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ebayer advises
hi , this document is a formal declaration/contract whereby the contracter is substituting himself to another person to fulfill in his place a term of military duty against payment of a sum of money . His mother and guardian (momboir) confirming his choice .
Male persons in those days were obliged to participate in a lottery whereby numbers under a certain " number" were exempted of military service those who were unfortunate and had a high number were enlisted for service The only way to avoid service was to buy a ticket with a low number of a lucky one There is a book by hendrik conscience called " the loteling" which is famous in flanders and tells the unlucky story of a person who sold his number .... I suppose that with the independence of belgium in 1830 this system was no longer in use . The system also existed in other countries like france .
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very kind ebayer advises
hello, this document goes about a person, duly authorized by his mother and his momber (momboir),guardian, to take up the military service of another person against the payment of a certain amount . In those days young men had to take part in a lottery organising the recruitment of soldiers, if your lot was to low you were in if not you were out, rich people bought low tickets of the lottery to get their son out of military service .This system was also used in France . There is a book from hendrik conscience called the "loteling" from a young man who sold his winning lot and became very unlucky in the army .