The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-03-08

according to the rules of his church. and who at the
massage this Ct shall be regularly employed in the
discharge of his ministerial duties; superintendent
and physicians of asyums for the deaf and dumb and
blind and of the insane editor for each newspaper
being published at the time of this act, and such
ploy said editor may certify on oath to be indis
nensable the publication of such newspaper; the
hubble printer of the Confederate and State Govern
ments and such onrneymen printers the said public
printer shall certify oath to be indispensable per-
form the public printing; skilled apothecary in
each apohecary store who doing business such
on the 10th day of October 1862, and has continued
said business without intermission since that period
all physicians the age of thirty years. who now
are and for the last years have been in the &C
taa and regular practice of their profession but the
term physician shall include dentists; oil presi-
dents and teachers of colleges theological seminaries
academies and schools, who have been regularly en-
gagged such for two next before the passage of
this ac Prouded that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are
composed of twenty students more. All superin-
tendents of public hospitals established by law before
the passage of this and such physicians and
therein such shall certify on OATH
to be indispensable to the proper and efficient manage
ment thereof.
T. There shall be exempt person owner or
agriculturalis each farm plantation upon which
there and the LIST day of January last
fifteen able-boded field hands, between the ages OF
sixteen and fifty upon the following conditions:
l. This exemption shall only be granted in cases in
which there is white male adult the farm planta
ton not liable to military SERVICE nor unless the person
claiming the exemption the LIST OF January, 1864
either the and manager overseer OF said anta
ton; but in shall than person be ex
empted for farm plantation
g. Such person shall first execute bond payable to the
Confederate States of America in such form and with such
security and in such penalty, the Secretary OF War
may prescribe conditioned that he will deliver to the Gov
eminent at Railroad depot, such other place or
places may be designated by the Secretary OF War;
within IL months next ensuing 100 pounds OF bacon, or
at the election OF the Government its equivalent In pork
and pounds beef (said beef be delivered
foo for each bodied slave said farm plantation
wifi he
the field not which said bacon or pork and beet shall
be paid for by the at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the impessment ac
Provided, that when the person thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for
him, by the exercise of proper diligence to furnish the
of thus contracted for and leave adequate
supply for the subsistence of those living the said farm
plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct commu-
taton of the to the extent of twohrds thereof IN
grain other provisions to be delivered by SUCH person
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
s. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the
marketable surplus OF provisions and grain now on hand
and which he may raise from year to year while his ex-
empon continues to the government or to the families
of soldiers prices fixed the commissioners of the State
under the mpressment ac Provided that any person
enped aforesaid shall be entitled credit of per
cent any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage of this act Provided fur
thtr that persons coming within the provisions of this
empton shall not be deprived of the benefit thereof by
reason OF having been enrolled since the list OF Feb 1864
4. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre
of War; under the direction of the President, may
exempt detail such other persons he m be satisfied
ought to be exempted account of public necessity and
insure the production of grain and other provisions for
the army and the families of soldiers He may, also, grant
exemptions details such he may prescribe,
such oveseers farmers planters he may be salts
fed will be useful to the country in the pursuits of
agriculture than in the military service Provided. that
such exemption shall whenever the farmer planter
shall fail diligently employ in good faith.
his skill capital and labor exclusively in the produce
ton of grain and provisions be sold to the government
aud families of soldiers at prices exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the impressment act.
s. The president treasurer auditor and superintendent
ofany Railroad company engaged in transportation for
the government and such officers and employees thereof
as the president OF superintendent shall certify ON oath TO
be Indispensable to the efficient operation OF said railroad
Provided that the number of persons exempted by this
any railroad shall not exceed person for each
mile of said road in actual for military transportaon
and said exemp shall be reported by name and descp-
ton with the names of any who may have left the en-
ployment OF said company who may cease to be lnds
pensabe.
6. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April 14th, 1868, entitled
TO exempt contractors for carrying the mails OF the Con-
ederte States and the drivers of post coaches and hacks
from military service: Provided that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per-
sons exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits occupations
Section il. That the President be and be is hereby
thozed to grant details under general rules and rgua
tons issued from the War Department. either of per-
between As and so years of age from the army in
the field in all where in his Judgment justice, equi
t and necessity require such Details and he may revoke
that the power herein granted the President to make
details and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize
the exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies of kind to the government by OF said
contract unless the head secretary of the department
making such contract shall certify that the personal ser
vices of such contractor indispensable to the
ton contract: Provided fulther that when any
such contractor shall fall diligently and faithfully, to pro-
coed with the of such contract, his exemption
detail shall cease.
Sec. II. That in appointing local boards ofsurgeons
for the examination of persons liable to military service,
no member composing the shall be appointed from
the county enrolling district in which they required
to make such examination.
adopted in February, 1854.