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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CON GRESS. Sess. I. QH. 237. 1864. 379 and the eighth day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty- 1854, oh. 10. four, be, and the Same are hereby, renewed and continued in force and V°l· X· P- 267- etfect, without restriction or limitation as to the time of location of said warrants issued in virtue thereotl Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all warrants for bounty lands \Vaijrauts eihoretcfore issued in virtue of any of the several acts hereinbefore named, {)‘;“‘l(Q;Q;i‘;fQlw'f;Y may be located at any time subsequent to the passage of this act, in con- after. formity with the general laws in force at the time of such location ; and that all entries and locations heretofore made with such warrants shall F<>rmer entries be as valid and effectual as if the several acts aforesaid had not expired °°“f"""“d‘ at the time of such entry and location, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- Repeating consistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby, °la“”· repealed. Approved, July 2, 1864. Crisp. CCXXXVH. —-An Act further to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling July 4¤ 186* out the Natiorzal Forces, and for other Purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assemeled, That the President of the The %";’,s‘d°“t United States may, at his discretion, at any time hereafter call for any gsié; Ofcééiignumber of men as volunteers for the respective terms of one, two, and tem for OM, three years for military service; and any such volunteer, or, in case of g,`;;;;" time draft, as hereinafter provided, any substitute, shall be credited to the Volunteers or town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election district, or of a Submlultéér lg°W county not so subdivided, towards the quota of which he may have vol- m be cm ite ' unteered or engaged as a substitute ; and every volunteer who is accepted and mustered into the service for a term of one year, unless sooner discharged, shall receive, and be paid by the United States, a bounty of one Bounty; hundered dollars; and if for a term of two years, unless sooner discharged, a bounty of two hundred dollars ; and if for a term of three years, unless sooner discharged, a bounty of three hundred dollars; one third of which bounty shall be paid to the soldier at the time of his being mustered into the service, one third at the expiration of one half of his term of service, and one third at the expiration of his term of service; and in case of his how paid in death while in service, the residue of his bounty unpaid shall be paid to casa °f d°“th‘ his widow, if he shall have left a widow; if not, to his children, or if there be none, to his mother, if she be a widow. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in case the quota, or any If ¢ part thereof; of any town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election gg;g;g;l;’2h§&y district, or of any county not so subdivided, shall not be filled within the osu, draft; to be space of fifty days after such call, then the President shall immediately <>rd¤¤·¤d- order a draft for one year to fill such quota, or any part thereof, which may be unfilled; and in case of any such draft no payment of money _No commutashall be accepted or received by the government as commutation to re- t‘°“ ““°“'°d‘ lease any enrolled or drafted man from personal obligation to perform military service. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the R¤¤¤"}¤ifi¤g by elecutive of any of the states to send recruiting agents into any of the Sgiggtéllgivggin states declared to be in rebellion, except the states of Arkansas, Ten- states declared to ¤eSSee, and Louisiana, to recruit volunteers under any call under the bem ;°l§;l‘°“¤ p\`0ViSi0ns of this act, who shall be credited to the State, and to the 1‘€- ?§;;I;,f]od,°po$g’ spective subdivisions thereof, which may procure the enlistment. p. 491.] SEC- 4. And be it further enacted, That drafted men, Substitutes, and O'8**“l“li°“ . . - - of drafted men. volunteers, when mustered in, shall be organized in, or assigned to, regiments, batteries, or other organizations of their own states, and, as far as practicable, shall, when assigned, be permitted to select their own regi-