The Semi-weekly Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1862-1864, 1862-10-03
Military Exemption Bill.

The following is copy of the Exemption
Bill. as passed by the Confederate Senate
on Saturday The words beswee II brackets
indicate the variations. by addition from the
Exemption Act now in force, with the ex-
ception Of the i.aliciscd words. which iudi-
cate clauses in the existing law omitted from,
the bin just passed
A BILL to exempt certain persons from
military service, and to repeal the act emit
tied AN act 70 exempt certain persons from,
enrollsment for service in the army Of the
Confederate States approved the els, o,
April, 1862:
]. The Congress ofthe Conf deJats States
of .imericG do enact. That al! persons " no
shall be held unfit for military service, by
reason Of bodily or mental incapacitv or i'm
beciiity. under rules to be prescribed by
the Secretary OF War, the Vice President
u: the Confederate States. tho otiic. rs judi
cia. and executive, Of the Confederate and
Stat. Governments. [excep, Postnasters
no. nominated Ivy the President and cou-
tirned by the Sen .ic and assistants and
clerks in any other puStotticc than the Gen-
eral Postott;ce. and such State officers rs the
severa, States may have declared by law 10
he liable to militia duty, or may hereafter
be excepted by the several States } !hc mem
hers OF both Houses OF the Congress 81: til.
Confederate STATES. and of the Legislatures
af the several States, and their respective
officers ali clerks in the Offices OF the Con
tederate and State Governments, allow &c:
by ia,. all pilots and persons engaged il,
the merchantl marine service and IN dc-
tual service on rirer and railroad routes OF
transportation, the President, Superntend-
ents, Conductors. Treasurer. Chief Clerk
Engineers Managers. Station Agents, Sec.
ton masters, two expert track hands to each
sectionof eight miles. and mechanics in the
, active service and employment of railroad
companies. not to embrace laborers, porters
and messengers, the presen, general super.
intendent and operators of tele graph com
panies the local superintendent and op
orators ct said companies not to exceed fou!
in number at any locality but that at the
seat of Government of the Confederate
States the president, superintendent, cap
tains, engineers, chief clerk and mechanics
of all companies engaged on river and can
al navigation, and all captains of boats, snt
engineers thereon employed ali foreman
pressnlan, and journeymen printers) &C
tually) employed in printing newspapers
! {having at least five hundred iona tide sub
scribers, the public printer, and those en-
ployed to perform the public printing for the
Confederate and State governments } ev
cry minister of religion authorized to preacl
| according to the rules of his sect. andy III
| the regular discharge of ministerial duties
Call persons who have been and now ar.
members of the society of Friends and the
Association of Dunkers; all physicians wht
now are and have been in actual practic,
of their professions for the last five years
| all shOemakers, tanners, harness maker.
saddlers, blacksHiths wagon makers, miller
and their engineers, and lnillwrights, skin
ed and actually employed, as their regula
vocation in said trades, whilst SO actually
employed provided said persons shall
make oath, in writing that they are SO skille,
and actually employed ut the time, rs thei
regular vocation, in one Of the above trades
which affidavit shall only be prinaa facie CIV
idence of the facts therein stated all SUI
perintendents of public hospitals, lunati
assylums, and the regular nurses and at
ttendents therein, and the teachers employ
ed in the institutions for the deaf, dumb an
blind in each apothecary store now sesta
blished and doing business, one apothecar,
in good standing, who is q practical apo.h
ecary (drugg;st): superintendents and op
teratives in wool and cotton factories VIII
may be exempted by the Secretary of War
all presidents and (teachers)- Lprofe ysors
tof colleges, academies (schoois and theolc
gical seminaries who have heon regular
engaged as such for two years preceding
the passage of.his act all africans, mechsn
les and employees in the establishment G
the government for the manufacture of arm
lordpance stores and other muniti ons of wa