shall be paid into the treasury and go to the use of the army. And any person coming into the district or county, and remaining there ten days without reporting himself for military duty, shall be liable to serve before all other persons. SEC. 9. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the person so appointed to register the names shall have power to appoint one or more under him, not exceeding five for the purpose of enabling him with the greater despatch to complete the business, provided those appointed under him shall not be thereby exempted from doing miJitia duty. SEC. 10. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That in case the person so appointed shall fail or refuse to discharge the duties so required of him by this act, he shall be fined the sum of hvo hundred dollars, to be collected by the order of any civil officer, by distress and sale of his property forthwith. SEC. 11. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, Thatin case· of death, resignation, or other vacation of said office, the highest civil officer in the district or county, or jurisdiction, shall discharge the duties until the appointment shall be filled by the executive officer of the government, who shall have full power to fill the same. SEC. 12. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That when any requisition is made of any district, county, or jurisdic- tion, for a certain number of men, the citizens of the same shall he at full liberty to volunteer their services for the time required; and that when they so volunteer and serve, they shall he exempt from further service until their time arrives, in the same manner as if they had been drafted. SEC. 13. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That whenever a regiment, battalion, or company, present themselves to the authorities of the republic, they shall be received into the service, for any term not less than three months, or longer than the continuance of the war, on the same conditions as others, and shall have the officers their numbers entitle them to, according to the laws, commissioned by the executive of the republic, whenever said officers shall produce satisfactory evidence of the election by the volunteers entering the service. SEC. 14. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all acting judges, post-masters, and executive officers of the govern• ment, together ,vith those appointed to register the names, shall be exempted from military duty. SEC. 15. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the pay, allowance, and rations of the militia shall be the same as
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