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 80 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 15. 1917. draft, under the provi1s1iainsaE;l>fbthisdAct, not included within the original 'urisdiction o suc oc oar s. _ Flnality omeusions, The decisions of such district boards shall be final except that, in °°°‘ accordance with such rules and regulations as the gresident may 'b h a iiirm modify or reverse an suc ecision. ming vmmaes in priiiii? vfiaczfniiy inaany isuch local board or district board shall be l’°°'°·“· filled by the President, and any member of any such local board or district board may be removed and another appointed in his place by the President, whenever he considers that the interest o the f d d it. _ . nuies me mguia- nalliig lgrielssidersit shall make rules and regulations governing the “°§§§’Q§,§,,°°°°‘“°’°t°" organization and procedure of such local boards and district boards, to i and providin for and governing a peals from such local boards to such district boards, and reviews oi? the decisions of any local board by the district board having jurisdiction, and determining and prescribing the several areas in which the respective local boards and district boards shall have jurizdiction, audi all other ruleehand regulations necessary to carry out the terms an prov1sions o is sec 1on and shall rovide for the issuance of certificates of exemption, pi partial or limitearlzl exemptipns, ang fciir a system to exclude and discharge individu s from se ective ra t. ragim-a· . . al b t th ftwent —one and Asad? t£·f§, i.Ofiiih§cii1Si’$”t, 2§°$iis%2`SSu%jEZi°i0 r2§§"i~Z§0¤ in aiicordance ¤ ·E?e20ki]yiii)iecli1.- with regulations to be prescribed by the President, and upon proclam‘;§§§,“·°‘§,_6, mation bv the President or other public notice given by_him or EH Pm; liip- 894, 855. his direction stating the time and place of such registration 1t sh °°5‘ be the duty of all persons of the designated ages, excgpt pfiicers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, the Navy, and the ational Guard and Naval Militia while in the service of the United States, to present P . in themselves for and submit to registration under the provisions of °°°°° this Act; and every such person shall be deemed to have notice of the requirements of this Act upon the publication of said proclama- Pumshmm, for ,,0, tion or other notice as aforesaid iven by the President or by his ressrerina direction; and any person who shall willfu y fail or_ refuse to present himself for registration or to submit thereto as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ind shall, up(pn convpetionfinbthe distgcs court o the United States aving juris iction thereo, e unis e Pr by imprisonment for not more than one year, and shall tlijereupon mmiiimronnaii. be duly registered: Provided, That in the call of the docket precedence shall e given, in courts trying the same, to the trial of criminal Age emumenma. proceedings under this Act: Prcrvided _]clL7‘lh€7‘, That alpersons shall be sub'ect to registration as herein rovided who sh have attained J ¤. . P . . their twentv-iirst birthday and who shall not have attained their thirty-first birthday on or before the day set for the registration, and all persons leo registereddshall be and remain subject to draftfinto · . ·_ the forces here y authorize unless exem >ted or excused there rom Mmmm hymn as in this Act provided: Prmiidedfurther, jl'hat in the case of temporary absence from actual place of legal residence of any person lia le to 1£legis3·ationy;i1s provide bherem sulpl:1rlegis§·ation may be made by _ __ _ ma` un er re ations to e prescribe the President. m;;,‘,Q§,“,§={§§,;’,§‘;?“"‘ Sec. 6. Thaii: the President is hereby authorized toutilize the service of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents of the United gtutesband 05 théadseveral iates, Terplitories, and the District og o um ia an su ivisions thereof, in the execution of this Act an D t [sill officers anddagepgs of the linitectl States and of the several States, “ Y °°mP · erritories an su ivisions thereo and of the District of Columbia and all persons designated or appointed under regulations rescribed by the President whether suc appointments are madg by the President himself or by the goyernor or other officer of any State or Temtggy to perform any duty in the execution of this Act, are hereby requir to perform such duty as the President shall order or direct,