State of Maine. Sections of An Act approved March 19, 1862, providing for an enrolment of the Militia of the State of Maine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legislature assembled, as follows: ENROLMENT. SECTION 1. Every able-bodied white male citizen, resident within this state, of the age of eighteen years, and under the age of forty-five years, excepting persons hereinafter exempted, shall be enrolled in the militia; and in case of doubt respecting the age of any person enrolled, the burden of proof shall be upon such person. SECT. 2. Aldermen of cities, selectmen of towns, and assessors of plantations, shall annually in April make and deposit with the clerks of their respective places, a list of persons residing within their respective limits, liable to enrolment; which said list shall contain the name of each person aforesaid written in full, together with his age in years, the month and day of the month on which said person was born, and a desig- nation by the civil officers aforesaid of the limits of the companies in their respective cities, towns and plan- tations. The clerks aforesaid-shal endorse on said lists the time when the same were deposited, and file said lists and record the limits of said companies. SECT. 3. Keepers of taverns or boarding-houses, and masters and mistresses of dwelling-houses shall, upon request of the persons herein authorized to make lists and enroll, give information of the names of persons residing in their houses liable to enrolment or to do military duty and every such person shall, upon like application, give his name and age; and if such keeper, master, mistress or person refuses to give such information, or knowingly gives false information in the premises, such keeper, master or mistress shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars, and such person shall forfeit and pay ten dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, on complaint of the person who rightfully made the application. SECT. 4. Within ten days after said lists shall have been received by said clerks, they shall annually transmit certified copies of the same, one to the adjutant general, and one to the major general of the division. The first lists transmitted by each clerk by virtue of this section shall contain a copy of the several company limits within their respective places. And if the clerks aforesaid fail to return the list as above provided annually on or before the first day of June, it shall be the duty of the adjutant general to appoint some person who shall perform all the duties prescribed in this section, and such person may recover of such city or town in an action of debt, the sum of ten cents for each person by him returned as aforesaid.