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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 13, 14. 1864. ll not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, by any court competent to try the offence. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That all able-bodied male colored 0,,.,,,;,, colored persons, between the ages of twenty and forty-ive years, resident in the persons to bs United States, shall be enrolled according to the provisions of this act, §;§l;g;t“;‘f,hG and of the act to which this is an amendment, and form part of the na- national forces. tional forces; and when a slave of a loyal master shall be drafted and Slaves ofloyal mustered into the service of the United States, his master shall have a m*S*""S· certificate thereof, and thereupon such slave shall be free ; and the boun- Bounty to ty of one hundred dollars, now payable by law for each drafted man, mesmshall be paid to 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 C°mml§$i°¤ slave States represented in Congress, charged to award to each loyal per- g2g8E;;;?;,, m son to whom a colored volunteer may owe service a just compensation, not loyal masters or exceeding three hundred dollars, for each such colored volunteer, payable €;;l‘:'°d "°l““' out of the fund derived from commutations, and every such colored vol- ' unteer on being mustered into the service shall be free. And in all cases where men of color have 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 bounty and compensation are provided, shall be equally applicable as to those who may be hereafter recruited. But men How to be of color, drafted or enlisted, or who may volunteer into the military ser- musimd mm vice, while they shall be credited on the quotas of the several states, S€m°°' or subdivisions of states, wherein they are respectively drafted, enlisted, or shall volunteer, shall not be assigned as state troops, but shall be mustered into regiments or companies as United States colored troops. Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That the fifteenth section of the act Penalty upon to which this is amendatory be so amended that it will read as follows: §“T§IS*;¤ f°*‘ mab That any surgeon charged with the duty of such inspection, who shall Lggnezigggggi receive from any person whomsoever any money or other valuable spection; thing, or agree, directly or indirectly, to receive the same to his own or 1863. <>h· Z5,§ another’s use, for making an imperfect inspection, or a false or incorrect fg], V°l‘ X“‘ p' report, or who shall wilfully neglect to make a faithful inspection and true report, and each member of the board of enrolment who shall wil- on member of fully agree to the discharge from service of any drafted person who is not Efsggtgf 5E0g], legally and properly entitled to such discharge, shall be tried by a court- discharggngg y martial, and, on conviction thereof, be punished by a tine not less than d1‘¤f¥¤dP¤1‘S<>¤S· three hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars, shall be imprisoned at the discretion of the court, and be cashiered and dismissed the service. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That the words " precinct " and **Preeinet·· “ election district," as used in this act, shall not be construed to require any 39*: ,“t°}$°gi°¤ subdivision for purposes of enrolment and draft less than the wards into cgi5g5H13d_ °w which any city or village may be divided, or than the towns or townships into which any county may be divided. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act entitled Rgpeaiofin- “ An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other ¤9¤{SiSf¤¤¢ PTO- purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as `"s'°"S’ may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act is hereb re e 1 d 1863·’·°h‘ 75' r > Y P 2* B · Vol. ml. p. 731. Approved, February 24, 1864. J-—_;• Cnn. XIV. — An Act reviving the Qage of Lieutenant-General in the United States Feb. 29, 1864. TTI2y. ···;···j——• _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House if Representatives <y" the United g States of America in Congress assembled, That the grade of lieutenant- Grade efficn-, general be and the same is hereby revived in the army of the United *°¤?¤té€°¤%ml States; and the President is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem NYM ’°°