Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-14

passed BY both Houses Of Congress Act as hnaIy
Bill to exempt certain persons from military so;.
persons from enrolment for vice in lbe armv
tederaie States, approved The 9ls of Apr isS2 OOn
MYALLDs, OFFICERS OF GOVERNMENT, cLEREs ETC
L. IaS Congress OF ate Con- ederd SAFES of AM; /
enac Ibat all persons who shall be held unit for miIiI
service In the field, by reason of bodily or mental
rotary of war; the Vice Of he =! me Sec
the officers Judicial and executive of The Couiedrao
STATE Governments including pOstmasters appointed b
the President aud confirmed by The Senate and Snch y
In their Offices as are allowed by The Postmaster
and now employed, and excluding all other nosiTn'
their assistants and clerks and except such STATE
as the several States may have Geclred or NAV
declare by law 10 be liable to militia duy The ar
Of both Houses of ihe Congress of tae ConfeJerat S
and of the Legislatures of The several States ami
spectiye officers; all clerks in fbe offices oF re-
iederate and State governments authorized by Law
ceiving salaries or fees. i""' re-
VOLUNTEER TROOPS
All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any Stat.
the passage OF the entitled An act further Se
for the public defence approved April I6h 1851 ,
such troops shall be in active service under e
iy, provided that this exemption shall not ami 'uo1-
person who liable to be called into serya 70 any
of said act of April 10Th, 1862. " virtue
TRANSPORTATION AND TELEeRI Pr cov,,,.
All pilots and persons engaged in The mercban, r.
service; The president suDerin endepts condnc
urers, chief clerks, engineers, managers station as
section masters, two expert racL bands 10 each SEN; r.
eight miles, and mechanics in the active service S Vi
pioyment OF railroad cOmpane not to embrace IaSo
porters and messengers; The president general snn
tendent and operators of telegraph compaues iT SI
superintendent and operators of said COMPANIES moi 70
ceed four IN humber any locality but that at be seat Of
goye nmeut OF The Confederate States The presidents %
pernendens captains engineers chief clerk and mecbsp
les 10 the actual service and employment of all companies
10 river and canal navigation and all canains of
engineers thereon employed.
, EDITORS, PRINTERS AND PREACHERS
Une eoi!or OF EACH newspaper now being published and
such employees as The editor proprietor NAV cerE,
upon oath TO be indispensable for CONDUCTING The nubI
ton; The public printer and those euu!oyed 10 prrnn
tue pubic printing for lhe Confederate aud Stale Govern
mRnUa aVQrv
of ministerial duties.
RELIGIOUS NON coMBATASTs
All persons who have been aud now are members Of the
Society OF Friends aud the Association OF Duukers Naza.
renes, and Aenuonss in regular membership IN their re-
sPeGtye denominations, provided members Of Ibe Society
OF Friends, Nazarenes, hsuuuoss, and Dunkers shall
furnish substitutes, or pay tax o. 500 each pub
lie Treasury.
PHYSICIANS
All physicians who are and for the last five years
nave Deen 10 actual practice of their profession.
"sHoENAKERs, TANNERS, ETC.
All shOemakers tanners, blacksniihs wagon makers
milers and their engineers mwrgbis skilled and az
tuay employed their regular The said trades
habtuay engaged in working for the public and whilst 50
actually employed provided said perspns shall make oath
in writing that they skilled aud actually employed
at the time as their regular vocation in of 'he above
trades, which affidavit shall only be prime fdcis evidence
of the facts therein stated.
PRovIso AGAINST ExToRTIoN.
