The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-03-04
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

'oLCmB'A, February ID. 1868
FOR tho information Of the public
IL and as guide TO the officers cutnrnan.
ding companies now being organized for
service under the lat. call of his Excell-n.
cy The Governor, it is hereby made known
that the following person, are exempt from
said service, to wit
The Lieutenant Governor. for the time
being Judges of the Courts Of Law aud
Equity Ordinaries Clerks Of Courts OF
General Sessions and Common Pleas; Sher
ills Mnsiers, Commissioners and r. yi-trr,
IN Fqnitv ; the Secretary Of State Survey
br General; Comptroller General Trrasu
rers Of the State members of The I.ryisla.
turr aud officer, thereof Attorney. .Gcnsra!
and Solicitors ; Persons in Confederate and
State military ser"ics officers and cadets
Of State Military Acad.m7 regularly OH
ciating ciergym-n regular licensed practi-
cling phvsici"n, over tho aye Of thirty five
years one npothecary To each regularly
established trug store OF sir months stand
ing officers and Faculty of the South Car.
oiina College, and Professors in other in
corporated Colleges and Theological
Schools, while said Colleges and .;clnol.
are in operation; the Superintendent, Teach
ers and Steward OF the Cedar Srrng
hs,ium schoo!masters having under their
ch"rgc not less than twenty scho!ars all
hraurh pilots ore white man 10 each -
tablishrd ferry, toll bridge or toll grain
mill, " actually kept by such wnite man :
the Pre-inrni, Cashier and one re Ter Of
each OF the Banks Of he Stale; tne I'reasu
rers Of Saving Institutions Of the Stale :
the officers and men Of the city guard and
officers and forty men Of each Fire Com
pany Of the Fire Department Of Charleston
and Columbia. the officers and ~ many en-
pl"yers of each Railroad Company as the
President - Superintendent may certify To
be necessary To tho pthcient conduct OF its
business: Proriied, that il shall also be
certified that the duties of said EMPLOYEES
cannot be discharged by slaves 4; the Super
intendsLt aud Keeper Of the lmnstic A-ylum
aud their assistants, stewards or keep-rs Of
poor houses; the Keepers Of the Arssnuls
OF The State PERSONS holding office under
the Confederate States, except deputy
Posttnasters persons sInpioyed by the
State or 10y the Confederate States in the
manufacture OF arms, munitions Of war and
army supPiies all persons actually engaged
in the manufacture OF sait on the sca.coasi;
the m"mb-rs of the Boards Of Relief Of
Soldiers F"m:ies; ov-rse-rs having certif.
rates Of exemption issued from this office :
persons under the age Of sixteen and abovs
the ng- OF hfly wears, and persons between
the ages Of eighteen and forty.
". Persons ,clniming exemptions under
the law Will present the syItei ce OF their
cla'm, in writing and on oath, 10 the com.
manding officers ef the companies in which
'h.y are liable To service, who ar. h.rsss
auth"rizrd, II the claimant be- clearly enli
tied to h's exemption. 1" mark opposite hi,
name on the company Ioll. "Ex-py.." and
sach person shall not be then required "A
go INTO csn't'. bat the commanding officers
of companies shall return the evidence al
such exemptions To the commanding office =
of the regiment, when il shall have been or
Rnniz-d, To be revised bv him and he shatl
finally determine all such cxs.s
ill. Persons having certificates Of rx-
empti0n from this office will not be re-.
quired 10 produce further prcot Of their
right 10 the same, unless tho commanding .
officer "f the company has reason 10 be
i'eve that the person is .o loagsr engaged
IN the orcnpaiioD OF employment which
was the ground Of bis exem piion.
Nv. Al applications for discharges on
the ground Of physical disability must be
made 10 the commanding officer, Of regi
ments ("ftrr the e'ganizsiion) on the certi
hcaies OF lire Surgeons Of said regiments
Pror'ded, That the commanding officers OF
companies shall have power, and are hereby
authorized, TO excuse IRON appearing in
camp persons who ara certified by phrsi
clan Of stsuding TO i,c unable to attend. or
whose lives or health would be seriously
endangered by going To camp, and report
ali such cases to the commanding officers
OF their respective regiments, to be subject
to mis- revision.
v No furoughs or exemption. other
than for overseers will be granted at This
ofhce, and all applications for furloughs
must be- made 10 the commanding officers
Of regiments.
vi. No causes OF discharges or exemption
other than tbose hereinb-lore enumerated
are provided for by law
B, command
(Signed.) A. G. DARLINGTON,
hdjutant and Inspector General of y. &.
Official |: G \. FoLLiS, A. A. G.
Feb. 20, 1863. Ait.