Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-12-29

ID GGECTTIVE DEPARTMENT NoRT,,
10 GARoLINA, Adutant sneras of e. Riiegh H.
18th 1863 General Oriers, No. H. ''''eign Dec
- L. The following act of the General As.o,,
carolina is published Cor the inforni;i OF North
AN ACT TO AMEND An ACT IN RELATION T, I'M
o. AND GUARD FOR HOME DsrExc5 M 'liLlTIA
DEC l. BE e enacted by tie GCzerqE Ivr.goiI r,, .
hortt- ClrOijaa, md IL ishe-Jy I u y me State
"re same That neither the Governor Of his tatty
IL ac!!rg under all act ratified on III, III ~ l"r
Juy' 1851 entitled An act in relation to Mo Jay OF
u ,h ior Home Defence shall call out for Gr ana
ontt H. euroed under SAID act oftener than n
pauallon drill, which battalion drills shall - 3et IN
VI tne company drills Tor the month which they are @
pointed, unless when called into actual service to ap'
yason or suppress instruction or TO execute the H.
the State. Ne id"S Of
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Cororu
have the power to the Guards for Home uafsLa snail
the purpose of arTestng c0nscriptS and eserar lr
ga, they shall not be ordered upon this duty beT '
adj icent thereto 'IeS
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That in addition f. .
exemptions contained in the act to which this is an a
nsnt, there shall be exempt county commissioners a,,
TTIer act entitled An act for the relief of w;
bIu lsres 2f soldiers in the army regular mills
tives in factories he SPS Necessary rPe
ncltors OF the several Circuits and cour,,aS No.
five years practice contractors With The Sate m aS Of
rate government editor each neyyspapeA "Tede
necessary compOstors mail carriers professors ncK The
and teachers in academies; Proviaeh that this exenS
shall only apply to the drills specified in this bin a
to service when the Guard for Home Defence is called @
| the field. H'o
tn aft,
at battalion or regmenta drill each field officer shall E
felt and pay one hundred dollars each Captain and .
officers who shall fail to muster and drill their com,r
the times appointed, shall forfeit aud pa for each iir
nifty dollars, and if nCn-commissUnaG officer or prva
shall fail to attend at any drill he shall forfeit and nav
less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars: PtgrL
that every absentee shalt b. al lowed I'm HE ne X p
to make his excuse The fines shall be adud rpd bv %
mental ana company courts martial and judgments are TO
be entered up and the fines collected in the same mo and
IN accordance with the provisions Of the Militia Law of
NorthCarona passed at the second extra session Of the
General Assembly 1851 WV
SEC 5. BeHfartkr enacted That the Surgeon General
BY aud with the advice and consent of the Governor may
appoint surgical boards exceeding three composed Of
two physicians EACH who shall declare by their certificates
tDCSe persons who Shall be exempt from service under the
act to which this is amendment of mental
or physical disability and they shall receive the pay Of
Adiutant General.
SEC. g. Beittn3fer eaarssl That the Guard for home
defence should they be called into service by the Governor
Shall receive the paw rations and allowances as SOL
ders in the Confederate States service and shall be SUBJ
ec to The rules and articles of of the Confederate
sac T. Be IL ftb.r enqcted That when the pressure of
pu5ic dangesha prevent the observance cf such
rule the sand Guard for home defence shall not be called
into service ndsse bat by drafts of number of men
from each convenient company 50 as to make up the ag
grcgate force required.
sEc 8. Be Ijvrtlsr enacse1 That this act shall be in
force and take effect from and after its ratification.
RCCd three times and ratified in General Assembly, this
the i4th dag OF Deccmber, \. D.. t5sa.
GILES MEBANE S S.
STATE OF NoRTI-G ARoIIyA.
l. JN0 P. H. RUSS Secretary of State, in and for the
State CT NOrh-Carona do hereby certify that the jreg-
ing is tree copy Of the original file in this office
Given under my hand this l4th December, 1855
J. p. Ii. RUSS.
Sec Of Slate.
II. The company drills required by the LIST section the
foregoing ACT will take place the second Saturday ae
months Of January February, March, Nay, June july
gust, September November and December and ihe Bal
talon drills the sceo, Saturday in the months OF April
and October.
Ill The sd section of IN foregoing act is c,ns.ru.I
that she parties enumerated exempt from drills
appreheIdng deSeI aId other ordinary dutv Of M
Guard for home defence, but exempt from du,y
when the Guard fer home defence called INTO service to
repe son. suppress instruction execute Tie laws
| of the State.
| By order Of Governor VAEc::
r. G.. GETTJV