The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-03-14

/ 2 Every minister of religion authorized preach
according to the of his church, and who at the
passage Of this act shall be regularly employed in the
discharge of his ministerial duties; superintendent
and physicians of asylus for the deaf and dumb and
blind and of the iRsane editor for each newspaper
being published at the time of this act, and such en-
pIoyees said editor may certify oath to be inds
pensable the publication of such newspaper the
public printer of the Confederate and State Govern
ments and such jonrneymen printers the said public
printer shall certify oath to be Indispensable to per-
form the public printing; skilled apothecary in
each store who doing business such
on the 10th day of October 1862, and has continued
said business without intermission since that period
all physicians the age of thirty years, who
are and for the last seven years have been, in the
tual and regular practice of their profession, but the
term physician shall include DENTISTS all presi-
dents teachers of colleges theological semnaries
academies and schools, who have been regularly
gagged such for two years the passage of
this Pronided, that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools
composed of twenty students All superin-
tendens of public hospitals established by law before
the passage of this act and such and
therein such superintendent shall certify, oath,
to be indispensable to the proper and efficient manage
mert thereof.
| 4. There shall be exempt person as owner or
agricnlturalst on each farm or plantation upon which
there 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 liable military service, unless the person
claiming the exemption was the 1st of January 1864,
either the and manager overseer of said panta
ton; but in case shall more than person be
empted for one farm or plantation
g 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 delver the Gov
eminent Railroad depot, such other place
places may be designated by the Secretary of War;
within II moths next ensuing 100 pounds of bacon,
at the election OF the Government its equivalent in pork
and 100 pounds of beef (sad beef be delivered
foo for each abe-boded said farm plantation
ahn ala
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 mpressment act
Provided that when the 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 leave adequate
supply for the subsistence of those living the said farm
plantation the Secretary of War shall direct commu
aton of the same the extent of two-thrs thereof in
grain other provisions to be delivered by such person
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
g. Such person shall further bind himselft to sell the
marketable surplus of provisions and grain hand
and which he may raise from year to year while his
emption continues, to the government to the families
OF soldiers at prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the impressment act: Provided that any person
emptcd aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of 25 per
cent any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage of this act Provided fur
ther that persons coming within the provisions of this
emption shall not be deprived of the benefit thereof by
of having been enrolled since the 1st of Feb 1864
a. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Seee-
ary Of 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
to insure the production grain and ether prov for
the army and the families OF soldiers He may, aso grant
exemptions details such he may prescribe,
to such ovcrseer farmers planters he may be salts
fed will be useful the country the pursuits of
agriculture than in the military service Provided. that
such exemption shall cease whenever the farmer planter
overseer shall fail diligently to employ in good faith,
mis- skill capital and labor xclusively in the produc
ton ogran and provisions to be sold to the
and families osolders at prices not exceeding those fixed
at the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the impressment act
s. The president treasurer, 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
he indispensable to the efficient operation of said railroad
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 transportaon
and said exenpts shall be reported by name and descrp
ton. with the of any who may have left the
poymcn of said company or who may cease to be inds
pensable.
6. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April 4h, 1868, entitled an
act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con-
derae States and the drivers of post coaches and hacks
from military service Provided, that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per-
exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupations.
Section II. That the President be and be is hereby au-s
thorzcd to grant Details under general rules and regula
tons to be issued from the War Department either of per-
between As and so years of age, or from tho army in
the field in all where in his Judgment justice, equ
and necessity require such Details and he revoke
such orders detail whenever he thinks proper Provided
that the power herein granted the President make
details and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize
the exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies of any kind to the government 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
osad contract: Provided further, that when any
such shall fall diligently and faithfully to pro-
coed with the execution of such contract his exemption or
detail shall cease.
Sec. IL. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
for the examination of persons liable to military service
no member composing the same shall appointed from
the county enrolling district in which they required
to make such examination
Adopted in February 1864.
DR.. J. NJ. MILLER,