The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1862-10-11
The Exemption Bill as Passed by
the Senate.

the 0euaIe.
The following is the exemption bill
as passed by the Confederate Senate on
the 2lst.~ TIE vote was as folfow5:
-Iessrs. Baker, Clay, Davis
Haynes, Henry, Hill, Lewis, Maxwell
Old am Orr. Pe,ton, Sem,nes. Slarros y
Wigf,l, Yanery-l6.
Nays MesSrs. Burnett, Clark. Dorth-3
The Congress of the Confederate
Sta rs of America do enact, That all per
sons who shall BE- held unfit fot military
service, by reason Of bodily or mental i'f-
capacity or inbiciItv, under rules to be
prescribed by the Secretary of War; the
Vice President Of HE Confederate States;
the officers judicial and executive. of the
Confederate States governments, except
postmaster, not nominated by the Pres
ident and confirmed bv the Senate and
assistants and clerks in any other post
office than the general postoffice, aud
such State officers as the several States
may have declared 10y law to bp liable to
militia duty, or may hereafter he exemp
ted bv the several States the members
OF botl, Houses of Congress Of the Com
ftderate States, and their respective Off
GERS all clerks in the offices of the Con-
frdrrat- and State governments, allowed
by law; all pilots and persons engaged
III the merchants marine service and in
u.fnu1 ,,,,..,ru,,I Irn,I
of transportationS; the president, super
intrmdent, conductors. treasurer, chief
clerk, eng inttrs. ma ayers, station agents.
section masters, two expert track hands
to,each section of t.ght miles, and me-
cl,arics in t:,e active service and employ
mrnt ot:railroad companies, not to en-
brace labor-rs purters and messengers;
the president, general superintendent and
operators Of telegraph companies, the To-
cal superintendent and operators Of said
companies, not to exceed four in number
in any Inralit, but hat of the seat of
of the Confederate States
the president, suprr!nt-ndents. captains,
engineers. chief clerks, and mrc .ancs Of
all co,npani.s $ ena,syr.i thereon in river
and canal navigatinns, and all captains
Of boats, and engineers therein employed;
all foremen, pressInrn. and ,jour'eympn
printers actually employed in printi g
having at least five hundred
bona tide subscribers, the public printer
aud t ose employed to perform t.e pub
lie printing for the Confederate and Stare
every minister of religion
authorized to preach according to the
rules of his sect and in the regular dis
charge Of ministerial duties; all persons
* ho have been and now are members Of
the Society of Friends and the Associa-
ton Of Draukards; all physicians who
now are and have been, in the actual
practice Of the profession for the last five
years all shoe,naktrs, tanners, harness
makers, sad,lIers, blarksmiths, wagon
makers, millrrS and uherwrignts skilled
and actually employed at t''eir regular
vocation in said trades, wfile so actually
employed provided said persons S all
make oath in writing that they are so
skilled and actually employed at the
me. as their regular vocation, in one Of
he above trades, which affidavit shah be.
orima f.cie evidence Of the facts therein
stated superintendent of public hospi-
ais, lunatic asylums, and the regular
nurses and attendants therein, and the
eachrrs employed in the institutions for
he deaf, dumb and blind; in each apoth--
,ary store now established and doing
business one apothecarv in good STAN
ling. who is a practical apothecary
and operatives. in wool
md cotton factories who may BE- exemp-
ed by the Secretary Of War; all pres
dents and teachers of colleges, academ-
rs, schools and theologic ! seminaries,
who have been regularly engaged as
uch for two years preceding the passage
II this act; all citizens, mechanics and
employees in the establishments Of the
government for the manufacture of arms,
rdnance, ordnance stores and other
munitions of war, who may be certified
y the officer in charge thereof as neces-