The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-10


aic or Who have appointed by tie Judge oil TIE
District Courts under the authority confded py any
net of Congress- will be exempted from military
service until further orders Also the JUDGES OF
JUSTICES ot any supreme superior, or criminal court
OF any States also the judges Of probate, clerk OF
any court OF record, ordinary, sheriff, one tax col
hector IN each county, aud recorder oil deeds anu
ills II there he such an officer existing by law,
and su n other officers OF the state provided ny law
as the Governor shall certify 10 be necessary 10 the
prnpcr administration OF the tate uoseInu'enti
| XII All persons WHO have been exempted on
account of religious faith under act Of Congress
| approved il,h October, 1862, and who have paid
tie tax of $500 therein provided Tor, VIII DC exempt
from enrolment In the military service.
BY order. -
Tfigue.,I -.---. COOPER'
NH 5~lw Adj't and lRsP'r General.
Ayr AND INsr. GENERALS OFFICE,
Richmond, Va, March 7, 1864.
| * ENERhL ORDERS, No. 90 !he ioiiowins
VI act of Congress concerning impressments,
AMI the Instructions Of the War Department re.
srcctns 1t arc published for the information ana
| firccton Of ali cQncerned
| Az Acr to amend can act to regulate impress
| merts,n approved March twenty sixth, cigf-
| teen hundred and sixty three, and to repea' an
| act amendatory thereof, approved April twenty
| seventh, eighteen hundred aud sixty-thIec.
The Congress Of the Confederate States Of America
| do enact That in all cases where property Is I'M
| pressed for the use of the army and navy, or for
other public use, under said act the same shall be
n1d for at the tine oil said inpessmcnt uh'esS an
arpeal shall he taken from said valuation, rs here
inli.r provided according to the tiatl0H agreed
u;on between the parties, or ascertained by loyal
| aud disntcrcstcd citizens of the city, couny or
| Parish In which the imprcssncDt may DC made, IN
The manner and according to the regulations pro-
yidc,i in the FIRST second and third sections of the
above recied act, or IN the cIghth sect'oh HeIeoi,
! where ii Is applicable.
| Sec = whenever the officer making the Impress
inevt of property, under the act hereby amended,
shall believe that the appraisemen' is fair and just,
| be shall endorse his approval upon the appralse-
/ nd he nav
shall believe that il is no. fair and just, then he
shall refuse to approve, and endorse the reasons OF
his refusal on the certifcat', and snail nave the
right to appeal from the decision Oh the appraisers,
nv repurtiug the to the commissioners appoint
ed under said act to which this is an amendment,
.ur their decision whose judgment shall be nna',
and in the meantime, the property shall be held and
appropriated by the officer iniprcssing the SAINT,
wo shall give a receipt therefor 80 the Owner, VINO
s!a! also have the right OF appeal as herein proVi
dcd.
to summon aud examine witnesses to enable fhem
- fix the value Of property impressed, which shall
re lust compensation for the properly so i'm
pressed, 1T the time and place ci imprcssMeht ana
| Y hen the commissioners shall have fixed the value
of property in eases Of appeal, they snail iarnsn
The owner and impressing officer with statement
of such value, which valuation by the commission
crs shall be within three months from the time OF
The impIessmcnt.
! Sc, J. Tina, said com ,nssioncrs shall be
faithfully TO discharge all their duties under this
| act aud the act to which this Is Al; amendment
Sec 5. Tka: the tenth section ut the act OF which
this is an amendment be stricken out and the fol
lowing inserted instead thereof " NO slave labor
ing on farm Oh plantation exclusively dcVGteu 10
The production of grain PROVISIONS shall be taken
ot public without The consent OF the owner,
except in case of urgent necessity ana upon the
order of the General commanding the department
in wI,icl, The said farm plantation is situated"
See. 6 That the act ainenda'ofy oil the ABOVE
recited act, approved April twenty seventh, eish
teen hundred aud sixty three aid SO much OF the
\ at / act 2s
he made by the owner, or his agent, that such prop
| rry was grown, raised or producedby said owner,
held, has been purchased by him, not for sale
speculation, but for his own use or consumption,
bt, and the same is hereby repealed
See. That no inlpressnent snail be made UNI
der this act, the act To which this Is amendato
~, for the benefit OF contractors with the
Government.
