The Opelousas courier., 1864-07-09
Hd. Qrs. Bureau of Conscription,
TRANSMITS. DEPARTMENT.,
aTorebaT Terms yuue O. 1854

GENERAL ORDERS No. l3.
Manufactures of Iron, Salt, Wool, or
Il. Gotten cloth, Soap, or Candles, who have
been or may be detailed as such manufacturers,
or to manage and superntend their factories, or
who have had or may have conscripts or soldiers
detailed as operators or employees in such fac
tories, will be required to make affidavit, that
they will during the continuance Of their details,
sell the articles, produced or manufactured at
their establishments at prices not exceeding
those fixed by the Commissioners of the State
under the Impressment Act.
H. Persons who have been or may be de-
tailed or who have had or may have others de-
tailed in their employ, as Wool-carders or
Threshers, or cutters of wheat or ether grain,
will make a similar affidavit, that during the
continuance of their details they will not take or
receive by way of toll or other means of COM
pensation, higher rate of pay for carding wool,
or threshing or cutting grain, than was custom
ary to be paid for such services in the localities
where rendered, before the war, and that they
will sell their surplus of the articles received by
way of toll, over suficiency for the supply of
their fami les, at prices not exceeding those fixed
by the Commissioners of the State under the
Impressment Act.
III, Persons who have been or may hereafter
be detailed as FoundrymrIia or who have had or
may have others detailed in their establishments
will make similar af1idavss that during the con-
tinuance Of the details, they will sell the castings
produced by them at price not exceeding Is
cents per pound, from which will be deducted
the cost of the materials furnished by the pur-
chasers, at the price usually paid since the war
for them at the Foundry.
Nv. Persons Who have been or may be de-
tailed as hatters, or who have had or may have
others detailed in their works for the manufacture
of hats, shall also make affidavit that they will
sell the hats manufactured at their works, at the
price paid them by the Government for hats; and
such persons so detailed. or having others de-
tailed to them as have no Government contract
shall make affidavit that they will sell their hats
at the price paid by the Government at the near
est establishment at which hats are supplied the
Government
v. Persons who have been or may be detailed
as wagon.makers or wheelwrights, shall make
affidavit that theywill charge for their labor not
more than at the rate of 81 per day, to which,
will be added the actual cost Of the articles they
may furnish.
VI General Order No. II. current series from
this Bureau, is amended by requiring the affida-
Wits therein provided for, to be made in all cases
where details are made, whether the detailed
men be soldiers or conscnpts.
VII. Any evasion of this order or of the pro.
visions Of General Order No IL, eithefeby re-
fusal to perform work or to sell for Confederate
money, or by obtaining provisions IN exchange
for work or articles manufactured, or received BY
way-of toll at prices below their customary
market value in the neighborhood, or by ex-
changing work or articles manufactured or re-
ceived for toll for provisions or supplies for re-
sale. will be punished by prompt revocaAon of
the detail
VIII. Upon proper application and satisfac-
tory proof, one man will be detailed as superin-
tendent to every manufactory of Salt, i'll which
not less than 20 bushels are actually manufac.
tared per day. But such details will not be
made to such manufactures as have superinten-
dents not subject to military duty.
By command of
Brig. Gen. GREER.
w. STEDN1AN, A. A. Gen.
July 2.-5-2t.