The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-10-14
THE NEW EXEMPTION BILL.

j Congress:
K BILL exempt certain persons from military
vice, and to repeal the act entitled act to
empt certain persons from enrichment for service
in the army of the Confederate States" approved
21st April. 1862.
THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED. OFFICERS OF GOVERN
MENT, CLERKS AND OTHERS.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
lea do enact That all persons who shall be held
unfit ior military service in the field, by reason of
bodily infrmity mental incapacity or mbecility
under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of
War the Vice President of the Confederate States,
the officers, judicial and executive, of the Confeder-
Ate and State Governments, including Postmasters
| Amounted by the President and confirmed by the
Senate, and such clerks in their offices allow
| ed by the Postmaster General, and now employed,
and excluding all other postmasters, their assist
ants and clerks: and except such State officers as
| the several States may have declared. may here
after clare by law to be liable to militia duty; the
members of both Houses Of Congress of the Confed-
crate States and of the Legislatures of the several
States, and their respective officers all clerks
in the offices of the Confederate and State Govern
ments authorized by law. receiving salaries fees.
VOLUNTEER TROOPS.
! All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any
State since the passage of the act entitled IAN act
further to provide for the public Defence, approved
| April 10th, 1862, while such troops shall be in ac-
tive service under State authority; Provided that
this exemption shall not apply to any person who
liable to be called into service by virtue of said
act of April 10th, 1862
| TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, TELEGRAPH, &c.
All pilots and persons engaged i'll the merchant
marine service; the president superintendent, con-
ductors treasurer. chief clerk engineers, managers
station agents. section masters, two expert track
hands to each section of eight miles, and mechanics
in the active service and employment of railroad
companies. not to embrace la5orers, porters and
messengers; the president, general superintendent
and operators of telegraph companies, the local su
| DpriuteDdpnt
to exceed four in number at any locality but that
at the seat of government of the Confederate States
the president, superintendent captains, engineers,
chief clerks and mechanics in the active service and
| employment of all companies engaged river and
| canal navigation, and all captains of boats and
| gneers thereon employed.
EDITORS. NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES, AND MINISTER'S
| OF THE GOSPEL.
| One editor of each newspaper now being publish
| ed, and such employees the editor proprietor
may certify. oath, to be indispensable for con-
Quoting the publication; the public printer and
| those employed to perform the public printing for
| the Confederate and State Governments; every
minister of religion authorized to preach according
to the rules of his sect and in the regular discharge
| of ministerial duties.
NON-COMBATANTs.
/ All persons who have been and now members
of the society of Friends. and the association of
| Dunkards, Nazarenes and Mennonsts, in regular
membership in their respective denominations pro-
Ylded members OF the society OF Friends, Naza
renes Mennonsts and Dunkards shall furnish sub
stitutes pay tax of $500 each into the public
treasury.
PHYSICIANS
All ply scians who now are and for the last five
years have been, in actual practice of their profess
sion
| sHOEMAKERs, TANNERS, &c.
All shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, wagon
makers, millers and their engineers mill wrights
skilled and actually employed at their regular ro-
cation in the said trades, habitually engaged in
working for the public and whilst actually
ployed; provided said persons shall make oath in
writing that they skilled and actually
ployed at the time as his regular vocation in
of the above trades, which affidavit shall only be
prima facia evidence of the facts therein stated.
i ExToRT1oNERs.
Provided further. tina: the exemptions herein
granted to persons by reason of their peculiar me-
chanical other occupation employment not
connected with the public service, shall be subject
TO the condition that the products of the labor of
such exempts, or of the companies and establish
ment with which they connected shall be sold
and disposed of by the proprietors at prices not
ceeding seventy five 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
proprietors of any such manufacturing establish
ments shall be shown, upon evidence, to be submit
ted to and Judged of by the Secretary of War to
have violated or in any manner eyaded the true
emptons therein granted shall no longer be extend
ed to their superintendent and operatives in said
establishments but they and each and every one of
them shall be forthwith 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 establishments or en-
Payments therein.
sUrERISTENDENTs AND EMPLOYEES IN HOSPITALS,
! ETC.
All superintendents of public hospitals lunatic
asylums and the regular physicians, nurses and at
PENDANTS therein. and the teachers employed i'll the
institution for the deaf, dumb and blind; in each
apothecary store, established and doing bust
ness, one apothecary in good standing, who is a
practical apothecary.
WOOL COTTON AND PA PER MILLS.
Superintcndents in wool and cotton factories, pa
per mills, and superintendent and managers of
wool carding machines, who may be exempted by
the Secretary of War, provided the profits of such
establishments shall not exceed seventy five per
cenum upon the cost of production, to be determin-
ed upon oath of the parties. subject to the same
penalties for violation of the provisions herein
tanned hereinbefore provided in of other
manufacturing and mechanical empoyments.
COLLEGES, THEOLOGICAL SUMMARIES, &c.
All presidents and teachers of colleges, aca6e.
mics, schools and theological seminares who have
= been regularly engaged such for two years pre-
s ccding the passage of this act.
EMPLOYEES on GOVERNMENT WORK.
All artisans, mechanics aud employees, in the