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748 Arrnnnxx. And whereas the new enrolment heretofore ordered is so far completed as that the aforementioned act of convress may new be put in 0 ration, for recruiting and keeping up the strength of the armies in the field, fiii- gan-isons, and such military operations as may be re uired for the purpose of suppressing the rebellion and restoring the authority og the United States government in the insurgent states: 500,000 volun- Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM Lmcomr, President of the United States, do WIS f°*‘ She WU- issue this my call for Eve hundred thousand voiunteers for the military service;

K;*;i;'°° provided, nevertheless, that this call shall be reduced by all credits which may

' be established under section 8 of the aforesaid act, on account of persons who have entered the naval service during the present rebellion, and by credits for men furnished to the military service in excess of calls heretofore made. Volunteers will be accepted under this cell for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the bounty provided by the law for theperiod of service for which they enlist. Draft for troops And I hereby proclaim, order, and direct, that immediately after the fifth day

  • 0 ml f€l“°*a *° of September, 1864, being fifty days from the date of this call, a draft for troops
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;‘? °’ °"° to serve for one year shall be had in every town, township, ward of a. city, precinct, or election district, or county not so subdivided, to fill the quota which

shall be assigned to it under this call, or any part tbereof which may be unfilled by volunteers on the said fifth day of September, 1864. In testimony whereof; I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the, seal of the United States to be affixed. Dune at the city of Washington, this eighteenth day of July, in the year [L. s.] of our Lord one thousand eivht hundred and sixty-four, and of the Independence of the United étates the eighty-ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. B the President: y WILLIAM H. Snwmzn, Secretary of State. N0. 20. Aug. 18, 1864. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. P’°¤mbY°· Wnnmsns the act oi congress of the 28th of September, 1850, entitled **An ·1850,ch.79,§ 16. act to create additional co ection districts in the State of California, and to V¤I· ix- P- 511-- change the existing districts therein, and to modify the existing collection districts in the United States," extends to merchandise warehoused under bond the privilege of being exported to the British North American Provinces, adjoining the United States, in the manner prescribed in the act of congreu of the 3d -3845, ¤h-70.§7- of Merch, 1845, which designates certain frontier ports through which mer- V°l· V· P· 751- chandise may be exported, and further provides “ that such other ports, situated on the frontiers of the United States adjoining the British North American Provinces, as may hereafter be found expedient, may have extended to them the like privileges, on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and prec amation duly made by the President of the United States, specially designatin the ports to which the aforesaid privileges are to be extended: ” Newport, Ver- diow, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States of m¢>¤*, ¤1¤d¢ ¤ America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasgg:ti"£b°;‘1Q:1§i:h ury, do hereby declare and proclaim that the port of Newport, in the State of P,0\.mcBs_ Vermont, is and shall be entitled to all the glriviieges in regard to the exportation of merchandise in bond to the British orth American Provinces adjoining the United States, which are extended to the ports enumerated in the 7th section oitiri act of iongress of the 8d of March, 1845, aforesaid, from and after the date is proc mation. Uln gigaess whegichéxizzge hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the nite tates to a . Done at the city of Washington this eighteenth day of An st, in the [L. s.] year of our Lord one thousand eight diundred and sixty-fgiir, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eight -ninth. B h Pros d ABRAHAM LINYCOLN. t e i ent: y WILLIAM H. Snwann, Secretary of State.