The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-12-21
THE MILITARY EXEMPTION BILL.

The following bill was reported br Mr..
Miles, of s.. C. frsm thel military C smmit-
lee, to the House Of Representatives, on
Saturday last:
A Biz to- Amend an Ad Entitled !" IN, Aet,
10 Orgsaize Forces 70 Serve Daring the
Var
The Congress Of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the tenth and
eleventh sections Of ian act to organize
forces to serve during the war" approved
18th February. 1864. be. and the same are
hereby repealed. and in lieu thereof, there
shall be Inserted the following-to wit:
Sec. 70. Tha, all laws granting exemp-
tions from military service be. and the same
are hereby repealed. and hereafter none
shall be exempted except the following:
|. All who shall be held unfit for militia
ry service. under rules to De prescribed by
the Secretary Of War.
II. The vice. President of the Cnnfede.
rate States; the members and officers d
Congress and of the several State Leyisla-
lures, and such other Confederate and Stale
officers as the President or the laws sf the
respective States may declare 10 30 neees-
ssry for the proper administration Of the
Confederate or State governments. as the
case NAV be.
I'LL. Every minister 81 religion in there
collar discharge OF his ministerial duties
wha. on the seven iernlh day Of February,
eighteen handrrd anu sixty -iour, lad &C.
c"rd,ng 10 Tie rules and ussgrs OF the de-.
nomination To which he belonged. the pas.
toral carr Of religious congregation but
10 minister af religion shall be exempted
under this &C, Who has. al any time during
the war. engaged. or who shall hereafter
engage. in wing AID selling for profits; SUI
per,ntendents aud physicians Of asylums for
the deaf. dumb and blind. and of the insane.
AVID nur,es in asylums Tor the insane me
editor Tor each newspaper being published
al the time Of the passage of This act. anf
such practical printets ssd pressmen az sail
editor may certify on oath 20 be indispensa-
BILE 10 the publication Of such newspaper
the public printer of tie Confederate and
State governments. and snch jnurnetmen
printers a. the aid publ.e printer shsll err.
tify nm oath I. br indispensable 10 periorm
he public printing anr skilled apothecary
IN each sp"ihecary store. who was dung
business n such apuiheears IN the tenth
day 81 Ocfuber. eighteen hundred aud sixty.
two, and has continued said business with
out intermission since ihs' period skilled
pharrnaccuti-ts engaged in the manufacture
Of drugs and medicines % the value oftro
hundred aatl hft, thousand dollars per an.
nun. Tor the ".r Of the government nr The
public provided that not mnrr than tvs
persons shsll BE- exempted for any one -.
tablishment; al physicians WIN are. aud
we're for the ten years nest preceding tbs
seventeenth dar Of Febrsary. eighties
hundred and sixty-isur. in tho resulrr prsc.
,ice u their profession. aud who hall not,
Il any tine. rngagr IN buying sns selling
for pratt but the term physician shall mol
inrlude dentists: provided. that no Ph!s''
eisn shall be exempted under this act IN.
Les, nv shall, within sixt, DAYS after Inc
passage thereof. 6le With The enrnlling ON.
Ger 81 his district. or The Secretary OF war.
10 general commanding The trans Missls.
slppi department. q statement ~ WIRING
that he will practice his profession ior Con.
fr,erate curreuc.. Al prices to be hfsd .,
The Beard Of Commissioners for the sta'e
under the imgressment act. and u IS here.
by made lhe duty Of the commissioners un,
der the impressment act TO FIX the lees "
practeing physicians in their respective
States. and publish the same IN their seNs,
raj schedule Of prices; AL presidents anu
teachers Of colleges, theological seminar'es'
and military academies, who have been &c.
gularly engaged as such for tvo yeaa. nen
before the passage Of this act pros'nea'
that the benefit Of This exemption sha'' e.
tend to those presidents and teachers sng
whose colleges, thesIogical sem'.ar,es, an
military aeademsrs are composed o. !Sea
~ students or more all superintenosn.
OF psblic hospitals established oy Jaw V