| Sec. g. Nothing in this act shall he construed to
authorize the impressiug officer to enter an appeal
4; from any decision Of The locat appraisers, under
( the seventh section OF the ac; 10 Which l;s Is
| amendatory.
| Approved, February !6, 1864.
l. Imprcssnlents according to this act, and the
| tn which this is an amendment, may be made
for necessary supplies for the Confederate armies
! in the field and for their accumulation in maga-
| zines aud at posts and depG;s, and carry the
various operations of the Military Bu!eaux con
/ nectcd with the War Department, whenever the
ime cannot be obtained by contract
II. They may be made uEdcr orders from the
Generals commanding armies, departments, corps,
divisions and by commanders OF detached parties.
| when necessity arises therefor These orders
may be executed by appropriate officers of the staff
belonging to the army. The chiefs Of the various
bureaux shall designate the Oflic Ms and persons
| who shall be competent to make lmprCssmcnts un
der the authority conferred upon them.
Ill Before any i;npressment shall be made, the
impressng officer his agent will make an offer
to the owner, his haiice or agent, in writing for
the purchase Of the property, describing the prop
crty he wishes purchase, the price he is willing
TO pay and the mode of payment, and stating that,
upon a refusal tn accept the same, compensation
will be made according to the acts OF Congress for
the regulation of imp!essmcBfS. This notice will
be cOnsid cred as binding the property until the
completion of the negotiation for the sale and
transfer Of the to the mpressing officer. The
| property will remain In the custody of the owner
| and at his risk during the pending of these pro-
| ceCdings uRic a delivery OF the same be there
upon made 10 the iWpressing Officer with his con
sent IN case Of tnanes Cd ,s,os oasr
regarded as the owner, and the property held for
its and at its risk.
| ~. In al! cases in which the offer of an i'm
pressing officer is refused, he will proceed adjust
The price according to the first section of the act
above gccitedthat s, by the Judgment of twO loyal
and disn,erested persons OF the city, county, or
parish, in which the mpresSment1nay he made .One
to be selected by the owner, his bailee agent, and
by the impressing officer. In the event Of their
disagreement, these two will select an umpire OF
like qualifications The persons thus selected will
proceed TO assess just compensation for the property
50 impressed whether The absolute ownership or he
temporary use thereof be required II the inpressi
Ing officer believes that the appraisement is fai-
; aud just, he will endorse his appr0va! and pay 70,
the property and the right in the object i'm
pressed will become the property OF the Conitdc
rate States But it he does not approve of the ap
p.aisement be will decline approve It, and en-
siorsc the for his refusal the certificate
and forthwith report the TO the commissioners
! ! appointed under the 9th section of the act, to
which the act above rccited Is an amendment, and
| in the meantime The property will be taken. and a
receipt describing the property aud the proceedings
! for the adjustment of the price aud The appeal
! given TO the owner The imposing officer will
Immediately report the to the appraisers, with
| a statement of the quality and condition of the
! property, and his opinion upon the subject.
| V. No officer or agent will impress the necessary
supplies which any person may have for the con
sumption of himself, his family, employees, slaves,
| Ur 10 carry Oh his ordinary mcchanical maaufac-
, | turing, agricultural cDplOymcnts
Ii any question arise "a TO the fact whether the
| supplies necessary, or whether there be-
! plus, it will be determined by appraisers mutually
selected according to the preceding section, aud in
! this case the decision OF the appraisers will be
binding on the officer, who will not be allowed &c
: appeal therefrOm.
vi. These regulations published a substi
! tute for the regulations contained In General Or
ders, Nos 81 and i6l, series of 1862
by order.
| (Signed) s. COOPER,
NH Civ Adj't and Insp'r Gen.
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