Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11
III Authority.
"a .cT 30 oRG.siRr FORCES 10 SERVE puEISt
TIE WAN

~ AcT 10 oRG.aiEc FORCES 10 SERVE puEIS
TIE war
Tie Cnnrres, .! the G,ufChlr Stt.sJ " Arrri:t
enact Tia: iu.l and .:II. tie r&s"...: Ci Ia ~, h
whit. r,rn rrlc.s of a.. C"G' irra, State, het"er
the n--s Of seyratern :.L fIy . be In the niilar
> ! vilc Ui 4Ic CUHtrirras Siaic' lot iit" war.
Sec J. lat all ;hc pcr,on; ,.c:ai, h.l%ren -" AZ
r. ui s;tru aaf :nryvr so" IN Scr"'r, sh1'l be i"a'
o. dur... the r.cseIt wf IA: Lir.cI stIr., III y,
Regiments. baI'Aiio., ani c"m"i.s to which tue
Fens hi the issts -: TIL, act, with III" alluc nrShnH
li and Objects. urlc. fc:'"!2 Transferred o, h:Gars
cd, III accordance "if the laws ANA reSnli'''h nr TIC ~
rrrnment Of iic Amy Ff.'".i, TIA; companies r"n
one state organized against, rr cUhsen rNpressei i
the time, with regiments or hIiunS otu anoi!- :aif
,Rl have the privilege ui being transferred I" orSi!
tiQns troops 10 the OF the service from ll
states ia which The said companies rased and III
sadi from State In cniaaneS another Stat
shall he allowed II they desire It, transfer 10 o:sanza
lion, from their own State in tn sae arm OF i11 ser
Sec s. That at tlo expiration OF SIX months !romth
rst day OF April nsxt, abOuniy Of one hundred dollars
sS per cent Government bOnd uhich the Secretary
TeFSbry Is hereby auhoriZed 10 Issue shall be paid
every miss o-d Office, musician and Prlr4'. "h
siLll then he trr service o. m the erens OF his deal
previous trr Tcrad Of such mrn then TO the
persons who w.ud he entitled By law to receive the ar
rearas his pay but u" nr shall Se entitled T." i
bounty .rei provided who shall! any time during la
period "f six month. aft r said r. day OF prll
lie al,seI.t lruu his command y ..h"ui Leave.
Sec l. That person shall relieved from the opera
Ito OF this by reason Cl iIns been heretofore dis
charged from the army wr disability eAis,s
hail those who have i us substitutes lac any long.r
exempted hy thereof: Pr'f'ded, That person
hrr.lnfr. l.ru.- On accuu Al m rrg ous opinions. and
Win L.4 Iaid rl tax levied 10 relieve IL ;rom service
si-l Lc rrlu!:su D Irinirr u:ary service uhrr this
act.
Sec :. Tint AT Nhtc ua'r residents o. the confsiera',
sf:.- b-iv,r-; the as-- anal r.icrI,
ry five nd fiiy hail cnr'! ilcnsclvr'. nj sur'
mrs and places, dui under ru!i regulations the Prcs
dent rHay crih, the tine allowed not being less than
thirty days ia" IoSr east, and si;y days for "'e west ~
the Mississippi river; nl ANY person who shall iAi 50 I"
enroll himself. without reasonable excuse h,icior he
jisrd OF hy the President shall he placed IN service In
the field Tor In the Manber though lac
hcwern the ages Of eighteen and iDriy i've: FRO
r>d That tic p-s0r, mentioned in this section sla con
.utc rec. rYe State defence anh detail duty, and
shall Sac; lie required I" perform >etyIce ou: II he ate in
! which hrv reside.
hi. -nrnI! i!ern-lvcs mav within 'hry day. after
the passage hereof "t the Ms.lssppi river and
within sity days, IL of said river, form themselves
voluntary organization. Of conan baiaons or re1''
mrrs aud elect their o.hcrrS-Snh organization to
conform TO the existing law an having 40 ORGANIZED" 10
tender their services volunteers during the 10 tie
President: AMI II such organization shall furnish prh.cr
rolls. now required aud h"posi; copy thereof
with The rfroiny officer oi their district, (Which shall d.
| e.IuvHirnt 10 enrUln-ni,l they mny he accepted
minute men eryicr such STATE; but In event 10 lie
taken nu, of il, Those who volunteer and ursa
ul: shall enroll themselves rIrr PROVIDED and inay
by the Prr.iI-nt, he required TO assemble Il. places oi
ayo- and h- forru iaio conpaIrs ha';ai"ns and
.iu,cni. under regulations I" br prescribed by him. ai
,n!l have The right To elect ," ""mpanr ai resIurna
officers all i.op1 organized under s arr Tor State
:rrr shall I entitled while in actual seryirs to IL"
| same rWy nhd allowances ~ u""F" n"w III The -li
SEC. :. Tia! ay person who shall fail TO attend at the
place uI rrnr.yuus required ly the Authority &" the
President, without sufficient eAcu,e TO be judged OF ny
him. shall liable To - placed In servicH In the Held Tor
var. II he between the ages Of eighteen AMI
forty.hy- years.
