Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-10-16
General Assembly.
EXTRA SESSION.

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Governor enclosing are from his e4cellency
Joseph g. Brown, Governor Of Georgia
accompanied by memorial fl ON the sail
81 agent Of that State, which was on motion Q
Mr.. Randolph laid on the table and order
I'd to be printed and referred to tie commit.
tee on salt.
The Bill to regulate prices was then ia
ken up on its third reading and after a
( lengthy discussion on the merits Of the bill
and substitute, they were laid upon the ia !
bic and made the order of the day for to-
morrow
i The Senate went into secret session aad
I.shortIy afterwards adjourned
4 HousE Anderson from the Commit-
7 tee on lIllitaFg Z fairs, reparted a bill de-
claring who shall be exempt from military
service under the act to organize the State
forces The bill is as follows:
See L BE it enacted by the General
i Assembly, That the following persons, and
no others, shall be exempt from the perfor-
nance Of all military duty under the proyi-
siors Of an act entitled IAN act to organ
ize the State forces, Z passed Oct. -, 1868,
to-wit:
! The Vice President Of the Confederate
I States, the officers, judicial and executive
the Government Of the Confederate States,
exempted by the laws Of the Confederate
States, the members of both Houses of Con-
gress and the clerks Of each House the
4 Lieutenant Governor the members of both
Houses of the State Legislature. the clerk
of each Houses of the State Legislature,
the clerk of each House, the public printer,
aud the printer of the Senate &sduring ten
DAYS before and after the session Of the
Legislature; the Secretary of the Common
wealth; the Attorney General; the Treasur
err; the two Auditors: the Register Of the
Land Office ard the Superintendent of the
Pententiary, and such clerks and assistants
as each Of the said officers shall declare on
oath to be indispensable to the efficient per-
formance OF the public service.
The judges, Clerks. Sheriffs and Serge
ants Of the Courts Of Appeals, Circuit Courts
| Hastings Courts ard Corporation Courts,
Respectively; the Commissioners Of the
Revenue and tax collectors of the counties
and cities; superiutepdents Of public hospit-
ais and Of Lunatic Assylums, with regular
and teachers employed ia the institutions
for the deaf, and dumb, and blind; the
principals Of Incorporated Institutions of
learning for females; The President and Su
perintcndent and local Superintendent
Of the Southern lelegraphie Companies, in
20 case to exceed four persons; the Presi-
dent and superintendent Of transportation Of
each railroad company; the President, Sec
rotary and chief collector Of zach canal com
)pany.
\ Ia every case in which the officers emu
merated in this section shall make OATH or
the corporate authorities Of any city shall
certify, that any officers or employees Of ia
corpofated companies, or any municipal
officers employed in the FIRE, water or po-
lice departments or such cities have been
enrolled under the provisions of the act or
ganizing the State forces, it shall be the
duty Of the Governor to detail all such
persons for special duty Ia the official ser
vice or employment Of the said cities or corr
porations respectively; aud whenever the
services Of such officers or employees shall
be no longer Indispensable to the efficiency
Of the service for which they shall have been
detailed, the Governor shall relieve any
such officers or employees from the special
duty on which they shall have been detail
ed, and order them to report to the COM
)manaant ct the county or city within which
they may be resident; and any such officer
or employed falling to make such report
within ten days after leaving the said SER
vice, shall be regarded as deserter, and
treated accordingly
/ La all cases in which any officer is requir-
ed to certify under this act, it shall be bis
duty to state that the services Of the officer
employee are indispensable to the efficiency
Of the business for which his detail is asked
that 40 sufficient substitute for such off
4 Ger or employee, not subject to military du
ty, can be employed, ana that 50 soon as
the services ct the oficer-or EN- ployee ceases
to be Indispensable, the officer certifying
will report the fact to the nearest county or
city commandant.
J Sec 2. When itsShall appear by sworn
proof, satisfactory to the Governor that
any principal or operative employed in mi
ming or manufacturing. important to the
public safety, has been enrolled under the
/ povisions Of the act organizing the State
forces, he shall forthwith detail such per-
son for such employment, and the proyi
sions Of the first section Of this act are here
by made as applicable to such persons as if
/ specially set forth therein.
Sec 3. Principals aud operatives, who
are aliens, engaged in scientifo pursuits or
mechanical operations, which shall appear
to the Governor upon sworn proof, useful
to the welfare or safety Of the country,
shall also be exempt.
Sec. 4 This act shall be in force from
and after the passage thereof until the ter
mlnation Of the present war between the
Confederate States Government and the
United States
/ On motion Of Mr.. Anderson, the bill was
read BY its title first time and ordered to
be printed.
SENATE Wednesday, October 7.-0n
motion Of Mr. Coghill the bill from the
House to amend and re enact the act pass
ed Oct Der 5, 1862, entitled an act to pro-
vide for the public defence, was taken Up,
: Several amendments were proposed and
| adopted The bill was then passed.
4 THE bill provides uniform rule for the
: action Of the County Courts in exemptine