The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-09
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| twenty Eve per cen, any amount of meat which
/ he may deliver within three months from the pas
| sage af this act Frort5sd farthcr, That persons
coming within the provisions of this exemption
sl,alI not be deprived thereof hv reason Of having
| hern enrolled since tirst day Of February, 1854
Ia addition to the foregoing exemptions the Sec
| t"iary of War, under The direction OF the Pr'st
dent, may exempt or detail such ether persons as
h.. may be satisfied ought 10 be exempt on account
of public necessity. and 10 secnse the production
ri grain and provisions for the army and the fam
lies nj soldiers He may also grant exemptions
!ais on such terms he may prescribe, 10 such
ov.rseers f,rmcis, planters as be may hc sails
fed will he more useful IN the country In the pur-
salts q; agriculture than in the military service
| t.fes.fe, THAT such exemptions shalt cease when
eye, the farmer, planter, er oversecr shall fa dill
sen,iy emp ny. In good faith his own skill capt
a. and tabor exclusively in The production oi grain
and provisions, To he sold to the Sovc Tatten and
| iue families ot soldiers at prices hot exceeding
nse Fixed at The time for like articles ny tae 'os,
! missianers OF tho State under the lmsossmen, &c
Y. The President, Treasurer, Auditor and s,,pef-
iatrndea, of any railroad company engaged In
! transportation for the Government, ana such of
| fi.rrs and employees thereof as the President or
Superintendent shall certify on oath Ia be inds-
psHSate 10 The efficient opcfati OF such railroad:
frefled, That the number OF persons tempted nv
Ibis act on any railroad shall not exceed one for
.seh mile of such road In actual Use Tor military
transportation, ana said exempts shall be reported
Ivy name and description, with the names OF any
| one who may have left the employment of said
Company, OF whn may cease to be indispensable To
|
iontii, 10 the Secretary Of War; such officer
| he may designate for that purpose And 1foritlati
| farther, That such President or Superintendent
shall, In each such monthly report, certify oath
that person liable To military service has been
| employed by his company STAGE the passage vi
isis act, III any position In which twas practicable
10 employ one net liable to military service, and
capable of performing efficiently the duties of such
! position. And in cases where railroads have fall
| en- into The hahds Of the enemy, and portion of
The rolling stock of such roads is being used on
,er roads not IN the cnemv's hands, the President
and Superintendent oi said first named roads shall
be exempt.
V. That nothing herein contained shall be con
! Sirued as rsPes'in. the act appi0vcd April four
tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty three, entitled
"in act To exempt contractors for carrying the
malls OF The Confederate States and the drivers of
post coaches and hacks, from military service -
PYGridei, That the exemptions granted under this
act shall only continue whilst tile persons exempted
are actually engaged in their respective pursuits or
occupations.
sec. IL. That the Presdcn. be, and he is hereby,
| authorized TO grant details, under rules and regu
atioGS TO he issued by the War Department, either
! from persons between forty i've and nifty years OF
| age, from the army in the field, III all cases
! when, in his Judgment, Justice, equity, and neceS
sity require such Details aud he HAY revoke such
! orders of details whenever he thinks proper
| Provided, Tia the power herein granted 10 The
President To make details and exemptions shall! not
. De construed to authorize the exemption detail
| lf any contractor for furnishing supplies of any
kind to the Cove! nntent, by rca Oh OF said conract
making such contract shall certify that the personal
services vi said contractor are inu pensibe TO the
execution of the contract Pror;irt, further, That
| when any such contractor shall fail diligently and
| faithfully proceed with the execution o! such
contract, his exemption or detail shat cease.
| section Il That IN appointing local boards of
surgeons tor the examination OF persons Liable To
| military service, no member composing the same
| shall be appointed from the county enrolling
| district in which they are required TO make such
| examination.
Approved February II, 1864.
! ]. The superu;cnlence of the measures neees
| sary for the enrolment, examination, enlistment,
assignment, detail and exemption Of aii ne ssolis
not belonging to the army in the States OF the
Mississippi river, who are placed in the military
service by the above act OF Congress, is devo!vrd
Oh the Bureau of tOnscfpi0n and all officers aid
persons assigned orr be employed in the conscrip
,ioa service, or upon other duty imposed upon the
Bureau, shall be subject to its orders, and their
ri0us acts and decisions may be revised therein,
under the orders and instructions Of the War De-
! partuipnt.
