Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-06-10

SC. 9. Be it further enacted That the oficgEs
and men slsll b SUBJECT to the rules aud stfcles
sof Nsr of tie Confederate States, Ind sA receive
the sane pay, rationt and allowances while ID actual
service .s thoss Of like grade in the cehisdsr't'
SEQ 8. Be- It furtAsr enacted, That thsre.shall
be exempt from service under this act the following
to wit: The officers Of the executive DEPARTMENTS
of the Stats, with their clerks and SECRETARIES;
members. and officers Of the General Assembly
Judges of the Confederate and State courts; Tie at.
torney general, solicitors Of the several Judicial
circuits, clerks Of courts of record, marshals and
sher janors, registers, county trustees and keep
cts Of the poor; one salt commissioner Of each
county, two bIacksmiths who have NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in each captains district one miller for each public
mill; regular ministers of the gospel; the officers
and necessary employees Of the insane asylum, and
institute for the deaf, dumb and oifnd, with their
inmates and pupils; physicians who have. been ha-
bitpslly engaged in the practice of their profession
for four years Immediately before this day; the
president superintendent treasurer, secretary, an
agent for each depot and 3 reasonable number Of
engineers, runners, conductors, and mechanics OF
each railroad oompapy; one editor and the neces-
sary number of compositors for each newspaper; the
president professors and stewards of colleges the
principal and teachers Of academies; the principal
and reasonable number of employees or fnanuiac-
turers of cotton and wooden goods, iron, leather,
Shoes and other articles manufactured Of leather,
who are working under contracts with the Console
rate or Stats government or who hsye 5rQaght
themselves within the terms Of the actof Coagress,
by agreeing to take. and by taking ,1ofnores Dan
seventy-fve per cent profit upon tA6r fnahufas-
lures; but in every it shall be ma5seo appear
the entire satisfaction of such officer as the Gov
ernor may appoint that such contract OF agreement
was bona tide, and not entered into Or pretended
merely to escape military duty; and that the Gov:
ernor shall have power in special and extraordinary
cases to exempt any other person.
this act the Governor is empowered to employ such
officers of the militia as may be necessary, and he
may appoint suitable number of drill officers,
with the rank and pay of junior second leutenants.
Sec. 8. Be IL further enacted, That whenever the
Governor shall deem it expedient to raise secretly,
in places where it cannot be done publicly under
this act companies for special services he may COM
mission officers for that purpose, with authority to
raise such companies to consist Of as many men
and officers as he may determine, who when in &C.
tual service shall be entitled to the sane pay and
under the same rules as the force herein authorized
except to the appointment of officers, which shall
be made by the Governor: -,
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, That the Cover
nor shall have power to appoint field officers to
command airy force raised under the!6th section
that he may think proper and expedient
SEQ z. Be 1t further enacted, That Ill laws and
clauses of laws coming in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed and this act shall be in force and
take effect from and after its ratification RATIFIED
the lOth dog Of February, 1861