The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-03-29


g. Every minister OF religion authorized to preach
according to the rules of his church, and who at thu
passage OF this act shall be regularly employed IN the
discharge of his ministerial duties; superintendent
and physicians of aslums for the deaf ard dumb and
blind and of the nsane editor for each newspaper
being published at the time of this act and sneh en-
said editor may certify oath to be indis-
pensable to the publication of sach newspaper; the
public printer of the Confederate and State Govern
ments and such jonfnevmen printers the said public
printer shall certify oath to be indispensable per-
form the public printing; one skilled apothecary in
each apothecay store who doing business as sucn
on the 10th day of October 1862 and has continued
said business, without intermssion since that period
all physicians the age of thirty years. who now
are and for the last seven have BEEN in the
tua and regular practice of their profession, but the
term physician shall not include dentists; ell presl-
dents and teachers of colleges theological semnares,
academies and schools, who have been regularly en-
gagged such for two years before the passage OF
this act: Prorided, that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools
composed of twenty students or more. All superin-
tendens of public hospitals established by law before
the passage of this act and such physicians and nurses
therein such superintendent shall certify, oath,
to be indispensable to the proper and efficient manage
ment thereof
A. There shall be exempt one person as owner or
agrcnlturalist on each farm or plantation upon which
there now and the day of January last
fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of
sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions:
]. This exemption shall only be granted in cases in
which there white male adult the farm planta-
ton not liable to military service, unless the person
claiming the exemption the LIST of January 1854
either the owner and manager overseer OF said panta-
tion but in shall more than one person be
empted for one farm plantation
2. Such person shall first execute bond payable to the
States of America in suen form and with such
security, and in such penalty, the Secretary of War
prescribe conditioned that he will deliver the Gov
eminent at some Railroad depot, such other place or
places may be designated by the Secretary of War
within IL months next ensuing, 100 pounds of bacon,
at the election of the Government its equivalent in pork
ooA1 de-
foo for each abeboded slave said farm plantation
within the above said ages whether said slaves used in
the field or not which said bacon or pork and beef shall
be paid for by the at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the mpressment ac
Provided, that when the person thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that has been impossible for
him, by the exercise of proper diligence. furnish the
amount of meat thus contracted for and leave adequate
supply for the subsistence of those living the said farm
plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct
aton of the to the extent of twothds thereof in
grain other provisions be delivered by such person
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
g. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the
surplus OF provisions and grain hand,
and which he may raise from year to year while his
emption continues to the government to the families
of soldiers prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the mpressmen Provided, that any person
empted aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of 25 per
cent on any amount of meat which he may deliver within
h that persons coming within the provisions of this
emption shall not be deprived of the benefit thereof by
of having been enrolled since the list of Feb 1864
a. In addition the foregoing exemptions the Secre-
tary of War. under the direction of the President may
exempt or detail such other he may be satisfied
ought to be exempted of public necessity and
to insure the production of grain and other provisions for
the army and the families of soldiers. He may Also grant
or details such terms he may prescribe
to such ovrseer farmers planters he may be salts
fled 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 to employ, in good faith
his skill capital and labor exclusively in the produc
ton grain and to be sold to the government
a MT ad
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the impressment act.
s. The president treasurer auditor and spperintendent
of any Railroad company engaged in transportation for
the government and such officers and employees thereof
as the president superintendent shall certify oath to
be indispensable the efficient operation of said railroads
Provided that the number of persons exempted by this
act any railroad shall not exceed person for each
mile of said road in actual for military transportation;
and said eXempts shall be reported by and descrp-
ton. with the of any who may have left the
ployment OF said company who may cease to be ndS
pensable.
6. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April 14th 1863 entitled an
States and the drivers of post coaches and hacks
from military service: Provided, that all the exemptions
granted under this shall only continue whilst the
exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupations.
Section II. That the President be and be is hereby
horized to grant Details under general rules and regua
lions to be issued from the War Department. either OF per-
between As and so years of from the army in
the field in all where, in his Judgment justice equi
and necessity require such Details and he may revoke
such orders of detail whenever he thinks proper Provided
hat the power herein granted the President to make
"details and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize
he exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies of any kind the government by reason OF said
contract unless the head secretary of the department
making such contract shall certify that the personal
vices of such indispensable to the
Jon ofsad contract: Provided fulther that when any
such contractor shall fall diligently and faithfully to pro-
iced with the execution of such contract his exemption
detail shall cease.
Sec H. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
the examination of persons liable to military SERVICE
40 member composing the same shall be appointed from
he county enrolling district in which they are required
% make such examination.
Adopted in February, 1854
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