty of $100, now payable for
each drafted man, shall be paid t the
person to whom such drafted person was
owing service or labor at the time of his
muster into the service of the . United
States. The Secretary of. War shall
appoint a Commission in each of the Slave
States represented in Congress, charged to
award to each loyal person to whom a
colored volunteer may owe service a just
compensation, not exceeding $300, to
each such colored volunteer, payable out
of the fund derived from commutations,
ami every such colored volunteer, on
being mustered into the service, shall be
free. And in all cases where men of
color havo been heretofore enlisted, or
have volunteered in the military service
of the United States, all the provisions of
this act, so far as the payment of the
bounty and compensation are provided,
shall be equally applicable, as to those
who may be hereafter recruited. But
men of color, drafted or enlisted, or who
may volunteer into the military service,
while they shall be credited on the quotas
of tho several States, or subdivisions of
States, whCreia they are respectively
draft jd, enlisted, or shall volunteer, should
not be assigned a? State troops, but shall
bo mustered into regiments or companies
as U. S. Colored Volunteers. '
Sec. 2G. Andle it further enacted, That
the words "Precinct" and "Election Dis
trict," as used in this act, shall not be
construed to require any subdivision for
purposes of enrollment and draft less than
the wards into which any city or village
may be divided, or thau the towns or
townships iuto which aDy county may be
divided.
. Sec. 27- Andhe it further exacted, That
so much of the act entitled "An act for
enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes," approved
ou tho 3d day of March, 18G3, as may be
inconsistent with the provisions of this
act, is hereby repealed.
JEsT" Sin has a great many tools, but a
lie is the handle that fits them all.
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