The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1864-03-22

g. Every minister of religion authorized to preach
according the rules of his 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 for the deaf and dumb and
blind and of the insane; editor for each newspaper
being published at the time of this act, and such
po said editor may certify ON oath to be ndis
pensable to the publication of such newspaper; the
public printer of the Confederate and State Govern
mens, and such jonrneymen printers the said public
printer shall certify, oath to be indispensable to per-
form the public printing! skilled apothecary in
each apothecary store who doing business such
on the 10th day of October, 1862 and has continued
said business, without intermssion, since that perod
all physicians the age of thirty years, who now
and for the last have been, in the &C
tual and regular practice of their profession, but the
term physician shall include dentists; ell pres-
dents and teachers of colleges theological sennaries,
academies and schools who have been regularly en-
such for two years next before the passage OF
this act PrOrided that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools are
composed of twenty students or more. All superin-
tendents of public hospitals, established by law before
passage of this act and such physicians and nurses
therein such superintendent shall certify, oath,
be indispensable to the proper and efficient manage
ment thereof.
4. There shall be exempt person owner or
agricuurast on each farm plantation upon which
there now and the LIST day of January last
fifteen able bodied field hands, between the ages of
sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions:
]. This exemption shall only be granted in cases in
which there is white male adult the farm planta-
claiming the exemption the LIST of January 1864,
either the owner and manager of said panta-
ton; but in shall than person be ex
empted for farm plantation
g Such person shall first bond payable to the
Confederate States ofAmerca in such form and with such
security and in such penalty, the Secretary of Var
may prescribe conditioned that he will deliver the Gov
eminent at Railroad depot, such other place or
places may be designated by the Secretary of War
within IL months next ensuing 100 pounds OF bacon,
the election OF the Government its equivalent in pork
and 100 pounds of nett beef sad beef to be delivered
foot for each ablbodied said farm plantation
within the above said whether said slaves are used III
the field not which said bacon pork and beef shall
be paid for by the government the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the impessment act;
Provided, that when the thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that 1t has been impossible tor
him. by the exercise of proper diligence. to furnish the
amount of meat thus contracted for and leave adequate
supply for the subsistence of those living the said farm
plantation the Secretary of War shall direct commu
aton of the to the extent of twohrds thereof in
grain other provisions to be delivered by such person
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
3. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the
marketable surplus of provisions and grain now on hand
and which he may raise from year to year while his
emptlon continues, to the government or to the families
of soldiers prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the mpessment act Provided that any person
empted aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of rs per
cent any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage of this act: Provided fur
hr that persons coming within the provisions OF this
empton shall be deprived of the benefit thereof by
of having been enrolled since the lst OF Feb 1864
T. In addition to the foregoing exemptions the Secre
tary OF under the direction OF the PRESIDENT,
detail such other persons he may be satisfied
ought to be exempted account of public necessity and
insure the production of grain and other provisions for
tie army and the families of soldiers He may, aso grant
exemptions details such he may prescribe,
such ov"rseers, farmers planters he may be salts
fed will be useful to the country in the pursuits of
agriculture than i'll the military service Provided that
sch exemption sha cease whenever the farmer planter
shall fail diligently employ, in good faith
his own skill capital and labor exclusively in the prodc-
ton ogran and provisions to be sold the government
and families otsodiers prices exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the mpressnnent act.
5. The president. auditor and superintendent
ofany Railroad company engaged in transportation for
the government and such officers and employees thereof
the president superintendent shall certify oath to
be Indispensable to the efficient alton of said raroad
Provided that the number of persons exempted by this
act any railroad shall not exceed person for each
mile Of said road in actual for military tlansportaO
and said exempts shall be reported by and descrp-
ton with the names of any who may have left the en-
ployment OF said company who may cease to be nd
pensabe
g.: That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April l4th 1863, entitled an
act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con-
edrate States and the drivers OF coaches and hacks
from military service, Provided that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per-
sons exempted actually engaged ill their respective
pursuits occupations.
Section H. That the President be and be shereby
thorzed to grant details under general rules and reguIa
tons to be issued from the War Department. either of
between as and so years of age or from the army in
the field in all where, in his Judgment justice, equ
ty and necessity require such details, and he may revoke
such orders OF detail whenever he thinks proper Provided
that the power herein granted to the President to make
details and exemptions shall be construed to auhorz"
the exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies OF any kind TO the by of SAID
contract unless the head secretary of the department
making such contract shall certify that the personal
vices OF such contractor Indispensable to the
ton ofsaid contract Provided further, that when any
such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully, to pro-
coed with the execution of such contract his exemption
detail shall cease.
See r. Thst in appointing local boards of Surgeons
for the examination of persons liable to military service
no member composing the shall be appointed from
the county enrolling district in which they required
to make such examination.
adopted in February, 1864