The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-10-21
The Military Exemption Act.

Exemption Act, as finally passed by
both Houses OF Congress:
"A BILL to exempt certain persons from
mititary errice. and to repeal the act en-
titled "As act to erempt certain persons
from enrolment for serricc IN army If the
Confederate States" appr0rcd the 2lst of
april, 1862:
Inrutids, Officers Of Government, Clerks,
ete.-THE CONGRESS OF TIE CONFEDER-
ATE STATES OF AMERICA, do enact, That
all persons who shall be held unfit FOX
military service in the field, by reason Of
bodily or mental incapacity or imbecitty,
under rules to be prescribed by the Secreta-
ry OF War; the Vice-Prcsdent Of the Con-
tederate States. the officers, judicial and
executive, OF the Confederate and State
Governments, including postmasters up
pointed by the President aud Confirmed
by the Senate, and such clerks ia their
offices as are allowed by the Postmaster
General, and are now employed. and ex-
Guiding all other postmasiers. their assist
ants, Gle: ks; and, except such State officers
as the several States may have declared or
may hereafter declare by law to bs liable
to military duty; the members of both
Houses OF the Congress of the Confederate
States, and OF the Legislature OF the sever
al States, and their respective officers; all
clerks now in the offices o. the Confederate
abd s1toto Wv Sf uffehtS. ftutttltLSA ny Us"
and receiving sa.a, les or fees.
Volunteer 1'ro0ps-Au volunteer troops
heretofore raised by any State since the
passage OF the act entitled An act further
to provide for the public defense" approved
Ap.i. 10th, 1862, while such troops shall be
in active service under State authority,
provided tina. this exemption shall no,
apply to any person who was liable to be
called into service by virtue of said act of
April Ii, 1867.
Transportation and Telegraph Companies
Ali persons engaged in merchant ma
rine service: the president superintendents,
conductors, treasurer, chief clerk. engineers
managers, station agents, section mast. rs,
two eA port track hands to each section OF
eight miles, and mechanics in the active
service and employment Of railroad COM
panies. not to embrace laborers. Porters,
and messengers; the president, general
superintendent and operators OF telegraph
companies, not to exceed four in number of
any locality but that al the seat of the
Confederate States the pre- ident, supesn-
ienden;s, captains. engineers, Chief Clerk
and mechanics in the active service and
uIplnyment OF all companies engaged in
river and canal nav igaticn. and all captains
OF boats, and eng ineer> thereon employed.
Editors, Printers and Preaehers-Oue
editor OF each newspaper now being pnb-
iASASN. eAA sum VA'' P''S SS9 60 tA'S S>\t's
or proprietor may certify upon oath to be
Indispensable 70 conducting the puhiica-
ton; the public printer. and those en-
p'oyed 10 perform the public printing for
the Confederate and State governments:-
every minister of relig on authorized to
preach according 10 the rules of his sect
and in the regular discharge OF ministerial
duties.
Religious Non-eombatan,s-All persons
,G,,h nCo ,hny-
the Society Of Friend; and the Association
Of Dunkers, not drunkards, Sazarnes
and Mcnnonists, in regular membership in
their respective denomiua.i ons provided,
members of the society OF Friends, Naza
rnes, Mennonists, and Dunkers, shall fur
| nish substitutes, or pay tax OF 500 each
into the public Treasury.
Physicians-Ali Physicians who now
are and or the last five years have been in
! actual practice of their professions.
| Shocmdkers, Tanners etc,-All shoemak-
| ers. tanners, blacksmiths. wagonmakers,
| mllers and their engineers, millwrights,
| skilled and actually employed rs their reg
! ular vocation in the said trades, habi,ualy
| engaged in working for the public aud
whist so actually employed; provided said
persons shall make oath in writing that
they are SO skilled aud actually employed
| at the time as their regular vocation in one
only be prima .facie evidence of the fac.
| therein stated
| 4 Proriso against ErtOrtiOn
further, That the exemptions herein granted
to persons by reason of their peculiar rae
hanical or other occupation or employment,
not connected with the public service, shall
be subject TO the condition the products OF
the labor of such exemp.s, or of the com
panies or establishments with which they
are connected, shall be sold or disposed OF
by the proprietors at prices not exceeding
seventy-hve per centum upon the cost OF
the production, or within a maximun. to be
fixed by the Secretary of War under such
obligations as he may prescribe; and it i,
further provided that if the proprietors Of
any such manufacturing establishments
shall be shown upon evidence to be submit
ted to and Judged of by tie Secretary o
War to have violated. or in any manner
evaded, the true intent and proviso. the