The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-11-08

3. Every minister OF religion authorlzG8 10
according to the rules of his church, and who at the
passage of this act shall be regularly employed IN the
discharge of his ministerial duties; superintendent
and physicians of asylums for the deaf and dumb ana
blind and of the nsane editor for each newspaper
being published the time of this act and such en-
ploy ees said editor may certify on oath to be nds
pensable to the publication of such newspaper the
bubble printer of the Confederate and State Govern
mens and such ionrnevmen printers the said public
printer shall certify, oath be indispensable to per-
form the public printing! one skilled apothecary In
each apothecary store who doing business such
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 the last years have been In the ac
tua and regular practice of their profession but the
physician shall include dentists; eli presi-
dents and teachers of colleges theological seminares
academies and schools who have been regularly
as sac for years next before the passage of
this Prorided that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are
composed of twenty students or more. All superin-
tendents of pnbc hospitals established by law before
the passage of this act and such physicians and nurses
therein as such superintendent shall certify OATH
to be Indispensable TO the proper and enelent manage
ment thereof.
4. There shall be exempt person as owner or
agricuuralist each farm plantation upon which
there are now nd on 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 in
which there is white male adult the farm plana-
ton liable military SERVICE unless the person
claiming the exemption was the lst of January, 1864,
either the and manager overseer of said plana
ton; but in case shall than person be
empted for one farm plantation
2 Such person shall first execute bond payable to the
Confederate States of America in such form and with such
security and in such penalty, the Secretary of War
may prescribe conditioned that lie will deliver to the Gov
eminent at some Railroad depot such other place or
places may be designated by the Secretary of War.
within ~ months next ensuing 100 pounds of bacon,
the election OF the Government equivalent in pork
and 100 pounds of nett beef sad beef be delivered
foo for each abeboded slave on said farm or plantation
will he in
the field not which said bacon pork and beef shall
be paid for by the government at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the mpressment act
Provided, that when the person thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that il has been impossible for
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 cOmmu
taion of the same to the extent of wo-hrds thereof in
grain other provisions be delivered by such person
aforesaid at equivalent rates
B. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the
marketable surplus of provisions and grain hand
and which he may raise from year to year while his
empton continues, to the government to the families
Of soldiers prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the mpessment act: Provided that any person
empted aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of 25 per
cent any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage this act Provided fur
her 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 to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre
ary of War, under the direction of the President, may
exempt detail such other persons he may be satisfied
to insure the production OF grain and other
the army and the families of soldiers He may. also, grant
exemptions details such terms he may prescribe,
to such oversees 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 cease whenever the farmer planter
shall fail diligently to employ in good faith
his skill capital and labor exclusively in the produc
ton grain and provisions to be sold TO the government
and families ofsOlders at prices not exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the impressment act
s. The president treasurer, auditor and superintendent
of any Railroad company engaged i'll transportation for
the government and such officers and employees thereof
the president superintendent shall certify on oath to
be indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad:
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 transportatOn
and said exempts shall be reported by and descrp
tion with the of any who may have left the en-
ployment OF said company OF who may cease to be inds
pensable.
6. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April 18th, 1863, entitled
to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con-
dcrate States and the drivers of post coaches and hacks
from military service Provided, that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per-
exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupations.
Section H. That the President be and be is hereby
thozed to grant details under general rules and regula
tons to be issued from the War Department. either per-
sons between As and so years of age, from the army
the field in all where, in his judgment justice, equ
ty and necessity require such Details and he may revoke
such orders detail whenever he thinks proper Provided
that the power herein granted to the President to make
details and exemptions shall be construed to authorize
the exemption or detail OF any contractor tor iYLnSng
supplies of any kind to the by reason OF said
contract unless the head secretary of the department
making such contract shall certify that the personal
vices Of such contractor Indispensable to the
ton said Provided fther that when any
such shall fall diligently and faithfully to pro-
coed with the execution of such contract his exemption
detail shall cease.
Sec. ~. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
for the examination of persons liable to military service,
no member composing the shall be appointed from
the county enrolling district in which they required
to make such examination.
[Adopted in February, 1864.