Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-03-02

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sions hereof, shall: on conviction thereof by o
court-martial or military court be csShiered
and it shall be the duty ofany department or
district commander, upon proof, by the oath
of any credible person, that any such officer
has violated this provision immediately to
relieve such officer from duty: and said COM
rpapdcrs shall take prompt measures to have
him tried for snch offence and>any comman-
der as Aforesaid falling to perform the duties
~enioined by this section, shall upon being du'
" convicted thereof, be discharged from the
service. :,
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That all
laws Granting exemptions from military ser
vice be, and the same arc hereby, repealed,
end hereafter none shall be exempted except
the following:
l.. All who shall be held unft for military
service, under rules to be prescribed by the
Secretary Of War.
3. The Vicc-Prcsident Of the Confederate
States, the members and ~oficars.o OF Congress
and of the several State Legislatures, and
such other Confederate and State officers as
the President, or the Governor ofthe respec-
tive States. may certify TO DO necessary Tor
.he proper administration of the Confederate
or State Governments, as the case may be.
2. Every minister Of religion authorized to
preach according 10 Tho rules Of bis church,
and who, ct The passage Of this ACT, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge OF his
ministerial duties superirtendants and ply,
sicians Of asylums for the deaf and dumb and
blind and of the.iasa1c; one editor for each
newspaper being published at the time OF
this act, and such employees rs SAID editor
may certify Oh cath; TO be Indispensable to
tho publication of such newspaper the pubhc
printer of the Cohfaderat and State Govern
,inents. and such iourneymen printers as tie
said public printer shall certify or cath to be
indispensable 10 periorm the public printing;
one Skilled apothecayy in eael. apothccary
store. who was doing buFiaass rs such on tie
l0,h day of oc.ober. lSG22, and haS continued
said business. without iaterfnissioEl, since That
period ali physicians over the age OF thirty
wears. who nov are, aad for tie s7S: seven
years have been in the aetna! aud regular
practice Of t!.eir profession, but tue term pay
siciaa shall not include dentists: ell presidents
and teachers of colleges, theological sem'.a-
rics, academies and schools, wko aa"e been
regularly engaged as such tor txoe{ears next
before the passage ofthis sc; Provided: That
tic benefit OF. this exemption Shall extend to
those teachers only whose schools are COM
posed OF twenty stu eats. Or mere. AL Su-
. perintendcats Of public hospitals, -esSaplisbrd
by law before the passage Of this act, and SUCH
physicians aud nurses therein as such super
in;endcu:s shall certify Gu oasll, to se indls'
pensah!e to the proper and eticient manage
mcnt thereof.
+. There shall be exempt one person as
owHer or sgricultutiEt on caca firm or plan
tst;on UPON which there are noy, and were
OIL the lst day Of January lsst, fifteen able.
bodied field hands, between The ages OF SIX
teen and fifty, npon The following connitions.
/. This exemption shall only be granted
ia cases in which there Is no white male
adult on the farm or plaptation not liable to
military s~eryica, por unless the person claim
ing the exemption WAS, ON the !st day OF jan
uayy, 1864, either the owner and manager or
o: erseer of said plantation, bit. in no. case
shall more than one person be exempted for
one farm or plantation.
.. Such person shall first execute a bond,
rayablo 20 the Confederate States Of America,
IN sucl, f1rm, aud With snch scenrity, aud il
such pe0alty as the Secretary OF Var may
prescsibe, conditioned tl1aJ he will deliver to
the Government at some railroad depot or
such other place or places rs may be desig.
mated by the Secretary Of War, within twelve
months next ensuing, orc hrnired pounds oe
baco,i, or, at the election Vi the GoTcrnment,
it's eoa;yalent il pork, aad one hundred
ponnas Of nett beef said beetle be delivered
On foot), fer each able bodied sla2e on said
farm. or plantation, within the above said
ages. whether said slaves ara il the fielder not,
wJh:r, said bacon or pork and beef shall be
maid for by tic Government 1T tao p.iccA
tiY.d By the Commissioner OF TIC State under
the impresssacat act: Provided, that when
the person thus exempted cha!l produce sat.
islactory evidence tbat i: has been impossi-
bic for lin, by tie exercise Of proper dill.
renee. &c furnish t;.e a;aoant OF meat thus
contracted Tor, AID !caYe an adequate supply
for the subsistence Of tiioEo iiv'n. OF ..'e sad
fan or plantation, the Secretary OF War
shall direct = cormuta:io of the same 10
tho extca, Of two-th;rjs thereof il grain or
ether pso7is:oas. 10 lie delivered by such per.
son as aforesaid at cciaira!oft rates
9. such person shall lurttsr Liad himself
10 sell the nGrketacic surplus oi PROVISIONS
and grain Row on hand, ani which ic may
| raise from year to year willie his exemption
continues, 10 The Government or TO the fam
lies of soldiers at prizes fyea by tho Com
missioners Of the State under the impress
melt act: Proy!Jai lhat an" person exempt
| ed as aforesaid, shall be entitled 10 a credit
Of twenty-five per cent. on an? amount o!
meat which he may deliver within three
months from the passage Of this act: Provid-
Cd further, that persons coming within the
provisions of this exemption shall not lie DC
| priyed Of the benefit thereof by reason Of hav.
inr been enrolled SINCE the lst day .o&sl3eb-
raary, 1864.
A. In addition to the foregoing exemptions,
the Secretary of War. under the Objection Of
the President, may exempt or detail such
other persons as he may be satisfied onght to
be exempted on account O. public necessity,
and to insure the production Of grain and 9th
Or provisions for tho army ard tie families
Of soldiers. lie may, al:o, grant exemptions
or details, on such terms as he may prescribe.
to such .oyersccrs, farmers or planters IS he
NOV hn satisfied will be more useful to the