Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-02-26


person il any Of their said departments or
bureaus, or in any Of the auties !. mentioned
in the eighth section Of this act, in violation
Of the provisions hereof, shall. on ,convic-
ton thereof BY court martial or military
court be cashisred land it shall be the. DUTY
OF any department or district commander,
upon proof. By tie oath of any credible per-
son, that any such officer has violated this
provision, Immediately to relieve such Off
Ger FROM duty and said commanders shall
take prompt measured to have BIN tried for
such offence: and any commander as afore-
said falling TO perform the duties enjoiued
by this section, shall, upon being duly con-
victed thereof, be discharged from the SER
vice.
10. That all laws granting !. exemptions
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hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall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 be prescribed by
the Secretary Of War.
g. The Vice. President of the Confeder-
ate States the members and officers of Con-
gress. Of the several State Legislatures, and
such other .Ccnfederate aud State officers as
tie President or the Governors of the re-
spective States may certify to be necessary
for the proper administration of the Con-
federate or State governments, as the case
may be-
3. Every minister Of religion authorized
to preach according to the rules ofhis church,
and who. at the passage Of this act, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge Of his
ministerial duties; superintendents and
physicians Of asylums Of the deaf, dumb.
blind ano insane; one editor for each news
paper being published at the TINA Of the
passage Of this act, and such employees as
said editor may certify on oath to be indis-
pensable to tie publication of such newspa-
per; the public printer Of the Confederate
and State governments, and Such journey
men prin tiers as the said public printer
shall certify on oath to be Indispensable to
De, form the public printing; one skilled
not;,.,car in each apothecary on the 10th
d aa Of oe,sber, 1862, and has continued
said business, WHOM. intermission, since
that period; all physicians oye.' the age o.
80 years who are now. and nave bev.".' lo1
the last seven years, in the practice ofthel.
profession, but the term physicians shall not
snclude dentists; all presidents aud teachers
of colleges, theological seminaries, acade-
mics and SCHOOLS, who have been regularly
engaged as such for two years next before
the passage Of this act: Provided, That
the benefit of this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only whoSe schools are COM
posed of twenty students or more. All SUI
perintendents Of public hospitals established
by law befora the passage of this act, and
such employees as the said superintendent
shall certify on oath to be essential to the
management thereof.
4. There shall be exempt one person as
owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan
tation upon which there are row and were,
on the lst day q anuary last, fifteen able
boiled field hands between the ages Of Is
and So, upon the following conditions. l.
This exemption shall only be granted in
cases IN which there is no white male adult
on the farm or plantation not liable to mili-
tary duty, nor unless the person claiming
the exemption was, an the frat day Of jan
uary, 1864, eisEer the owner and manager.
Or overseer of said plantation, but in no case
shall more than enc person be exempted for
one farm orplantation. 2. Such person shall
FIRST execute bond. payable ta1the Con-
federate States of America. in such form and
With such security and in such penalty as the
Secretary Of War may prescribe, condition
ed that he will deliver to the Government
at some railroad depot, or such other place
Q. phases as may be designated by the Sec
rotary of War, within twelve months next
ensuing, one hundred pounds Of bacon, or
at the election Of tie Government, its equiv
alent in pork. and one hundred pounds Of
net beef, (said beef to be delivered on foot)
for each able bodied slave on said farm or
plantation within the above said ages,
whether said slaves are in the field or not,
which said bacon or FORK and beef shall be
paid for by the Government at the price
fixed by the Commissioners oftho State un-
der the impressment act: Provided, that
when the person thus exempted shall pro-
duce satisfactory evidence that it has been
impossible for him, by the exercise of props
er diligence, to furnish the amount of meat
thus contracted for and leave an ADEQUATE
supply for the Subsistence of those living on
said farm, the Secretary Of War shall direct
communication of the same to the extent of
two thirds thereof in grain or other proyis-
ions, to DO delivered by such person as
aforesaid at equivalent rates. 8. Such per-
son shall furthermore bind himself to sell
the marketable surplus of provisions and
| grain now on hand and which he NAV raise
from year to year. while the exemption cen
tinues. to the Government or to the fa:ni-
lies of soldiers, at prices fixed by 40 Com
missioners of the State under t. ), Impress
ment act: Provided, That s..y person, ex
empted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a
credit of Is per cent. GU any amount of
meat which he may deliver within three
months from the passage Of this act: Pro
uided, further, That persons coming with.
in the provision of this exemption shall not
Re deprived oftha benefit thereof by reason
Of having been enrolled since the Iss day
Of February. 1864.
In addition to the foregoing exemptions,
the Secretary Of War may. under ltse ii.
rection Of the President. exempt or. detail
such other persons az he may Ee satisfied
ought to be exempted on account Of public
necessity, and to insure the prodto.iah of
grain and other p. DIVISIONS for the army md
for the families Of soldiers. lie may also
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