The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-06-24
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ApJr. AND INSPECTOR -GENERAL's OFFICE.
COLUMBIA, June II, 1863.
GENERAL ORDER NO 2l.-Exfraet.

II. The following persons are exempted by
Act Of the General Assembly of this State from
"al militia service, and, therefore, from draft
under General Orders No. 90, viz the Lieuten,
ant Governor {; the Judges Of the Courts ofLaw
and Equity; the Ordinarics; Jerks Of tho
Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas.
Sheriiis; Masters, Commissioners and Registers
in Equity; the Secretary of State; Surveyor.
General Comptroller General and Treasures,
OF the State. And the following persons are.
exempted by said Act from actual service be-.
yond the limits OF their respective Districts"
aud will not be subject to said draft, viz: Tie
members OF both branches Of the Legislature
and their respective officers, including the At,
torney General and the Solicitors Of the State:
persons in Confederate aud State military ser.
vice; officers and cadets Of the State Military
Academy; regularly officiating clergymen reg
ularly licensed pracucing ply sicians over the
age OF thirty.fve years; one apothecary to each
regularly established drug store Of six months
standing; officers and Faculty of the South
Carolina College, aad Professors in other iucor
porated Colleges and heoiogicalSchools, while
such Colleges and Schools are in operation; the
Supe rintendent, Teachers and Steward Of the
Cedar Springs Asylum school masters having
under their charge not less than twenty schai.
ars all Branch Pilots ono white man to each
established ferry, toll brige or toll grain mill il
actually kept by such white man the Presi-
dent, Cashier and one Teller of each OF the
Banks Of the State the Treasurers of Savings
Institutions Of the State; the officers and men
of the City Guard, and officers and forty men
OF each Fire Company Of the Fire Department
Of Charleston and Columbia; the officers and as
many employees Of each Railroad Company as
the President or Superintendent may certify to
be necessary to the efficient con iuct Of its bus
incss-provided that it shall also be certified
that the duties Of said employees cannot be dis
charged by slaves; the Superintendent and
Keeper OF the Lunatic Asylum and their assist.
ants Stewards or Keepers of Poor Houses
the Keepers Of the Arsenals Of the State; per.
sons holding Office under the Confederate States,
except Deputy POstmasters; persons employed
by the State or by the Confederate States In
the manufacture of arms, munitions of war aud
army supplies; all persons actually engaged in
tho manufacture OF salt OH the sea'coast; the
members OF the Boards of Relief of Soldiers
Families over forty five years Of age; overseers
having certificates OF exemption issued from
this office persons above the age Of fifty years.
| and persons between the ages OF eighteen and
forty.
Persons under the age of eighteen, though
liable to service beyond their respective DiN
| tricts, will not be subject to this draft.
Ill. The commanding officers Of Regiments
| will regard as valid all certificates Of exemption
ssued from this Office to overssers and to other
| persons enumerated in the foregoing paragraph
| Of this order, and persons not having such Ger.
tifcates, but who show by proof, in writing and
on OATH, that they are clearly entitled to be eK'
| empted according to the Law as above stated,
| will not be subjected 10 draft.
Nv. The organization Of companies for active
| service under General Orders No. 10, issued
| from this Office on the 18th Of February last,
being superseded by General Orders No. 20,
said companies are hereby declared TO be dis
| banded.
By Command OF the Governor.
A.C. DARLINGTON,
Adj't. and Insp.. General Of 3. e.
June -, 1868, ao-lt