out separately, the names of all natives therein liable to serve, an<l that they, when drafted or ordered out, shall be organized in 11 separate corps. SEC. 3. Be it fm·ther 01·daincd by the auf.hon"ty aforesaid, That the executive authority established by the Convention, (and that until such authority be established, the President of th.is body) sh11ll have power, at all times, to order out the militia, by draft Gr otherwise, for a term to be specified by him (not to exceed, at any one time, six months,) in case the exigencies of the country may require it; Provided, 'l'hat not more than two-thirds of the militi.1 shall be required to be in service at any time, and the militia, when so ordered out, shall be under the command and direction of the commnnclcr-in-chicf of the army. SEC. 4. Be it ordai,rnd by the authority afo1·esaid, That when the ser\'"ice of any portion of the militia shall be required, the Executive, or the President of this body, as the case may be, shall issue hi1; orders and transmit them to the persons appointed in each district or county, setting forth the number of men required from each, and it shall be the duty of such person to make out, on separate slips of paper, the name;; of all the persons therein liable .to do militia duty, which names, when so made out, shall be deposited in the manner hereinafter directed in a hat or box, in the presence of three <lisint~rested persons, who are not, by the provisions of this act, liable to do militia duty, and after the said names shall be well mixed up, and !:'hakcn by each of the three persons; they shall cause to be drawn from the hat or box, one at a time, by a chili! under the age of ten years, the number so required for service. The names to be placed in the hat or box in the following manner, to wit: The names of all persons who have not been in the service shall be placed therein and drawn before the names of those who have served, or are now serving, or shall during this campaign, and before any drnft enter the service; and all those who have served for a shorter period than one month, or may in the present cam- paign serve for a shorter period than one month, shall be first drawn before those who have or may in this campaign serve for one month or upwards. Provided; no person shall be entitled to any of the benefits of these exceptions who shall not before the day of the draft, of which fiye clays notice shall be given, furnh:h satisfactory proof, either in writing or by the testimony of two re- spectable witnesses, to the person appointed to enroll the names, of hii, ha\'ing performed i"Uch ~ervice; which names when so drawn shnll be rntere<l on a list, and certified by the.said citizens, and copies th<>rrof fnrnil"he<l to the executive and the cornmander-in- chief of the nrm~•- It !-hnll then be the duty of the persons so ap- pointed, to muster those so drawn out and registered into service on a <lay to be i,pecified by him, and at some convenient place in the cli~trict or count~·. when they shall proceed to elect suitable
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