Name/Title
Draft Substitution - Samuel WeeksEntry/Object ID
003165Tags
Samuel WeeksScope and Content
CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION ON ACCOUNT OF HAVING FURNISHED A SUBSTITUTE.
We, the subscribers, composing the Board of Enrollment of the Fifth District of the State of New Jersey, provided for in section 8, Act of Congress "for enrolling and calling out the national forces," approved March 3, 1863, hereby certify that Samuel C. Weeks of 4th Ward Jersey City Hudson county, State of New Jersey, being properly subject to do military duty as required by said act, and the act approved Feb'y 24, 1864, is exempt from its performance, by reason of having furnished an acceptable Substitute*[not] liable to draft.
DESCRIPTION.NAME.AGE.HEIGHT (Feet)HEIGHT (In.)COMPLEXION.EYES.HAIR.WHEN [DRAFTED].WHERE (Town and State.) [DRAFTED].BY WHOM [DRAFTED].PERIOD [DRAFTED].
Samuel C. Weeks 3959 fair brown brown Sept 20 1864
Newark N.J.Capt H J Mills1 year
Dated at Newark N.J.this 18 day of October, 1864.
[Signatures]:Henry H. Mills, Provost Marshal, and President Board of Enrollment.[Signature], Member of Board of Enrollment.S. H. Cross, Surgeon of Board of Enrollment.Marginal Text (Left Side):Jersey City Substitute Bond No. 151 for $600.00 issued. Has to capacity as this for 1 year.[Printed Notes at Bottom]:
NOTE I.—This certificate is to be given in all cases where it is applicable, according to the acts of Congress referred to above.NOTE II.—Where the Principal furnishes the Substitute before draft, this exemption is valid during time Substitute is not liable to draft, not exceeding the time for which the Substitute is accepted.NOTE III.—Where the Principal is drafted and furnishes Substitute not liable to draft, this exemption is valid during time Substitute is not liable to draft, but not exceeding term for which Principal was drafted.Where Principal is drafted and furnishes Substitute liable to draft, the Principal is exempt until present enrollment is exhausted, not exceeding, however, the term for which Principal was drafted.*Insert "Not" in cases where the Substitute is not liable to draft.