The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-17

makers, mllIers and their engineers, millwrights,
skilled and actually employed as their regular
vocation in the said trades, habitually in work
ing for the public and whilst 60 actually en-
ployed; provided said persons shall make oath
in writing that they are SO skilled and actually
employed at the time as their regular vocation
in one ofthe above trades, which affidavit shall
onl" be primso ae;e evidence of the facts therein
stated.
PRovIsO AGAINST ExToRTIoN.
Provided further, That the exemptions here
in granted to persons by reason of their pecu-
liar mechanical or other occupation or employ
ment not connected with the public service
shall be subject to the condition that the pro-
ducts of the labor of such exempts, or of the
companies and establishments with which they
are connected, shall be sold and disposed of by
the proprietors at prices not exceeding seventy
five per centum upon the cost of production,
or within maximum to be fixed by the Sec.
retary 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 10
be submitted to and judged of by the Secretary
of War to have violated, or in any manner
cvaded, the true intent and spirit of the fore
going proviso, the exemptions therein granted
shall no longer be extended to them, superin-
tendents or 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 again exempted
therefrem by reason of said manufacturing es-
adjustments or employments therein.
HOSPITALS, AsYLUMs, DC.
All superinteudents of public hospitals, luna
tic asylums, and the regular nurses, and atten-
dants therein, and the teachers employed in
the institution for the deaf dumb and blind.
In each apothecary store Low established and
doing business, one apothecary in good stand
ing, who is a practical apothecary.
WOOL, COTTON AND PAPER MANUFACTURES.
Superintendents and operatives in wool and
cotton factories, paper mills, and superinten-
dents and managers of wool carding machines,
who may be exempted by the Secretary of
War, provided the profits of such establish
ments shall not exceed aeventy-fve per centum
upon the cost of production, to be deter
mined upon oath of the parties, subject to the
same penalties for violation of the provisions
herein contained as are hereinbefore provided
in case of other manufacturing and mechanical
employments.
see EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS.
All presidents and teachers of colleges, acad-
emies, schools, and theological seminaries who
have been regularly engaged as such for two
years proceeding the passage of this act.
ARTISANS EMPLOYED ON GOVERNMENT WORK."
All artisans, mechanics, and employees in
the establishment of the Government for the
manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores,
and other munitions of war, who may be certi-
fed by the officer in charge thereof as neces-
sary for such establishment; also, all artisans,
mechanics, and employees in the establishments
Of such persons as are or may be engaged un-
der contracts with the Government in furnish
ing arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and other
munitions of war, saddles, harness, and army
supplies, provided that the chief of the ord
nance bureau, or some ordnance officer author |
lied by him for the purpose, shall approve of
the number Of the operatives required in such |
establishment; all persons employed in the
manufacture of arms, or ordnance of any kind |
by the several States; or by contractors to fur
nish the same to the several State Govern |