Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-03-03
,,,1 1,,r.nY EyEMPTION ACT.

rrovt fer the public defence approved 10th oil April io0e
r,Ir MILITARY EXEMPTION ACT.
Tho GIlo,fns is a COPY Of the Exemption Act es finally
! passed by both Houses Of Congress: .--;,.
and 10 repeal the entitled An act to exempt oeiah
prrons enrolment for service in the army oil the Con
iedrrs,e States, approved the 3lst Of April lh6s.
/ ,IHvALIDs oFYICERS OF GOVERNMENT, CLERks, ETC
l. re GJn1Ysss Of tie Confederate SksS NJ 4iatfSa q"
easc, That all Dersons who shall be held mint for mtaT
service in tire field bodily mental ncpaci
inbecy under rules 10 be prescribed by me sec
resry war The ycePresideu ct the Confederate STATES
tue officers judicial and executive of the Confederate ana
State Governments including p"smasters appoh'eH ~
the President and confirmed the Senate and such clerks
in their Offices as allowed by the PostmaS:erGsnera
and employed and excluding all other Postmssters
their and clerks and except such Stae
as The several States NAV have declared hereafter
declare by law be Liable to militia duty; the members
both Houses of the Congress Of the Confederate STATES
and Of the Legislatures Of the several States ana her re-
spectiye officers; all clerks the offices OF the Con
sderae and State governments, authorized by law re-
ceiVng salaries or fees
the passage of the act entitled An 'fSH p
such troops shall be in active under State auhor
y provided that this exemption shall not apply 70 any
person who liable to be called into service oy Virtue
Of said act of April 10th, 1862.
TRANSFORMATION AND TELEGRAPH CoSPANlCs
All pilots and persons engaged IN the merchant marine
service the president superintendent conductors treas
chief clerks, engineers managers, station ugen
section masters expert TRACK hands to each section Oh
Payment of r4road companies to embrace laborers
porcrs and engers The president general supern
iendeut and operators of telegraph companies he os
superintendent and operators of said companies not 10 e
coed four in number any locality but that ut inc seat OF
of the Confederate States; hprcSdents su
nerntendens captains engineers chief clerk and mechan
les IN the actual service and employment Of all
in river and canal navigation and all captains oil ooa anu
engineers thereon employed.
EDIyHRs, PRINTERS PREAcEERs:
One edition of each newspaper now being puoished anu
such employees the editor or proprietor may cery
upon oath to be indispensable for conducting the pu6ca
ton the public printer and those employed 10 perform
the public printing for the Confederate and State E"Vern
nents; every minister of religion authorized to preach ac
cordng the rules Of his and IN the regular discharge
of ministerial duties.
RELIGIOUS non CoMBATANrs.
All persons who have been aud members OF the
Society of Friends aud the Association of Dunkers NaE
renes aud MGnuoniss in regular membership ID he re-
specve denominations provided members ol the SOce'
Of Friends, Nazarenes, Mcnnonsis, and DunkerS snail
furnish substitutes pay tax OF $500 each mo the pHo
lie Treasury.
All physicians who are and for the last i've years
Eave been in actual practice of their profession
sHoEAAKERs, TANNERS, ETC
miilers their engineers, nwrights, skilled and &C
uay employed their regular vocation IN the SAID trades
habuay engaged in working for the public and whilst
in writing that they skilled and actually employed
the time their regular vocation IN one al me ABOVE
trades which affidavit shall only be PTtI de's evidence
of the facts therein stated.
A pRov1So AGAINST ExToRTIoS.
PFOciisi FURTHER That the exemptions herein granted
occupation or employment not connected with the public
service shall be subject TO the cuudton that the products
of the labor Of such exempts of the companies aud
Establishments with which they connected shall be sold
and disposed Of by the propreors prices not exceeding
te.enyve per Sen'n upon h ne r rS scrsSTT If War
under such regulations he may prescribe and II Is
further provided that if the propretOrs OF any Snc6 manu-
featuring establishment shall be shown upon evidence 10
be submitted to and Judged of By the Secretary Of War To
have violated any evaded the true lntent
and spirit of the eonE 5Hs to ,5pP
dents 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 Cen
fderrs army. and shall in event be again exempted
thererOm BY of said manufacturing establishments
eIuplCymeuIs therein.
HOSPITALS, AsYLrNs, &C.
All superintendent of public hospitals iuLatic asyums,
and the regular physicians nurses and attendants therein
dumb and blind In each apOhecary store now establish
ed and doing business one aPotheeary IN good standing
wEo Is practical uPothecary.
WOOL, COTTON AND PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
Superntendents and operatives in wool and cotton fac
tories paper mills and superintendent and OF
wool cardug machines no be exempted Ey the Sec
rotary Of War; provided the profits OF such
shall not exceed seventy five centun the cost Of
production to be determined upon oath OF the parties
subject the penalties for violation Of the provisions
herein hereinbefre provided in Of
other manufacturing and mechanical enplOyments.
EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS
All and teachers ofcoleges academies schools
and theological Summaries who have been regularly
gagged such for two years presiding the Of this
act.
All artisans mechanics and employees in the establish
Of the government for the arms nrd
ordnance stores and other munitions Of war who
may be certified BY the officer in charge thereof
sary for such establishment also all artisans mechanics
and employees in the establishments of such persons as
be engaged under contracts with the Govern
in furnishing arms, ordnance ordnance Stores and
other munitions of saddles harness, and
plies provided that the chief Of the ordnance bureau,
ordnance officer authorized by him for the purpse
shall approve of the number Of the operatives required
such establishment; all persons employed in The
facture Of arms ordnance of kind BY the several
States by contractors furnish the same the sew
eral State Governments whom the avernur Secretary
of State thereof certify to be necessary the same
all engaged III the construction of ships gunboas
engines sails other articles necessary TO the public de-
fence under the direction Of the Secretary of the Navy;
superintendent, managers mechanics and miners en-
plOyed in the production and manufacture of salt To the
extent of twenty bushels per day. and of lead and iron and
all persons engaged making charcoal for making pig and
bar iron, embrace aborers, messengers wag6ners
and servants unless employed at works conducted under
authority by the officers or agents of State or in
works employed the production Of iron for the Conede
rate States.
STOCK RAIsEas
One male citizen for every 500 head of cattle for every
20 head OF horses mules and shepherd for every
SEQ head of sheep of such persons engaged excn
sTey in raising stock provided there is white male
adult not liable to do military duty engaged with such per-
son in raising said stock.
oVERsEERs ON PLANTATIONS
To the proper police of the country one person
either as agent owner or each plantation ON
which one white required kept by the laws
or ordinances OF State aud which there is no white
male adult pot liable to do military service and in States
having no such law one person, agent owner or over
seer each plantation of twenty negroes and on which
There is no white male adult not liable military service
and furthermore for additional police for every twenty ne
groes on two or more plantations within five miles of each
other and each having less than twenty negroes and on
which there is white nae adult Liable TO military
duty person. being the Oldest of the owners m oyer
seers on such plantations.
SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS
Also regiment raised under and BY authority Of bs
State Texas for the frontier defence now in ,b fe
OF SAID State white in such service and such other per
sons as the President shall be satisfied on account of ms
by exempted from military service in the armies of The
confederate States provided that the exemptions herein
ABOVE enumerated shall only continue whilst the persons
exempted are actually engaged their respective pursuits
or occupations. f
2 That the act entitled an act exempt certain pey.
sons rom enrolment for service the armies OF the Con.
Iearate States approved the esr april 1852 is hereby