shall be entered on a list and certified by said citizens, and copies thereof furnished to the executive and the commander-in-chief of the army. It shall then he the duty of the persons so appointed to muster those so drawn out and registered into the service, on the day to he specified by him, and at some convenient place in the district or county, when they shall proceed to elect suitable officers to command them, agreeable to the provisions of the law in existence in relation to the organization of the army, which officers shall he commissioned by the executive officer of the government for the time being. SEC. 5.Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That every person so drawn or drafted as aforesaid, when required to muster into service, shall be and is hereby required to prepare himself with a rifle or musket, one pound of powder, one pound of lead, a shot pouch, powder horn, and knapsack, unless he will swear he is unable to do so without injury to his family. SEC. 6. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That if any individual, after having been so drawn and notified, shall fail or refuse to muster into service, either by himself or substitute, without a reasonable excuse to be judged of by three disinterested persons, to be chosen by the person appointed to register the names and sworn to decide the same, he shall be forthwith arrested as a deserter, and tried by a courtmartial, and punished agreeably to the rules and articles of war of the United States of America in time of war, and also, on conviction thereof before any court of law hereafter appointed, : having competent jurisdiction, he shall forfeit one half of his property to the use of the republic, the other half shall be vested fully in his wife and children, or wife or children, if he have any, and he shall never hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the government, be admitted as a witness in court, or vote for any office. SEC. 7. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That when an individual shall be so drawn and mustered into service, he shall not be again required to enter the service until the others who have not served shall be drafted in the same manner as before provided. SEC. 8. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of every individual, moving into a district or county, within ten days after his arrival therein, to report himself to the person so appointed in such district or county to enroll the names, and on failure to do so he shall be fined the sum of hventy-five dollars, to be collected by the order of any judicial officer by distress and sale of his property forthwith, which fine
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