The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-03-02


able bodied field hands, between the ages
of sixteen and City. upon the following con-
ditions:
/. This exemption shall only be granted
in cases in which there is no white male
adult on the farm or plantation not liable
to military service. nor unless the person
claiming the exemption was, on the LIST
day ofJanuary, 1864. either the owner and
manager or oyerseer of said plantation. but
in no case shall more than one person be
exempted for one farm or plantation.
Q. Such person shall first execute bond.
payable to the Confederate States Of Amer
lea, in such form, and with such security.
and in such penalty as the Secretary vi
War may prescribe. conditioned that he
will deliver to the government at some rail-
road depot, or such ether place or placesas
may be designated by the Secretary Of
War, within twelve months next ensuing.
one hundred pounds of bacon, or. at the
election of the government, its equivalent
in pork, and one hundred pounds of net
beef (said beef 70 be delivered on loot for
each able bodied slave on said farm ar
plantation, within the above said ages,
whether said slaves are in the field or not,
which said bacon or pork and beef shall be
paid for by the government at the prices
fixed by the Commissioners oil the State
under the impressment act; Provided. That
when the person thus exempted shall pro-
duce satisfactor, esideRce that it has been
impossible for him, by the exercise Of pro.
per diligence, to furnish the amount Of
meat thus contracted Tor, and leave an adj
equate supply Tor the subsistence Of those
living ON the said farm or plantation, the
Secretary Of War shall direct commute.
ton Of the same. to the extent of two-.hirds
thereof in grain or other provisions, to be
delivered by such, person as aforesaid at
equivalent rates.
s. Such person shall further bind him.
self 10 sell the marketable surplus Of pro-
visions and grain now on hand, and which
he NAV raise from year to year while his
exemption continues. TO the government or
10 the families Of soldiers, al prices fixed
by the Commissioners OF the State under
the impressment act: Provided, That any
person exempted as aforesaid, shall be en-
titled to credit Of twenty per cent. IN
any amount Of meat which he may derive
within three months from the passage Of
this act: Provided FURTHER. that persons
coming within the provisions Of this eremp-
tion shall not be deprived Of the brneht
thereof BY reason Of having been enrolled
since the lst day Of February. 1854.
4. In addition TO the foregoing exemp-
tons, the Secretary Of War under the di.
reclion Of the President, may exempt or
detail such other persons as he may be sa-
tisfed ought to be exempted on account Of
public necessity. and to insure the pruduc-
ton of grain aud other provisions for the
army and the families OF soldiers. lie
NAV also gran. exemptions or details. on
such terms as he may prescribe. 10 such
overseers. farmers or planters as he may
be satisfied will be more useful 10 the
country in the pursuits OF agriculture than
in the military service: Provided, That
such exemption shall cease whenever the
farmer, planter or overseers shall fail dill.
gently TO employ, in good faith, his own
skill, capital and labor exclusively in the
production of grain and provisions, to be
sold 10 the government and the families Of
soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the Commits.
sioners Of the State under the impre.mcn,
act.
5. The president, treasurer, auditor and
superintendent Of any railroad company
engaged in transportation for the govern.
mrni, and such officers and EMPLOYEES
thereof as the president or superintendent
shall certify on oath TO be indispensable 10
the Efficient operation Of SAID railsoai !:
Provided, That the number Of persons 50
exempted by this act On sny railroad shall
not exceed one person for each mile d such
road in actual use for military transporta-
tion, and said exempt shall be reported by
name and description, with the names 81
any who may have left the employment Of