The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-05-13
The Exemption Act.

The following ~ a copy of the Act amen.
datory OF the "Exempiion Act" Of last ses.
sion, ~ passed by the present Congress:
An Act IL repeal certain clauses of an Act
entitled An Act 10 erempt ctrtain persons
from military serrice," etc, approved llM
October, 1862
!. The Congress ct The Confederate States
Of America do enact TIA; 80 much of lh.
Act approved Octob II h, Sb2, Ms es
empts tr,m miIitnry service zone person,
| eitner rs agent, "wnef, or o, ersrer. ON ench
plantation on which one Waite p-r.ou 10 tc.
CURED To be kept by the laws or ordinpucs,
of any State, aud on which ta-r, is no
bite male adult not liable TO military ser
vice, and IN Stat-s having no such law, on.
Person, ms agent, owner, or overse.r, on
eacb plantation of tweni, negroes, and on
which there Is no ah!ie male adult rot liza.
BILE 1" military service and also The follow.
ing cause OF said Act, 10 wit: And, further.
more, for additional police Tor every twenty
negroes. on two or more plantations, within
hve miles Of each other, and each having
less than twenty negroes, and on whch
there is no white male adult not iiabl. 10
military duty, one person. being the Oldest
OF the owners Or o,rrsccrs Oh such plants
tion-, be and are hereby repsal.d.
For the police and management Of
slaves there shall be exempted one p.rson
on each farm OF plantation. the sole proper.
ty OF MINOR, person of unsound mind,
Jeme sole, or PERSON absent from home in
the military or naval service Of IN. Cunfed
eracy, ON which there are snty or NOR,
slaves Prorided. the person 20 exempted
was employed and acting NJ nm o,srseer
M. IN
is no white male adult on said farm or plan
taiion VINO is no, liable TO military duty,
which fact shall lee verified by the affidavit,
OF SAID person and two respectable citizens,
ard shall be filed with the enrolling officer:
And prori.ied, the owner Of such farm or
plantation, his agent or legal rel resentatiye,
shall make affidavit and deliver the same
To the enrolling officer. that after diligen,
effort u" overseer can DO procured for such
farm or plantation not liable to military
duty PROVIDED further, that this clause shall
not extend To any farm or plantation on
which the negroes have been placed by di
vision fom any other farm or plantation,
since the litn DAY Of October, 1861: Pro
rided further, that for every person exempted
rs aforesaid, and during lie PERIOD Of such
exemption, there 'hall be paid annually into
Tue puDiic treasury b. ih. owners Of such
slaves, the sum OF i've hundred dollars.
Such other P'Isons shalt be exempted
~ the President shall be satisfied ought To
be exempted, in Districts of country de
pr'ved of white or slave ;nbor indispensable
TO the production of gram or provisions.
necessary Tor the s'ppur Of the population
remaining Mt home, aud also Oh account Of
justice, eqnallty, and Necessity.
4. In addition TO the State officers ex
empted by the Act Of October IIth, 1862,
there shall, also. be exempted all State Off
GERS whom the Governor Of any State may
claim 10 have exempted for tbs due admin.
is;ration Of the Government and laws there
OF ; but this exemption shall not continne
IN aEy State after the adjournment Of the
next regular session OF its Legislsturs, uh.
less such Legislature shall by law exempt
them from military duty 10 the Provisional
Army Of the Confederate Statea