Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-07-17

a SFe and of the legislatures Of the several states,
aud their respective officers all clerks now in the omcss
of the Confederate and State governments authorized ny
law, receiving salaries or fees. 40 .''t-H
VOLUNTEER TROOPS.
All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any State snee
the massage of u act entitled An act further provide
for the public defence approved April 18TH 1867 Whle
such troops shall be in active service under state
ty, provided that this exemption shall not Apply 70 any
person who Liable to be called into service by virtue Vi
said act of April 10Th, 1862.
TRANSPORTATION TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
All pilots and persons engaged the merchant marine
service the president supernten- conductors Treas
urers chief clerks, engineers, managers station
eight miles, and mechanics in the active service and en-
poyment of railroad companies not to embrace aborers
porters and meSsengers the president general SuPer
tendea and operators of telegraph companies, the local
superintendent and operators of said companies not 10 eX
government of the Confederate Sates the presidents SUI
pernendeuts captains engineers chief CLERK and mecnan
les in the active service AMI employment of all companies
in rive- and canal navigation aud al captains OF ooatS
aud engineers thereon employed %
EDITORS, PRINTERS AND PREACHERS
One editor OF each newspaper now being puosned anu
such employees as the editor or proprietor may certV
upon oath to be indispensable for conducting the puDc
on the pn6lic printer and those employed to perform
the pubic printing for the Confederate and State govern
mentS every minister of religion authorized TO preach ac
cordng the rules of the sect and in the regular discharge
RELIGIOUS Yox-coNnArAHrs.
All persons who have been and are members OF the
Society of Friends aud the Association OF Bankers Naza
reneS and Mennonsts, in regular membership IN tner re-
spectve denominations provided members OF the society
OF Friends Nazuenes MenuOusts, and Duukers, shall
furnish substitutes pay tax OF $500 each into the pup
lie Treasury.
PHYSICIANS.
All physicians who now are and for the last five years
have been in actual practice of their profession.
sHoENAKERS, TANNERS, ETC
All shoemakerS tanners, blacksmiths, wagon makers
mers aud their engineers mllwrghts skilled ana ac-
uay employed their regular vocation in the said trades
habitualy eng aged in working for the pubic and whilst 50
actually Employed provided said persons shall make oalh
in writing that they skilled and actually employed
al the time their regular vocation in one the above
trades, which a lavt shall only be '1 Jd6Is evidence
A PRovISO AGAINST EXToRTIoN.
ProUtdd furtt.r, That the exemptions herein granted
persons by of their peculiar mechanical other
occupation or employment not connected with the public
service shall be subject the condition that the products
of the labor of such cxempts of the aud e
and disposed Of by thu popeOrs at prices not exceeding
seveny-hVe per csRtH upon tho Gust OF production or
within maximum to be fixed by the Secretary Of War
under such regulations rs he may preScrbe and II Is
further provided that the proprietor of such manu-
featuring establishment shall b. shown upon evidence TO
be submitted To and Judged of by the Secretary OF War TO
have violated i'll any manner evaded, the true intent
aud spirit of the foregoing provis the exemptions therein
granted shall longer be extended TO them, superinen
dents Or operatives in said establishments, but they, and
each and every of them shall be forthwith enrolled
under the provisions Of this act and ordered into the Con-
Icdcrate army aud shall in event be again exempted
theretrom by reason of Said manufacturing establishments
or employmentS therein.
HOSPITALS AsYLuMs, ETC.
Aisuperinendents of public hospitals uuatc asJlums,
and the regular physicians, and attendants therein,
and the teachers employed in tue institutions for the deaf
dumb aud blind In each aOtecary store establish
cd and doing business apothcciry in good standing,
who is practical apothecary.
Wool. COTTON, AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
SuperntendentS aud operatives in wool aud cotton fac
tories paper mills and superintendent and managers Of
woe" carng machines who may be exempted By the Sec
retry ut War; provided the profits Of such eStab
shall not exceed SeventyGve per upon the cost Of
Production 10 be determined upon oath of the parties
Su0ct 10 the penalties for violation of the prov SOuS
herein contained hereinbciore provided, Case OF
other manufacturing ani mechanical emPoyulenis.
EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS.
All presidents and teachers colleges academies schools
uud Theological seminarics who have been regularly
gagged us such for two years preceding the passage OF this
act.
ARTISANS EMPLOYED on GOVERNMENT WORK"
All artisans mechanics and employees in the establish
ment of the government for the manufacture oi arms, ord
nance ordnance stores and other munitions Of war who
may be certified by the officer in charge thereof as neces-
sry for such establishments also all artisans, mechanics,
aud employees in the establishments Of such persons rs
are may be engaged under contracts with the govern
ment IN furnishing arms, ordnance ordnance stores and
other munitions Of saddles, harness. and army sup
plies, provided that the chief OF the ordnance bureau or
ordnance officer authorized BY him for the purpose
shall approve o. the number of the operatives required IN
such establishments all persons employed in the manufac
ure of arms ordnance of kind By the several States
or by contractors to furnish the 70 the several State
governments whom the Governor Secretary OF State
thereof may certify be necessary to the all per-
sons engaged in the construction of ships gunboatS en-.
gnes sails, other articles necessary the public de-
fence under the direction Of the Secretary OF the Navy all
superintendent, managers mechanics and miners en-
poyed in the production and manufacture of SALT to the
extent OF twenty bushels per day. and of lead and rOn aud
all persons engaged in making charcoal for making and
bar irOn not embrace ab1rers messengers wagUuers
and servants unless employed ut works CONDUCTED under
The authority and by the officers agents Of State or in
works employed in the production Of iron for the COnted-
crate States.
STOCK RAIsERs
One male citizen for every So head of cattle for every
25O head OF horses mules and shepherd for
800 head oil sheep of such persons as are engaged excu
sIvey IN raising Stock provided there is waite milc
adult not liable t. do military duty aged with such per-
son in raising said stock
OyERsERRs on PLANTATIONS.
To secure the proper p5ce of the country person
either as agent owner Overseer each plantation on
which white required to be kept by the laws
or ordinances OF State and which there is white
male adult not liable TO do military service, and in States
having no such law peTSOn agent owner, over
each plantation of twenty negroes aud which
there white male adult not liable to military service
and furthermore for additional police for every twenty
groeS two or plantations within five miles of each
other and each having less than twenty negroes and
duty, person. being the oldest Of the owners
seers on such plantations.
special EXEMPTIONS.
Also, regiment raised under and by authority of the
State of Texas for the frontier defence in the service
of said State while in such servce and such other per-
tce equity necessity ought to be exempted are here
by exempted from military service in the armies Of the
Confederate Sates provided that the exemptions herein
above enumerated shall only continue whilst the persons
exempted are actually engaged in their respective pursuits
occupations.
That the entitled "an act TO exempt certain per-
from enrolment for service in the armies of the Con-
fcdeate States approved the 2lSt April 1862 is hereby
repealed.
An Act In relation to the Militia and n Guard
for Home Defence.