The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1862-10-17
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peculiar mechanical or other occupation or
employment not connected with the public
service shall be subject to the condition that
the products of thelabor Of such exeppts, or
of the companies and embellishments with
which they are connected, shall be sold and
disposed of by the proprietors at prices not
exceeding seventy-fve per centum upon the
cost of production, or within maximum to
be fixed by the Secretary of War under such
regulations as he may prescribe; and it, is
further provided that if the proprietors of any
such manufacturing establishment, shall be
shown upon evidence to be submitted to and
judged of by the Secretary of War to have
violated, or in any manner evaded, the true
intent and spirit Of the foregoing proyiso, the
exemption therein granted shall be no longer
| extended to them, superintendcnts or opera
tiyes in said establishments. but they, and
each and every one of them, shall be forth
| with enrolled under the provisions of this
act, and ordered into the Confederate army.
and shall in no event be exempted therefrom
by reason of said manufacturing establish
| ments or employments therein.
Hospitals, Asylums, dc.
All superintendent of public hospitals,
lunatic asylums, and the regular physicians,
nurses, and attendants therein, and the teach
ers employed in the institutions for the deaf.
uuIuU dlli UliIu. III eedcIl dpOlucCitfy SURE
now established and doing business, one
apothecary in good standing, who is il practi-
cal apothecary.
Wool, Cotton, and Paper Manuf actuss.
Superintendents and operatives in wool and
cotton factories paper mills, and superinten-
dents and managers OF wool cardlng ma
chimes. who may be exempted by the Secreta-
ry Of War, provided the profits Of such es-
81 ;eb, cboJf
centum upon the cost of production, to be de-
stermined upon oath of the parties. subject to
the same penalties for rotation Of the pro-
visions herein contained as are hereinbefore
provided in case of other manufacturing and
mechanical en- ployments.
Educational Exemptions.
All presidents and teachers Of colleges,
academies schools, and theological seminaries,
who have been regularly engaged as such for
two years preceding the passage of this act.
4atisaas Employed on 9 Government Fork
"A artisans. ,rnechanics, and employees in
the establishment Of the government for the
manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnance
stores, and other munitions of war, who may
be certified by the officer n charge thereof, as
necessary for. such establishments; also all
artisans, mechanics, and employees in the es-
adjustments of such persons as are or may
be engaged under contracts with the Govern
ment in furnishing arms. ordnance, ordnance
stores, and other munitions of war, saddles,
harness, and army supplies, provided that
the chief of the ordnance bureau, or some
ordnance officer authorized by him for the
purpose, shall approve Of the numbers IF the
operatives required in such establishment;
all persons employed in the manufacture of
arms, or ordnance of every kind by the seve-
raj States; or by contractors to furnish the
same to the several State Governments, whom
the Governor or Secretary Of State, may
certify to be necessary to the same, all per-
sons engaged In the construction of ships,
gunboats, engines, sails, or other articles ne
cessary to the public defence under the drec-
tien Of tie Secretary Of the Naey; all super
intendents, managers, mechanics, and miners,
employed in the productions and manufacture
Of salt, to the extent Of twenty bushels per
day, and of lead and iron, and all persons en-
gagged in making charcoal for making pig and
bar iron, not to embrace lAborers, nessen-
gers, wagoners and servants, unless employed
at works conducted under the authority and
BY the. officers or agents Of a State, or in
works employed in the production of iron for
the Confederate States.
,stocE Ra,;seys.
One male citizen for every 500 head of cat
tie, for every $50 head ofhorses : or mules
and one shepherd for every 500 head of Sheep
Of such persons as are engaged exclusively
in raising stock, provided there Is no white
male adult not liable to military duty engag-
ed with such person in raising said stock
OUerseers on Plantations.
To secure the proper police of the country,
one person either as agent, owner, or overseer
on each plantation on which one white per-
son is required to be kept by the laws or ordi-
nances of any State, and on which there is
no white male adult not liable to do military
service, and in States having no such law one
person, as agent, owner, or oyerseer on each
plantation OF twenty negroes, ard on which
there is no white male adult not liable to
military service, and, furthermore, for adj
ditonal police for every twenty negroes on
two or more plantations within FIVE miles of.
each other, and each having less than twenty
negroes, and on which there is no white male
adult liable to military duty, one person, be-
ing the Oldest of the owners or overseers on
such plantations. Il
Special Exemptions.
Also, a regiment raised under and by au-
thority of the State of Texas for the frontier
defence, now in the service of said State,
while in such services; and such other persons
as the President shall be satisfied on account
of justice, equity, or necessity, ought to be
exempted, are hereby exempted from military
service in the armies Of the Confederate