6 THIRTY-EIGHTH CON GBESS. Sess. I. Ch. 13. 1864. Feb- Ns 1864- . .—- Ia amend an Act entitled "An Act ar enrolling and call; qu; 'T"- C}:};PN§g»i;lF::;1esT4rlizd fw athe1·Purposes," approved Majrich third, eighteen huzgidrgq 63, ch. 75. . VOL xH_ p_ m1_ and suvty-three. 1865, ch- 79- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P°·“;P·487- States of America in Oongress assembled, That the President of the m§'i$f;‘;;‘31m“Y United States shall be authorized, whenever he shall deem it necessary, number of mm during the present war, to call for such number of men for the mihtary ’*? Public €*iS°¤· service of the United States as the public exigeucies may require. ms mquim Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the quota. of each ward of Quota of each a. city, town, township, precinct, or election district, or of a county, where lfjadégzzlgeéziv the county is not divided into wards, towns, townships, precincts, or elecmi,,,,d_tion districts, shall be, as nearly as possible, in.pr0portion to the number of men resident therein liable to render lmililtapy segvice, taking nit:} accolung . as far as racticable the number w ic as een previous y urnis e therefrom gpand in ascertaining and fillipg san;} quota there shalll Ee takzul Persons in into account the number of JIICII who 3.VB ereto 0115 8DtB1‘6 12 0 DEV
"° service of the United States, and whose names are borne upon the enrol-
‘ment lists as already returned to the office of the provost-marshal general of the United States. Sec. 3. And be itfurzher enacted, That if the quotas shall not be Hlled Ifquom is not within the time designated by the President, the provost—marshal of the mm by "°l““' district within which any ward. of a city, town, township, precinct, or teers, draft to be . . . . . . . made, election district, or county, where the same is not divided into wards, 1864 ch 237 § 6 —towns, townships, precincts, or election districts, which is deficient in its Pgs,] P_ 3éO_ quota, is situated, shall, under the direction of the provost-marshal general, make a. draft for the number deficient therefrom ; but all volunteers 1_ ¥°l¤;ift°€¤ ¤¤· who may enlist after the draft shall have been ordered, and before it shall
H be actually made, shall be deducted from the number ordered to be drafted
in such ward, town, township, precinct, or election district, or county. And the quota of any district shall not be (filled by the dgaftl made in accor ance with the revisions of this act, an the act to w ic it is an amendment, further drafts shall be made, and like proceedings had, until Further drafts. the quota of such district shall be filled. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That any person enrolled under Substitutes, the provisions of the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces,
- £:f“°;°;)lj5{m and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and
- u,.n;sh9d1a“d sixty-three, or who may be hereafter so enrolled, may furnish, at any
tbl-howIo¤g· time previous to the draft, an acceptable substitute, who is not liable to {T8?} Eh· 7%] draft, nor at the time in the military or naval service of the United 0 Xu' p'States, and such person so furnishing a substitute shall be exempt from drat durinv the time for which such substitute shall not be liable to draft, not ehceeding the time for[which such substitute shall have been accepted. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That any person drafted into the Drafted DM-_ military service of the United States may, before the time fixed for his
- 2‘;;£3£;_uUuSh appearance for duty at the draft rendezvous, furnish an acceptable substitute, subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the
1865, ch_ -;9,§ Secxketarylpf War. That if such substitute is not liable to draft, the per- 15. son urnis ing him shall beexem t from draft durinv the time for which Pau, p. 480. such substitute is not liable to dreht, not exceeding the term for which he was drafted; and, if such substitute is liable to draft, the name of the How long to person furnishing him shall again be placed on the roll, and shall be liabe °x°*“Pi· ble to draft on future calls, but not until the present enrolment shall be exhausted ; and this exemption shall not exceed the term for which such person shall have been drafted. And any person now in the military or Who maybe naval service of the United States, not physically disqualified, who has
- £gE€:&;° so served more than one year, and whose term of unexpired service shall
not at the time of substitution exceed six months, may be employed as a substitute to serve in the troops of the State in which he enlisted; and if