Sec T. That hereafter the duties Of provost and hosr
IA! guards clerks nf clerk, guards agents. enp'"y
.., Or ,Ior.r, in the Cuuns 2ry nni QuurermaS.Ts
DEPARTMENTS, In the Ordinance Department., md clerks
ard rlnpovr.s nf navy AGENTS also In the execution uf
the enrolment acts Ind all similar duties, shall be per
rred y rrsGBs who within the ng-s nf e ht-rr aud
iort:yc ears AMI VINO, hy the report Of board Of
arag su.gn"ns shall lie reported s unable t. perform
active service in the field but capable Of performing soirc
nf h. above ranrd dctirs specifying w!r. and VII: IN
osc persons shall have been ASST sn- I" those dutie' ~
lar as prArcablc the President shall ietil or assign to
trr performance such boiirs oi troops or iniiviuai
required 10 enrolled under the NTH section Of this nc:
n. NAV needed for the discharge cf such dnti"s
PpEied That persons between the %! seventeen AMI
- i;.-n shall he assigned u these duties FJUride
jDr;L,r That nothing ch!ancd In this act snail be so
construed ss % prevent the President run .,ing ar
rsns mechanic. pcrsnns Of scrhhc skill TO periorm
in- n;i'~ in te departments or burenux here'
mrnuEed.
SEC q That aay auartrrnast-r assistant uuar.rmas
ter conrni.sary assistant c"Iawsr:, (pir tn those
-rrvug with emei,ts aud b!igadcs In the nc! Ucsr
In the ordnance burcauN navy agenor provost marshal
r ofr. Ia c''iscript service who shall hereafter
poy retain IN his rmoy rieEt any rfsGn In III 'ri:
,ad Lepr or hure4uN, al any "f III" duties
,ioE. In eighth ss"n of this aci la violation Of the
hv-"f -Il conviction Thereof. ly cDur,
martial military cnuri be caslcrr hni IL shul he The
duty nf any Department district r"iEmanlrr upon proof
by the Of any credible person. That sucl officer
v"ate! Hi, pr"yis", cdntey 10 relieve such c
Hr.r fron duty and raid commander shall take prompt
MEASURES him trirh FOR such nf"iCc az! any
uand-r as a.ogesh! .ns perform III" duties sIj"neh
rs ~ ..tlun -l, Gpo" beiH 6"! convicted .ir"i,ha
| dismissed frmri ihr -r:Eicr.
S"a. TO- I,, all law, rr. IT.: cS"ri'!,n from military
n. and tn. - III: ARE crr,y rtp,alr,i and hrrcu
Ter n0,r. shall be exempted except The Ip.UwiU":
AI wlo shan he h"il sIt f0r military rrTyi"c, TIiic:
rule q. H., pres. rbrl ~ The Secretary al war.
L. T.. Vice rrr,l-nt al ilr Confederate states ih
mrtnh,rs officers Of Congress Hni "f the several it'
Legislatures a.l such ether C'it. anl SItr "lic"I,
4, ~, prrin tle tnrrimo:s ut the "c,!,. State.
nay certify necessary tor the proper administration
the Confederate state GJrcrnucns The nity
lie.
lI Every minister NJ religion authorized to preach
cordiny Yu,s Of hi, church, and wO Mt the passage
of Ill. ACT, shall be- regularly employed In the hlsrarse Of
nj, instcTal duties sUpernt-lrnis and physicians Of
a,y:r. for the deaf, NIB and blind and of the Insane
one -,iitr zach Newspaper being published mt the TINE
of tho psssn nf this act aud such employees said al
l,or may certify oath he ind srnsaLle to the puhGa
On o, such newspaper the public printer o the Conf-le
ra. nu State Goyrrnm -n, ourneymrn printers
a. The said public printer .ill certify oath Ia bee nts
pens bi- perform tht public printing one skilled
hecary each apo;.cary store, who MAS doing busnr.
