Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-22
WINSTON NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY DECEMBER % ,ss4


newspaper being published at the time OF
the passage of this act, and such practical
printers aud pressmen as said editor may
certify OH oath to be Indispensable to the
I publication OF such ne uspaper the pub
JIG printer Ct the Confederate and State
governments, and such journeymen prin-
ters as the sale public printer. shall certi-
| fy Oh oath to be indispensable to perform
/ the public printing; one skilled apothe-
cary ~ each apothecary store, who was
| doing business as such apothecary on the
tenth day Of October, eighteen hundred
and sixty-two, and has Continued said bu-
sness without intermisson since that Pc
riod; skilled pharmaceutis5s engaged i'll
the manufacture OF drugs and medic hes TO
the value OF two hundred and fifty thons-
and dollars per annunl, for the use Gov
eminent or the public: Provided that not
more tlan two persons shall be exempted
for any one establishment /; all physicians
who are, and we're for the ten years next
proceeding the seventeenth day of Febru-
aly, eighteen hundred and sixty four. in
the regular practice of his profession, and
who shall not, at ally time, engage III buy
ing and selling for profit but the term
physician shall not include dentists Pro
vidcd, That no physician shall be exempt
ed ander this act unless he shall, within
sixty days after the passage thereof, file
with the enrolling officer ot his district, or
the Secretary of War, or genera, COM
n1anding the trans Mississippi department,
a statement in writing that Ire will prac-
tice his profession for Confederate cur
rency, at prices to be fixed By the Board
OF Commissioners for the State under the
hnp NV a
the daty OF the commissioners nnder tie
impressment act to fix the fees OF pract'c~
ing physicians in their respective States.
and publish the same IN their several
schedule prices; all presidents and teach
ers of colleges, theological seininaries, and
military academies, who have been regu-
larl y engaged as such tor two years next
before the passage of this act Provided,
That the benefit OF this exemption shall
extend to those presidents and teachers
only whose colleges, theological semlna-
rics, aud military academies are compos-
ed of twenty students or more: all super
intendeltts OF public ospitals established
by law before the eleventh day OF .Octo-
Der, eighteen hundred and slxty-two, and
such physicians therein as such superln-
tendent shall certify, on oath, to be indis
PeISaDic 10 the proper Aud tLnclOuC Ai<sh
agement thereof.
w The president, treasurer, auditor
and superintendent Of any railroad co'npa-
ny engaged IN transF Fortation for the Gov
eminent, and such conductors, engin eers
and skilled artians. and also snch other
employees, over 45 years OF age, as the.
president or superintendent shall certify
on oath, to be Indispensable to the efficient
operation of such railroad: Provided, J,
That the enumber OF persons exempted by
this act ON any railroad shall not exceed
two per mile for any road less than fifty
miles in len 9Th, which owns and keeps
in operation lis own machine shops, nor
one per mile for any road oyer fifty miles
in length, and said exeinpts shall be re.
ported by name and description, with the
names of any who may have left the EN-,
pioylnent OF said company, or who may
cease to be Indispensable to- the efficient
operation of its road, at least once month";
to the Secretary of War, or such officers
as he may designate for that purpose -
And provided, further, that such president
and .superii1telfdefit shall, in each such
monthly report, certify on oath, that no
person liable toslnilitary service has been
fby his company since the pas
sage Of this act, III any position IN which
It was practicable rs employ one not Il
able to military service, AVID capable ct
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