Provided FURTHER That the exemptions herein granted
TO persons by OF their peculiar mechanical other
occupation employment not connected with The public
service shall be subject 10 the condition that The products
of he labor of such exempIs of the companies aud
Establishments with which they connected shall be sold
and disposed by the propretors prices not exceeding
seveny-fve per centum upon the cost of production
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 propretos any such manu-.
featuring establishment shall be shown upon evidence 10
be submitted to and judged of by the Secretary of War
have violated or IN any manner evaded the true intent
and spirit of the foregoing provsO the exemptions therein
granted shall no longer be extended TO them superinen
dents operatives in said establishments but hey and
each and every of them shall be forthwith enrolled
under the provisions of this act and ordered into the Con-
fedeae army, and shall in event be again exempted
thererom by of said manufacturing establishments
employmens therein.
HOSPITALS, AsYLUMs, &C.
All superintendent of public hospitals luoatc asylums
and the regular physicians and attendants therein
and the teachers emp Dyed in tbensttuons for the deaf
dumb and blind In each apothecay store now establish
ed and doing business one apohecary 10 good standing
who is practical apOthecary.
WOOL, COTTON, PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
Superntendents and operatives in wool aud cotton lac
tories, paper mills and superintendent and managers of
wool carding machines who may be exempted by the Ses
Rotary of War; provided the profits OF such establishments
shall not exceed seventy per upon the of
production TO be determined upon oath of the parties
subject to the penalties for violation of the provisions
herein contained hereubeore provided in Of
other manufacturing and mechanical emplOYments.
EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS
All presidents and teachers ofcoleges academies schools
and theological seminares who have been regularly
gagged as such for two preceding the passage of this
ARTISANS EMPLOYED ON CONVENIENT WORK"
All artisans, mechanics and employees in the establish
ment of the government for the manufacture of arms ord
mace ordnance stores and other munitions of who
may bertiied by the officer in charge thereof
sary uch establishment; also all artisans, mechanics,
and oyees in the establishments of such persons
are be engaged under contracts with the Govern
ment in furnishing arms ordnance ordnance stores and
other munitions of saddles harness. and army sup
plies provided that the chief of the ordnance bureau
ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpose,
shall approve of The number of the operatives required in
such establishment all persons employed N the manu-
acture of arms or ordnance any kind by the several
States by contractors to furnish the to the
era State Governments whom the Governor or Secretary
of State thereof may certify to be necessary to the
all persons engaged in the construction OF ships, 2uDbOaS
engines sas other articles necessary 10 the public lie.
fence under the direction Of the Secretary of the Navy all
superintendents, managers mechanics, aud miners en-
plOyed in the production and manufacture of salt to the
of twenty bushels per day. aud OF lead aud On aud
all persons engaged in making charcoal for making pig and
bar rOn not to embrace aborers, messengers wagone
and servants unless employed at works conducted under
the authority aud by The officers agents ola SAFE or IN
works employed in the production Of iron for the Coueae
rate States.
STOCK RAIsERs.
One male citizen for every head of cattle for every
ESQ head of horses mules and shepherd for every
500 head of sheep of such persons are engaged exc
sively in raising Stock provided there is white male
adult liable do military duty engaged with such per-
in raising said stock.
To secure the proper police Of the country person
either agent owner OF overseer each plantation on
which white person required to be kept by the laws
or ordinances any State and on which there white
male adult not liable to do military service and in States
having such law person, agent owner or over
each plantation OF twenty negroes and on when
there is white male adult not liable TO military service.
and furthermore for additional police for every twenty ne
groes on two or plantations within i've miles OF eacn
other and each having less than twenty negroes ana op
which there is white male adult liable 10 military
duty person. being the oldest OF the over
seers on such plantations.
SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS.
Also, regiment raised under aud by authority OF inc
State of Texas for the frontier Defence in the service
of said State while such SERVICE and such other per-
the President shall be satisfied account oil JUS
tice equity necessity, ought be exempted are here
by exempted from military service in the armies OF t9e
Confederate States provided thai the exemptions herein
above enumerated shall only coutnue whilst the persons
exempted actually engaged their respective pursuits
or occupations.
g. That the act entitled act to exempt certain per
from enrolment for in the armies OF the Con
fdeate States approved the 2lst April 1852 hereby
repealed.
e.