Nebraska advertiser., 1864-02-25

1he following OIL, 10 De entllled An
act to prohibit dealing in the paper cur
rency of the enemy" has passed both
Houses of Congress:
l. The Congress of the Confederate
States Of America do enact: That no
broker, banker, or dealer in exchange,
or person concerned IN trade as afmers
chant, or vender of merchandise of any
description, or any other person, except
within the lines Of the enemy, shall buy,
sell, take, circulate, or in any manner
trade in any paper currency of the United
States: Provided, That the purchase of
postage stamps shall not be considered a
violation of this act.
2. Tha, any person violating the pro-
visions of this act shall be subject to m
dictment and prosecution in the Confed.
crate Court holden for the district within
which the offense was committed, and
shall, upon conviction, forfeit the amount
so bought, sold, circulated or used, or a
sum equal thereto; and shall be more
over subject to a fine of not more than
twenty thousand dollars, nor less than
five hundred, and be imprisoned not less
than three months, nor more than three
years, at the discretion of said court; and
il shall be the duty Of the Judges of The
several Confederate Courts TO give this
act specially in charge to the Grand Jury,
IAN act to put an end to the exemption
from military service of those who
have heretofore furnished substitutes
Section /. The Congress of the Con-
federate States of America do enact hat
the above recited act shall not apply TO
farmers and planters engaged on the 9th
of January, 1864, in the production OF
the grain and provisions, either by their
own manual labor in experimenting
the labor of others. Provided the ex-
emplIon herein contemplated is granted
subject to the following conditions:
!. That the person avalling himself
thereof shall devote himself, and the
labor of which he has the control anc
superintendence exclusively to the pro,
duction of provisions and family supplies
II. That there shall be paid and con.
tributed from the farm, or, if more thar
one farm, from each of the farms which
the persons thus exempted owns or su,
perintends, in addition TO the tithes re,
quir ed by any tax Jaw, an additiona
tenth of The pork or bacon produced OF
said farm or farms beginning with the
product Of last Year, for the use of thC
army.
III. That the person thus exempted
will, if so required, sell all his suTpIu.
provisions now on hand or hereafter
raised, for the use of soldiers families
or for the use of the army, at prices no
greater than those fixed for the time
being by the Commissioners appointed
under the Impressment act.
". That the person seeking to avail
himself of the benefit Of this act shall
have furnished a substitute not liable Il
military duty, who is not in the service,
or who has been legally discharged
merefrom, or WHO has died therein.
v. That the benefit of this act shall
not apply to persons on farms or planla
lions on which there is any other NAL,
adult not liable to military duty.
Sec. 2. Nothing contained in this &C
shall be construed as limiting the power
of the President. under existing laws. t.
exempt such persons as he may deem
proper, Of grounds of equity, justice O.
necessity.