The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-09-15
AN ACT
n RELATION TO TIE MILITIA AND A GUAR
FOR HOME DEFENCE.

FOR HOME DEF ENtE
SID / Be it enacted by the General Assembly 0
bc State of North Carolina and it is hereby enacted
h, the authority of the same, That the exemptions
from service in the Militia of the State shall be for th
same causes and 20 the same extent and no farther
f are prescribed the acts of Congress OF the Con
frrr;tte StHtes, providing for the enrolment of mel
,, the public defence and granting exemptions from
the same commonly call: he conscription and ex
cmptini acts.
Sec 2 Be it further enacted That it shall be tht
duivothe Governor to be enrolled as guart
for home defence all white male persons not already
enrolled in the service Ct the Confederate States, be
tween the ages Of eighteen and fy years resident
this State. including foreigners not naturaiZcd, who
have residents in the State for thirty days before
such enrolment, excepting persons hllng the ONCE
of Governor, Judges of the Supreme and Superlo
Courts of Law and Equity, the members Of the Genera
Assembly and the officers Of the several Departments
the Government of the State, Ministers of the GosPe
of several denominations of the State charged Will
the duties of churches, and such other persons as
the Governor, for special reasons may dtem proper
subjects Of exemption
See g. BE it further enacted, That all persons above
the ace of ffv who may volunteer for service in said
guard for home defence, and shall be accepted by Il
Captain of company for the same shall be deemed to
belong lhereo ana shall be held to service therein
either generally for any special duty or expedition
the commanding officers Of regiments or companies
according to the of the particular service in
question may determine.
Sec. Be it further enacted That the Governor
shall causc all persons enrolled in pursuance of the
two preceding sections of this act TO be formed into
companies with liberty to elect the commissioned OH
of such companies ana thence INTO pdtious vi
rcgmcut~ brgades and divisions according TO his dis
crcton AMI he shall appoint the field officers OF such
trualious, regiments, brigades and divisions, and
sha issue commissions iii due form to all the ohccrS
aforesaid
Sec j. Be il further enacted That members of the
Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers ma! be
exempted from the provision OF this act by paying the
sam hundred lJllars according to an ordinance
of the Convention of this State in that behalf ratified
the 10Th day of Nay, 1862. Provided chat when "
Quaker shall have paid had levied OF his property
the of five hundred dollars under the act OF Con-
gress called the conscription law aforesaid, he shall
be required to pay any sum OF money lof MS eA
emption under this act
See. g. That the said guards for home defence may
De called for service by the Governor in defence OF
the State against invasion and to suppress invasion
either 10y regiments, batallons, or companies en- ma$Se
by drafts or volunteers from the same, he i'll his
discretion may direct shall be under his command
through the officers appointed as herein provided
shall only within the limits of this State, and IL
terms OF duty be prescribed by the Governor, not
exceeding three months at term They, or many
OF them may be at any one time called into service
may be organized into infantry, artillery cavalry
he may direct, and the infantry and artillery may be
mounted if he shall so determine, the men furnishing
their own horses and accoutremcnts and arms, when
approved by the Governor, such terms as he shall
prescribe.
Sec. Z Be it further enacted That the Governormay
furnish said troops the arms, accoutrements and
ammunition of the State when called as aforesaid into
active service and shall prescribe rules for their return
and prevent the waste: destruction or loss OF the
Sec g. Be it further enacted That all laws and
clauses of laws coming within the meaning and pur-
view of this act be- and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. Q Be it further enacted, That the commissions
of officers of the Militia called into service by this act
suspended only during the period OF such service
Sec To- Be it further enacted, That this act shall be
in force from the date of its ratification.
Ratified the 9TH day of July, 1868.