The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-01-17

E,arv minister of religion authorized to preach
according to the rules of his church. and who at the
passage of this act, shau De reguas "a
nd nh ss;c;ans of asyums for the deaf and dunno and
hind and of the insane; one editor or eacn
being published st the time OF tnis ACT, ano suen s
rrensahIe to the publication of such newspaper the
pnhc printer of the Confederate and State Govern
ments and such jonrneymen printers as the SAID puDc
shall certify oath to be indispensable to per-
form the public printing! skilled apothecary in
each apohecary store who was doing business as such
on the 10th day of October 1862, and has continued
,o;d hnsiness without nermission since that period
all pbysicians over the age of thirty years, who now
are and the last years have been in the &C
tua and regular practice OF their profession but the
term pbvsician shall include DENTISTS ell presi-
dents and teachers of colleges theological semnares,
| academies and schools, who have been regularly en-
gagged such for two years next before the OF
this act: Prorided that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools
composed of twenty students All superin-
tendents pnblic hospitals established by law before
the passage of this act and such and
therein as such superintendent shall certify, oath,
be indispensable to the proper and efficient manage
meEt thereof
agriculturalist 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:
l. This exemption shall only be granted in cases in
which there is white male adult the farm planta
ton not liable to military service, unless the person
either the owner and manager or of said planta
ton but in case shall more than person be ex-
empted for one farm plantation
z Such person shall first execute bond payable to the
Confederate States OF America in such form and with such
security and in such penalty, the Secretary of War
may prescribe conditioned that he will deliver to the Gov
eminent at Railroad depot such other place
places may be designated by the Secretary of War;
within IL months next ensuing. 100 pounds of bacon,
at the election of the Government its equivalent in pork
and 100 pounds of nett beef sad beef be delivered
foot for each abeboded slave said farm plantation
within the above said ages whether said slaves used
the field not which said bacon pork and beef shall
be paid for by the at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the impessment ac
Provided that when the person thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for
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
taon of the same to the extent of twothds thereof in
grain other provisions to be delivered by such person
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
g. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the
marketable surplus of provisions and grain hand,
and which he may raise from year to year while his
empton continues to the government or to the families
of soldiers at prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the mpressment ac Provided, that any person
emped as aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of Is
cent on any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage of this act Provided fr
ther that coming within the fnvisene Of ex
of having been enrolled since the list of Feb 1864
a. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre-
tary War; under the direction of the President may
exempt detail such other persons he may be satisfied
ought to be exempted account of public necessity and
insure the production of and other provisions for
exemptions details such terms he may prescribe,
to such overseers farmers planters he may be salts
fed will be more useful to the country in the pursuits of
agriculture than in the military service Provided that
such exemption shall whenever the farmer planter
shall fail diligently to employ in good faith.
his skill capital and labor exclusively in the produc
ton ogran and provisions to be sold to the
and families soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of he
mn rpS SINE act
s. The president treasurer auditor and superintendent
any halroad company engaged in transportation for
the government and such officers and employees thereof
the president superintendent shall certify OATH
be Indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad
Provided that the number of persons exempted by this
act on any railroad shall not exceed person for each
mile of said road in actual for military transportation;
and said exempts shall be reported by and descrp
ton, with the names of any who may have left the
ployment OF said company Or who may to beinds
pensable.
g. That nothing herein contained shall be construed as
repeang the act approved April i4th, 1868 entitled an
act to exempt for carrying the mails of the Con-
ederae States and the drivers post coaches hacks
granted under this shall only xentnue per-
exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupations.
Section H. That the President be and be is hereby au-
horiZed to grant Details under general rules and regua
tons to be issued from the War Department. either of per-
between As and so years of age, from the army in
the field in all where, in his gmen Justice, equi
y and necessity require such Details and he may
such orders detail whenever he thinks proper Provided
that the power herein granted to the President to make
details and exemptions shall not be construed authorize
the exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies of kind to the government by of said
contract unless the head secretary of the department
making such shall certify that the personal
vices Of such contractor Indispensable to the
ton ofsad contract: Provided fulther that when any
such contractor shall fail diligently and faithfully to pre-
coed with the execution of such contract his exemption
detail shall cease.
Sec. H. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
for the examination Of persons liable to military service
member composing the shall be appointed from
the county enrolling district in which they required
to make such examination.
lAdopted in February, 1854
DR.. J. NJ. MILLER,
Charlotte, N. c.,