! IL. The Bureau OF Conscrp,icn, under the orders
! of ibe Department, will proceed 10 organize, in
every State, Efficient agencies for the performance
| OF The necessary duties imposed by this order
| These agencies III cansist of a commandment Of
consctftfs in each StIir- Il suitable number If
| camps OF instruction. under the charge of cOu,-
mandess ana enrolling officers aud drill masters,
be appointed or assigned Under acts of Congress or
| the orders OF The War Department The Bureau
ofC"nscriPt!on will by Instructions TO these officers
| designate the ,nies that they shall perform the
| ports that they shall make, and shall determine The
effect Of their certificates and he other official evi
| dcncc they may be required In give.
| in The performance ot the duties O( making Y
| cntans and details tile Bureau Of Consci piion
| may from time 10 time organize within The States
Temporary boards 10 obtain Information and advicG
relative 10 the necessity or pTopiey OF exemptions
OF details 10 be granted under Tie provisions OF the
| above act at Congress.
| III. Applications for exemption or detail under
this act except hereafter excepted, aud except
,}.t for 40 uf<
| of the military bnfeaux, for service in any of
the departments OF the Government, will he made
In writing Ia the enrolling officer Of the apprOpri
ale county or district and he supported ny the afii
davit of The applicant and other testimony, under
| oath. The enrolling officer will endorse his opin-
| Ion each aud every application, and transmit IL
| 10 The c0mmandahi Of conscr pts for bis approval,
| with certificate Of approval II the enrolling
Office approve the aPpiicaton he may grant Ger
| tiiicatc OF exemption for period not exceeding
| sixty days, which shall remain IN force for that
period unless cOuntcrmanded by the commlniaht
! of conscripts. Every applicant for exemption or
detail whose caim shall he refused by the enrolling
officer and commandment OF conscripts Will be al
lowed an appeal to the Bureau OF ConscriPti0n and
| the War u. partment. Bat until the application
has been made to the cnrol!i otiiccfDhd the com
Mandant of cohscripts, Applications VIII not be en-
| terflincd by the War Department.
| ~. Applications .Or exemptions TO insure the
pT0ducil0 of provisions for the army and families
| OF soldiers aud for the exemption of overseers,
farmers, planters, because their services will
than III the military service or Of persons between
| the ages Of forty five ana fifty, because justice
equity, or necessity require the detail or because
their employment is necessary to the public, shall be
he made 10 The enrolling officer liz writing, with an
affidavit oi the person making H. and accompanied
| with proof ofone or more credible witnesses. The
application should show VIII. precision the cnudi-
| ton of the alleged private public necessity ad-
! vantage, convenience, justice, o. equity
Among the facts IL bc stated are tue ability OF The
| party To produce the provision or supply the
requirement, the condition of the family whether
| any OF the members belong To the army, and
Whether some persnn not Liable ID military service
, cannot he procured TO perform The service. n the
decision OF the loca! enrolling officer be favorable
| he will transmit the 10 the Conmandant of
tohScfipts Tor approval, who may, II he approve,
grant an exemption or detail for sixty days. and en-
d1rse his action thereon, which will he transmitted
| To the Bureau oi Cousctiption. The fureau will
prepare special instructions Ia guide the action of
those officers in reference 10 This class OF cases
V Applications for certificates of exemption
der t.aiird article, tenth section of the act ore
said, and ii eth article OF the same section, Will be
made in all the local enrolling officer, and
| his certificate must be approved by the Congress
| sional district enrolling officer. Applications for
exemption under the fifth Article of the tcuh see
| tioa, relative To ;hc exemption of officers aad
| agents employed on railroads, may be made iii
| rectiy to the Commandment OF Conscrpts for The
State, who will grant the certificate of exemption
authorized by law, upon compliance with the
conditions contained in the act of Congress by The
officers therein incniiOnea.
| VI. The attention Of all officers of the Govern
ment, and especially of those belonging the mill
tary departments mentioned therein, is Directed
The language and rufpoit az the eighth section Of
| the act of Congress aE1vc recited Congress has
Maniies'cd. Elm various enac;ments, the policy Ia