Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-01-30
CONFEDERATE STATES CONGRESS
THIRD SESSION. or 51Rsr CONGRESS-
SENATE.


FRIDAY JAN 20, 1854.
Tbs Senate met at IL o'clock, Mr. HuEIER, President
pro tam.
The Chair presented Il the eenate 3 communication
from the Chief Of the Ordnance Bureau caog the at
tenton of Congress to the necess OF appropriation
for that Bureau which is $4,000 900 in arrears :
The Communication referred to the Committee en-
Finance.
On mOtio1 Of Mr. sENMES, of LIS, the Senate went
into secret session.
MILITARY BILL.
The following bill has bern passed By the Senate in
secret session, and the Ijuuct on OF sec esy having
been removed, we are at liberty give 1t tothe public:
BILL TO organize forces to serve during h. war.
SfcnoH The CongrSss Of the 00Hf eaerate States Of
America do enact That from and after the passage OF
tis act, al VIII men, residents of the Confederate
ates be the ages of eighteen aud hftyfse shall
be in the military service OF the Confederate States Tor
| the war.
SEC. That all persons between the ages Of As and
b5 n now the army, shall enroll themselves within
such time and a. such pace or places in their respc-
tive coun les parishes, may be prescribed by tie
Pr lent and upon their failure to do TO- the persons
so falling shall be co1scrbed into the army in the field;
and all tails for provost ard hospital guards for ccm
missaTy Qulrterma ter and ntre tureau gnte, clerks
aud guards and for service in en.orcicg the conscrpt
scs and for all other purposes, except as hereinafter
proyded shall be taken from tloss persons wao are
between the ages of As and $50 not in tie y,
and from tho below the age Of A. who are uft'ior
military service in he field b. reason OF physical DIS
ability with thirty days from the passage OF this act:
| Provided, Tn & in the rd isSi:sas po department the
time for To- etromen: Aforesaid shall be sixty days:
Provded further That all the persons herein named,
betSeen zoe ages OF As aud So, shall only be placed in
| the service to act as details, as herein provided
| SIC 8 That no person shall be relieved fom the
ooeraion If this Law by reason Of tavug been hereto
fore di cha ged flom the my where no disability nov
xs no, s6a those who have furnished substitutes be
/ a hv
no erson who his heretofore been eIemp Ell on ac-
couot of religious opniors, and who has paid the Tax
eged TO relieve hin from that service shall bs co..
| &c bed uuder this tcs.
| SEC That III l.ws granting exemptions from mill
ary serv be- anG the same are hereby, repealed and
that hereafter none shall be exempt except The follow
| ing: -
vic under rules to be prescribed by tue Secretary OF
Wsr.
II The Vie President Of the Confederate States, the
members of Congress and of the several Ssts Legsa
turs and the eff ,er thereof and such other Coincide
rate aud ate officer the Pres den the Governors
of The Sa es respectively, may decsre to be nee ssary
for the proper administration Of tho Confederate OF
| Safe )vrrnments, as the case may be.
Ill Every minister Of re gion, anih rid to prsech
according to the rles OF his sec and Whj SAs on e.
10Th of April 1862 and has been since, II the regnlsr
discharge of his niJtera ddt's supetintendens OF
asyums of the deaf dumb and blind AID Of the insa.e;
published on the l0h Of April, 1862 who owner
a8ior of Newspaper at az date and which ta been
so publ shed regularly since that time and such journey
men printers such edor may unCer ah, declare are
adspens bic for printing said nesspspn; one skilled
apo hecary in each apothecary store, Who was doing
business as such apohecaIy on The ION OF AprI 1862,
and Nj il now and has been doing business since that
lime; al ph5s oyei the age OF thirty 70 YEAR,,
who now are and for the last seven years have been,
in the actual aud regular practice OF theie profess
4 -ha soho ava n laest
twenty Students AMI who are now engaged, and haze
ben continuously engaged in tesohing for two years
next preceding TIE passage OF ths &c Prov<'a That
Where the occupatio1s enumerated 10 this csu:e have
been suspended by the invasion OF the enemy and have
been resumed at the place OF resdgnce or at sny other
place. the persons hereia ntoned shall still Dc
| TILED 10 exemption, il in other respects, meeting the
| requirements Of thi aud her eKemp.. acts
| iV For the pol CO and mansgemen. OF slyes there
shall be exempted one parson each iatm ana
ton sole property CT mncr, person Of unsouod
| m'pd femme sole or person absent from home in
| the military or naval service If the Cofedeiacs on
uh ch there are twenty or more effective hands: Pro-
vidsd The person exempted was employed, and act
ing psevious to tie loih OF April, 1902
and here is no whts male adult on said farm Plsnt
ton who is not liable TO military duty, which facts
slal be r6ed by the aHdav ts of said persoo, and
spectabe ctEsns aud shall be filed with the enrolling
oficer and provided The OWne; Of srci farm or plan
ia i,n bis agenl gal representative SHALL make ei
daV deliver tue CHlCeT,
after diigens effort no ov rsees can be procured for
| such farm or plantation DOT liable to military dly;
PROVIDED further That this au.e shall not extend 10
any farm or Iaataoa which the negroes have been
pl.ced BY diviOn from anS oshef farm or plantation
spee the IN day of O,s '62 PROVIDED further That
for eyery psrsoa exempted IS aforesa aad during the
terod OF such exemption there shall be paid, annuity,
n0 the public treasury by tue Owners OF such slaves,
the sun Of five hundred dollas: Provided THrthsr,
Taat nothing herein contained shall be cousrded
1 D.. H. Ia, Iafaftir 49, nT
plan alton to oversee the same upon tbs terms, aud
il the oaes where such owaer would have the git 10
claim the ex mp ion of an overseer to manage su
| pl,ntEion-
V. Provided That moth ne herein contained shall be
construed 10 repeal the approved April Ii 1863
titled IAN act TO exempt contractors orsearryng the
mails of the Confederate ats and the divers of post
co lches end hacks, frcm military service : PROVIDED
further That the Kemp ions he:on granted shall OILY
continue whilst the persons mp,ed hereby actually
engaged in their respective pussuts occupations.
| Sac That the President be- and he is hereby, au-
thor zad to grant Details under general rules and regu
lltons to be issued from Tho War d pitment either
from persons between forty FIVE and f'ty-fve yeas of
age or from the army in the fed in Ii WHERE in
judgment justice equity and necessity require at
he snoud make suoh details, and he may revoke such
oder OF detail. whenever he may think proper Pro-
vidsd Tua The power herein granted to the President
to make details and exemptions, under Ger ain crcum
stances shall not be construed authorize the M
ton or detail OF any contractor for ucn shng SUPPLE
to the Government by of said contract, uni
the head secretary the depar melt shall certify
taat the per 1nal of said ndk
penable 10 the exec tol OF tie contract aud that the
same is being CARED out in god aith sgd ID never
more than one person for each conrac Or OF the cf-
cers clerks agen ?, employees OF express companies
SIC g. That any qlarterwaser or ASS ant quarter |
MASTER conmssary or assis,an conmissry 10 than
those serving with brig des regiments in toe 6eld
off er in the nire bureau provost MARSHAL or enrolling
officer who shall employ sny psson betUeu The ages /
of eighteen and forty Eve, who is liable TO military duty
in the fed as cl rk agent or in any other way shall,
upon convisIon thereof by court martial or military
court be cSshered snd shall be the duty OF any de.
partment or district commander, upon proc, By the
oath Of any crediiabe person, that any quartermssr
or is quarermasser, commissary or ssisnte m
mis- ry officer the niIre buseau provost mar-hsi,