Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-04-24
STATES OF AMERICA
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, April "A, 1868.

By authority of the subjeinee act Of Cons
gress, proposals for Mail Service in the States
above named, under the advertise ment of the
Department dated December 31st, 1862, will!
be received at this Depart ment, until P. NJ.
on the 30th day Of April instant; and the pro-
posals already received will remain unopened
until that date.
Special attention is called to the subjoined
act of Congress in regard TO exemption.
JOHN r. REGAIN,
Postmaster General.
Joint resolution authorizing the Postmaster
General to extend the time for receiving bids
for transportation OF the mails of the tates
therein mentioned.
Resolved by the Congress of the Conteder-
ate States Of America, That the Postma ster
General be, and he is hereby authorized to ex.
tend the time for receiving and opening BIDS
for the transportation of the mails in the States
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida until the first day Of May
next.
Approved April11sh, 1868.
AN ACT.
To exempt contractors for carrying the mails of
the Confederate States and the drivers Of
Post coaches and hacks from military SER
vice.
The Congress of the Confederate States Of
America do enact That the contractors for car
rying the mails of the Confederatate States
shall be exempt from the performance of mill
tary duty in the armies of the Confederate g
States, from and after the passage of this act,
during the time they are such contractors =
Provided, that nc more than one contractor
shall be exempted on any route, and that no
more than one member of any firm OF contrac.
tors shall be exempt, and no coutr. cor on any
route of less than ten miles in length and on
,rb;o oh Is cd holl ho
exempt under this act ; and if one or more
members of any such firm be exempt from age
or other cause from the performance Of militia
ry duty, the other member, or members Of
such firm, shall not be exempt by this act on
account of being mail contractors and, provid
ed further, that no person to whom contract
for carrying the mails may be transferred
with the consent of the postoAice departm ent
after the passage of this act, shall be exempt
from military service on that account.
Sec. g. That drivers ofpost coaches and hacks
for carrying the mails on all routes where the
weight of the mails requires that they should be
carried ia coaches or hacks, shall be exempt
from military service in the armies of the Con>
federate States from ana after the passage of
.his act, so long as they continue to be employ
ed as such drivers: Provided the contractor
by whom any such driver is employed, shall
take and subscribe an oath to be furnished by
the enrolling officer, that the weight Of the
mails on his route requires the use OF coaches
or hacks for their conveyance, and that he has
not greater number of drivers employed in
his service than Indispensable to enable
him to fulfil his contract for carrying the mails
and that he will not, while contractor, em.-
ploy greater number Of drivers than may be
indispensably necessary for that purpose; and
that he will give notice to the enrolling officer
when any such driver ceases to be- in his en-
ploy ment.
Approved April ii, 1868.