The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1864-02-23

who By the report of Beard Of army surgeons
shall be reported as unable 10 perform active
service in the field, but capable Of performing |
some Of the above said duties, specifying
which, and when those psrasas shall have !
been assigned 10 these dutiSs AZ far az praoti- |
cable the President shall assigR or detail 70 |
their Performance such bodies Of treons or
required to be enrolled under The
eth section Of this act, as may DO needed for
the discharge Of such dutes: Provided that
persons between the ages of seventeen and
eighteen shall be assigned TO these duties
Provided further, that nothing contained in
this net shall be so construed as 10 prevent
the President from detailing artizaus. mechanL
los, or persons sfscienti6c skill, to perform in
dispsnSible duties in the departments or bu-
reauR herein mentioned.
SEC 9, Thatsny Quartsrmaster, or Assist.
ant QgartermAster, Commissary, or Assistants
Commisssry (other than those serving with
brigades or regiments in the feldl, or officers
in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents. or
Provost Marshal, or officer in the coHscript
service, who shall hereafter employ or retsin
ia his eAnlovmsnt or buraanR or in any of the
duties mentioned in the eighth section Of this
a0t in violation Of the provisions hereof
shall, on conviction thereof by a oourtmartial
or military court be sashiered; and it shall be
the duty Of Any department or district COM
nARdsr, upon proof, by ths cath Of any credi
BILE person, that any such officer has violated
this provision, Immediately to relieve such Of
icSr from duty; and said commanders shall
take prompt measures 10 have him tried for
such offence; and any commander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties eEjoinsd by this
section, shall, upon being duly convicted there.
Of he discharged from ths service
SIC 10 Be it further enacted. That all
laws granting exemptions from military SER
vice be- and the same are hereby, repealed,
and ho' eaf or none shall be exempted except
the olloWlag:
]. All Who Shall be held unfit for military
se giee, Hnder rulss to be prescribed by the
Secretary of War.
2. The Viee-President Of tho Confederate
States, the members and officers Of Congress
and of the several State Legislatures, and such
other Confederate and State officers as the
President, Or the Governor Of thc respective
States, may certify 20 be necessary for tho
proper administration Of the Confederate or
State Governments, as the case may be.
3. Every mniser Of religion authorized 10 preach
according TO the rules OF bis church aud Who at the
passage OF this act shall be regularly employed ip the
discharge OF bis ministerial dutes supSrntandents
and physicians OF asylumI fof the deaf aud dumb and
blind and OF the insaAsi ore editor Of each news
psper being Published al the time OF this act and
such employees IA said editor may certify on oath to
be Indispensable to the publication Of sach heWsoa-
per; The public prlRter of the Confederate and State
Governments, and such jOurneymen printers as the
said public printer shall certify on oath to be iHdis
penSible to perform tho publie printinS one skilled
aOothecary in each aPotheeary Atore, who was doing
business as such on the 10th day OF October 1852
"a
suce thOt period physicians over the age Of thir-
ty years, who now are and for the last seven years
have been in the actual and regular practice OF thCi
profession, but the tenn physician shall not include
dentists; al presidents and teachers OF colleges thep-
logical sOmiRares academies aud schools, who hsve
been regularly engaged such for two years next be-
fore the passage OF this act Provided That the bens.
TT Of this exemption shall extend 10 those teachers
only whose schools are composed Of twenty students
or more. All superintendenis of public hospitals es,
ablished by law before the passage Of this set and
suck physicians and nurses therein az such surern-
ienasnts shall certify on oath 10 be indispensable to
the proser and efficient mAnag meAt thereof.
4. There Hhal be exempt enc person as owner or
agricpturist on each iarm or plantation upon which
here are now and were on tho LIST day January last
fifteen able bodied aald hands, between the ages OF
sixteen aud fifty, upon the following conditions;
l. This exemption shAll only be granted in cases Ia
which ther Q IL no white male adult on the farm or
Ilantaton not liable t5mtary service nor unlesg tie
person claiming the exemption was, on the ls day Of
January 1864 either Toe ownor and manager overs
seer OF said plantation, but in no shall more than
one person be exempted for one farm or plantation
z. Such person shall frat execute bond, payable
to the Confederate States Of America IN such form,
and with such security, and Ia such penalty as the
Secretary OF War may prescribe conditioned that he
will deliver to the Government at slmo railroad depot
such other place or places may be designated by
the Secretary OF War wiz hin twelve months Eext
suing one hundred p9nnds of Bacon Or at the eleo-
tion Of the Government itl equivalAht IN pork and
pna anFn hoaG all "a he Ho1tyy
cred on fOot) for each able-ooded slave said farm,
or plantation, within the above said sges whethe
said slave are In the field or not, which said
bacon erH pGrS and beef shall DO paid for by the
Government Gt the prices fixed by the Commissioner
Of the State under the impremment act: Provided
that when the person has exempted shall produce sat
slactOry evidence that Il has been impossible for him
by the exercise OF proper diligence, 70 furnish the
amount Of meat thus contracted for and leave an ade
quate supply for the subsistence Of those living on
The said aRm or plantation, the Secretary Of MARSHALL
direct Communication Of tho same, TO lhe extent of
lWothirds thereof In grain or Other provisions TO be
delivered by such persons as aforesaid at equivalent
rates; .b".gE
Such persons shall further bind hlmieli to soil
the marketable surplui Of provisions and grain now
hand and which he may raise from year to year white
his exemption continues 10 the Government to the
families OF soldiers at prices fixed by the Commission.
op Of the State under the Mprcssment acts Provided
th any person exempted As atsresaid shall be emit,
tied to credit OF tweEty five per cent. on any ameunt
OF meat which no may do liver within three months
lro the passage OF this acts Provided further that
persons coming within the provisions OF this exemp-.
ten shall not be deprived OF the benefit thereof by rtR
San Of having been earoled since the lat d.y ofFeb
mary 1854. is.s sas ' ..a.5 tt.
A. In addition 10 the foregoing exemptions, the
Secretary OF War nader the direction Of the President
may exempt or detail such other pers9ns rs be may
be satisfied ought 90 dc exempted account Of pub
lie necessity and 10 nluo the production OF grain aud
other provisions Tor the army and lhe mmea oil sol
diers BE may also, grant exemptions ot details on
such terms hO may prescribe 70 such ovsrsoers fare
meTs or planters be may be satisfied sill DO more
useful to the oounty Ia the purspita Of agriculture
lhan In the military aeryice' Provided that such tx
ompon shall cea ee whenever the farmer planter or
sverseer shall fail diligently TO employ 10 good faith
as own sk capital and LABOR exclusively IN the pro-
iucon of gran and pTuYAona 10 10 sold 10 Tie Gov
,rmeut aud the families OF soldiers at prcoH net OK
Feeding ihoae hxed Rt the time for like articles by the
Of the State under tho lmpresainent
Act.
8 The president, treasurer, auditor and superlna |
eudaat Of any Railroad company engaged in trans-
porting for the Government and such officers aud en-
pOyees thereof ~ the president superintendent |
shall certify Va cath 10 be indHp 20 the efficient
lperat Of Aaid railread Provided that tho numher
u persona 80 EXEMPTED by this act on any railroad
hall not txseed orc person for each and every mile
such road 10 actual for military transportation
md said exemp shall be reported BY name cad dea |
irptiou with the names OF ary who may have le the
q said osmpaRg. or who may cease to be
n That NJ Ia, hersin c,ntsinaa sbsIi he cor.,r.s