EXTRACT FROM AN ACT, Passed by the General Assembly of Illinois, and approved May 2d, 1861, entitled, "AN ACT to amend Chapter 70 of Revised Statutes, entitled "Militia":
Article I.
Section 1. The Militia of the State of Illinois shall be composed of all free white male able-bodied citizens thereof, who are between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, and for the purposes of this act, permanent residents shall be deemed citizens.
Sec. 2. As soon as may be, after the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Assessors of Townships in counties having Township organization, to make a complete list of all persons in their respective Townships subject to military duty under this act, one copy of which duly certified shall be filed and recorded in the office of the County Clerk of said county; and said return shall be made before the first day of August next.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Assessors in counties not having Township organization, to make a like complete list of all persons subject to military duty, as aforesaid, in their respective counties, and cause the same to be recorded in the office of the County Clerks of their respective counties as soon as may be, and by the first day of August next.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the County Clerks, on receipt of the aforesaid lists, forthwith to forward a certified copy of said list, to the Adjutant General of this State, who shall cause the same to be filed in his office.
Sec. 5. Said lists shall be annually corrected by said assessor at the time of making their annual assessments, copies of which shall be duly certified, forwarded and filed as aforesaid.
Article II.
Sec. 1. The said militia shall be divided into two classes: first, the voluntary, and secondly, the reserve.
Sec. 2. The first class shall consist of those who voluntarily organize themselves into companies of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred members each, and who shall have a uniform and shall elect officers and assemble for drill, and purposes of military discipline, not less than four days in each year, and who shall be furnished with arms and equipments by the State, and be first subject to call or draft into the service at the requisition of the Governor.
Sec. 3. The second class shall consist of those who do not organize themselves into companies as aforesaid, and shall also be subject to draft or called into service.
Article IV.
Sec. 1. The said assessors shall receive for their services in making the list, mentioned in section two and three in article first of this act, the sum of one cent per name contained in said list first to be made, to be paid them out of the Treasury of the State.
Sec. 2. If any assessor or county clerk shall willfully refuse or neglect the duties imposed by this act, he shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be removed from office, and shall not thereafter hold any office of honor or profit in this State for five years after such conviction.
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