Chapter LXXXIII. *to prevent the Enlistment of Persons charged with Crime in the District of Columbia, as Substitute [s] or as Volunteers in the Army or Navy, and to prevent Frauds al the District Jail, in the City of Washington.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
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Chap. LXXXIII.— An Act *to prevent the Enlistment of Persons charged with Crime in the District of Columbia, as Substitute [s] or as Volunteers in the Army or Navy, and to prevent Frauds al the District Jail, in the City of Washington.* March 3, 1865. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That, from and after the passage Persons charged with crime in the District of Columbia not to be offered as volunteers or substitutes.of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person, with knowledge of the fact, to present or offer to any recruiting agent or officer, or any muster-in officer in the United States military or naval service, either as a volunteer or as a substitute for any person, any person charged with the commission of any criminal offence, and confined or held on bail for the trial of such offence, within the District of Columbia; and it shall in like manner be unlawful for any person, in any way or manner, to abet, aid, or assist in procuring the offer or acceptance of any person so charged or held for trial, or released on bail and awaiting trial, either as a volunteer or as a substitute for any person drafted or liable to draft in the military or naval service of the United States, whether the person so drafted or liable to draft shall be a resident of the District of Columbia, or shall reside elsewhere.
Punishment of principals aud accessories.And any person who shall knowingly offend against the provisions of this section, or either of such provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, before a court of THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.Sess. II. Ch. 83, 84. 1865. 499competent jurisdiction in said district, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the district prison for a term not less than six mon the nor more than one year.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That any officer of the district jail Officers, or employees at the jail taking fees for information respecting prisoners with intent, &c., how punished.of the District of Columbia, or any guard thereof, or any attaché or employee connected with said jail, who shall demand or directly or indirectly receive, any compensation, fee, reward, or gratuity for any information given in respect to any prisoner confined therein, or awaiting trial upon bail, or for any service, assistance, or influence rendered, given, or exerted, with any view, intent, or purpose of having such person thus charged or held for trial, or held *in* [on] bail to await trial, taken, offered, or used either as a volunteer or as a substitute for any other in the military or na val service, or who shall corruptly receive, for any act done by virtue of his office or employment, any fee, compensation, reward, or gratuity, shall be deemed guilty of a *misdemeanor* [misdemeanor] [and] shall on conviction thereof in any district court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment in the district prison for a term not less than three mon the nor more than one year.
Approved, March 3, 1865.