The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-04-29

f<or. re examination, unless the Board Of Exa
mination. or the Commandment Of Conscripts, o.
the Bureau Of CONSUMPTION shall order the same
VIII. EXEMPTION OF SPECIFIED CLASSES AND Il
| DIvlDEALs.
|. application for exemption under the 3.
and 9th articles Of the 10Th section Of the &C
aforesaid shall be made to the enrolling Officer
of the county in which the applicant resides, wht
will thoroughly investigate the case, and if sat
isfed, by competent evidence. that exemption
should be allowed, shall issue certificate there
off which must be submitted to the enrolling OF.
6cer Of the Congressional district for his appro
val
.. Applications for exemption under the fifth
article of the 10th section Of the act aforesaid
shall be male to the conman,lant Of cof,scripts
fer the State, who viii grsrut the certificate Of
exemption authorized By law, to continue DUR
ing compliance with the conditions prescribed
by said act. Exemption, except for the Prcsi-
dent, Treasurer, Auditor aud Superintendent,
shall not lie allowed to any officers and employ
ces OF q railroad company, unless the President
or Superintendent shall certify, oath, that the
parties applied for are indispensable 10 the ef-
fcient operation Of such railroad; that the num-
Der OF persons exempted on said roilroad sail
not exceed one for each mile thereof in actual
uss for military transportation: that the ex-
enapts for such road shall be reported by lleine
and description, once a mouth, TO the comllais-
dants Of conscripts for the St.te through which
tien, together with the nsines and descriptive
list Of any enc WHO may leave tho employment
of the railroad company. or who may cease to
be indispensable 10 the efficient operation Of the
said road
8. The exemption Of overseers or agricultn-
rists on each farm or plantation upon which
there are uoH, and were on the LIST day of
] january last. fifteen able-holied hands between
the ages-of sixteen and fifty. will be allowed for
the space If twelve months. and the certificate
Of exemption be granted by the officer tax
ing the bond required By Law, upon being il,-
formed by tie colnmandant for that State that
the b,ul is approved.
4. The bind required 70 be given upon the
exemption Of an ovcrseer or aericulturist. uli-
der the 18th article Of section 1.lthsof the said
act, shall be taken by the enrolling officer OF
I he county or district in which such party resi-
des with the advice and assistance of the te.a-
porary. Board aforesaid. 1t shall be payable to
the Confederate States Of America, i'll Il penalty
double the estimated value of the products tn
he delivered to tile government, and conditioned
for thu faithful performance Of the require
ments Of the 4fl,article Of the 10th section Of
the said act. The value of the saa products
shall be assessed by the enrolling officer, who
shall take the said bond, with the assistance of
the said temporary Board. according to the mar
ket value thereof at the time aud place of assess
fnens.
Tie ssil bond nssy be secured IS 4 deposit or
the amount of the penalty thereof in notes issu-
ed from the Treasury Department OF the Con-
feaerate.s States. with any Of the depositarics of
the. said Treasury, or by personal security, the
nature Of the security to. be- at the option Of
the principaisoblignr in the said bond. Should
the person 80 exempted elect to give personal
security the snretics rendered by him shall JUS
tify their suficicncy under oath before some
justice Of the peace, but shall not be accepted
unless the enrolling officer taking the said bond,
under the advice Of the said temporary Board,
shall deem them sufficient Such bonds shall
after due execution, be transmitted. to the conn
mandant Of ce.iscripts for the State, for file in.
his Office 80 zoe surrendered to the obigors when
The conditions sbercof are fully complied with:
and the receipt off any Auartcrmaster or com,nis-
sary. Specifying that the amount Of produce re-
quiEad BY the bond has been duly delivered and
accented, will entitle the person to have the
bond cancelled; and copies Of such receipts
should Be forwarded to the cofnmandant of con-
scripts, TO beskyihim forwarded to the Quarter
MASTER .GeReral or HE sCommissary General,
through tsis Bureau.
TX. EXEMPTION OK Account or RELIGIOUS
FAITH. Z.
!. Persons entitled to exemptionxas provided for
in paragraph XIIp General Orders, No. 26. a
and /. G. o., current series, will, on application
receive certificates thereof fron,the Congression-
al enrolling officer, on producing satisfactory
evidence that they have complied with the re-
Of the la'w.
x. EXEMPTION eF oFFIcERs OF coNFEDERATE
r5s.sses AND. STATE 1oyERNMENTs.
Certificates of exemption for officers of the
Confederate aud State Governments will be gi-l
ven by the commandants for the'States.
XI.. lNvEsTIGATIas eF APPLICANTS ron Kx-
EMPTIeNs.
II. All other applications for exemption shall
be made IN writing to the enrolling officer of the
county or district in which the applicant resi-
des: shall be supported by his affidavit and 9TH
er sworn testimony, and dealt with according
to the provisions Of paragraph III.9of General
Orders No. 2s, A. and ]. G. O.. current series.
2. Every application for exemption should be
carefully, minutely and thoroughly investigated
by the local enrolling officer, with the aid Of the
temporary board to be organized under the I'd
clause Of paragraph II. of this circular, and
be thereafter transmitted to the commandments
VI VOiaS1i PTS @lOA tue otutG, Win . report Oh
facts. and their respective opini5ns on the mer-
its Of the application.
The report Of facts should be somewhat in
detail, setting forth in regular order the facts
developed in the Investigation. giving briefly the
reasons for the opinion expressed, and instead
Of being put in the form of an endorsement,
will be made on a separate sheet Of paper.
The investigation should not be confined to
mn examination Of the application and the pa
pers that accompany it. or merely into the truth