a, such spothrcry III: tenth day CT octohrr eighteen
hundred aud sStviwo and la. continued laid hus.nrSs
witInut n ,on since that period all pIy.ra:Is
u!- a.e Of thirty years who nnd for the last
y-.. have hrri the actual and Ilar practice 0f their
urnf, ,np but the term py ysrIan shall not rin!e DEN
lists all presidents Ip TEACHERS nr colleges, ieo oR'al
S.minairs acarirI and scl""!-, who have been
lrlf engaged sTc for two ye'ts neat before The pass
age III ir.riod That the L-E'ni nl his eXen
ton shall cN"ad to those tchcers only whose -ho"is ar.
rnnpu> ri Of twenty students or more MI superintendent
Of public hospitals established by law before the pa'saTe OF
nj, act aui .uch physicians and nurses h"rrn sir
,uneriutcurnt shall certify oath 10 hs indispensable I"
the proper and riGcien: management thereof
~ There .lall be exempt ~ ovcrseeror ~.
r,.uiurat each farm plantation upon which TIER
are now ai wrrs upon the first day u january last III.
teen ahlbrdie,i field hands, between the sget Of hAren
Nh .ity upon the following conditions THIS rHem-
ti"u shall only granted in in which there "
white male adult the farm plantation not liable 10
military service unless the person claiming the exoH.
lion wa. OIL the day January. eighteen hundred
lud lxtyfnr either The owner and naager or orrraeer
NJ sail LAM alton SuI In aaSe shAl more than one
person he -Semtsdo tor Que farm Or plantation Such
er,on shall dst scue bond, payable the Confede-
States OF America in such form hld vim such secui
ty and Ia such pcay AS ia" Secretary OF ar may pre-.
scribe conditioned that hs deliver u the Government
at railroad depot such other place or places as may
be Lest mated by the Secretary Of War, within twelve
months then next ennIiug hundred pounds Of bacon
or al the elecou Of the Government its e9uit allen In
pork AMI Que hundred pound II nets beef sa eetsts
delivered o. foot for each ahe.bod ave the farm
| or plariu.o within the above sad ages, wheta:r sed
.orr snd beef shall be paid for by the Govern the
prices liked by he Commissioners OF the State under the
mpressIvnt act: P'oridsd That when n" person Illus
exrmpied ed shall produce satisfactory evidence that II has
been for him. by III" >rcIse "i proper dischcr
to furnish the OF meat thus contracted for ard
cave adequate supply for the Subsistence OF tho-e "
ing un said farm or paion the Secretary OF War shall
Ir.r, a Communication OF the same 10 the extent OF tT"
thirds thereof In grain or otsr lF9Yso 10 Dc
prrsuu 81 further bind himself TO sell the etahlc
sur,us OF provisions aud grain now on hand, and which
h. NAV rails. from year, while hs exemption
uur, to tie 10 the families Of soldiers. 1t
mr. c,s xrl y tho Commissioners Of the State under the
n,,r.,sn.nt ac, PrOridrd That any person, exempted
cent, ON any oi meat which he may deliver within
three months from The passage "f this a:i fT"r'dtd j"
H.r That persons within the PROVISIONS o this eS
.m,ou shall he deprived ,hereofby reason OF having
been enrolled since the rsI day "f February, eighteen
/ hundred and sixty four
lp sll,iinn The foregoing exemptions the Secretary
OF war under the direction of The Prrsirn uny s-enrI
or dc;a ZACH other pcr lac nay be rat-ed ought |"
m rnIrd Of pGh!ic necessity, and To Insure
,- rlucfi az grain and provisions for the array and
tie families OF soicr. He also, grant ei.nl oiis
or details such trri- ~ lie may ir.ciIGc SUCH over
,..t farmers planters he may he satisfied viii he
moro useful the cDuL;ry ia the pursuits OF agriculture
,,.u III the military rrSice Pr"raci. that sici -ehenp
uE- shall c-s-e Hhr'rrie faGusr, piai;sf or "Yersr-i
shall fail diligently employ IN good iaIh, his own sfhi
cilaI and labor exclusively In Ehs production ot grain
and 10 be sold 10 the Government ard the IAN
ulr uf soldiers ~ prices no! rscectnE hOsc hIrd At H.
time ,r like articles by the Commissioners Of the stat,
under the imprcssneEt act.
v The rres-n treasurer, auditor and superintendent
Of my railroad company sEshSi 10 triu-Porturlon IT,
the Government, and such officers and employ ther-r
r.. the pre- sient supsrn; .ndrnt shah certify oath
to - Indispensable TO the efficient operation o sLch rail
toad: PrDsi3ed That the narpber 81 PERSONS exempted
this any rairoad shall c=cse! for each Dill
f such road in actual for military trhsportato ant