The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-04-11

poy ees ms said editor may certify on oath 10 be lnds
pensable to the publication Of such newspaper the
public printer of the Confederate ana state SoyGrn
and such jonrneymen printers as the SAID public
PRINTER shall certify oath to be indspehslbe per-
form the public printing! one skIuea apohecary in
each apothecary store, who was doing as such
on the 10th day of October 1852, and has continued
said business without iuermission, since mat period
all physicians over lineage of thirty years, who now
and for the last years have oeen, In the
no and regular practice of their profession, but the
term physician shall not include densts; sli pres
dents and teachers Of colleges iheoogcal seninare
academies and schools, who have been regularly en-.
gagged as such for years next before The passage
this act: Irorided that the benefit OF TINS exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose SCHOOLS are
COMPOSED of twenty students or more All superin-
tendents pnblic hospitals established Dy law before
the of this and such physicians and nurses
therein as such supernendents shall certify, on OATH
to be indispensable TO the proper aud efficient manage
ment thereof
a1rculturalist each farm or plantation upon which
there are now md the LIST day of January last
fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages Of
sixteen and City, ebon the following conditions:
/. This exemption shall only be granted in in
which there is no white male adult the farm panta
ton not liable military service, nor unless the person
claiming the exemption on the Ist oil January 1894
either the and manager or oyerseer OF SAID Pant
on; but in shall moro than one person be ex-
eInpted for farm or plantation
9 Such person shall hTstexecutc bond, payable to the
Confederate States ofAmerca in such form and with such
security, and in such penalty the Secretary of War
may prescribe conditioned that he will deYerto the Gov
Railroad depot, or such other place
places may be designated by the Secretary OF War,
within ~ months ensuing, 100 pounds of bacon,
the election OF the Government its equivalent in pork
and 100 pounds of nett beef sad beef be delivered on
foot) for each abe-boded said farm plantation
within the above said ages whether said slaves usedn
the field not which said bacon or pork and beef shall
paid for by the government at the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the impessment
Provided that when the person thus exempted shall pro
duce satisfactory evidence that IL has been impossible for
him. by the exercise of proper diligence. to furnish the
of meat thus contracted for andleave adequate
supply for the subsistence OF those living the said farm
plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct commu
taon of the same, the extent Of wOhids thereof r
grain other provisions be delivered by such person
aforesaid at equivalent rates.
g. Such person shall further bind himselfto sell the
marketable surplus of provisions and grain hand,
and which he may raise from year to year while his
of soldiers prices fixed by the commissioners of the State
under the mpressment act Provided that any person
emped aforesaid shall be entitled to credit of 25 per
cent on any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the Passage OF this act Provided fur
her that persons coming within the provisions of this
cmpton shall not be deprived OF the benefit thereof by
of having been enrolled since che LIST of Feb 1854
A. In addition the foregoing exemptions the Secre-
tary of War; under the direction Of the President
exempt detail such other persons as he may be satisfied
ought to be exempted account OF public necessity and
insure the production Of grain and other provisions for
the army and the families OF soldiers He may, aso grant
exemptions details such terms he may prescribe,
to such oversecrs farmers planters lac may be salts
fed will be useful TO the country in the pursuits o
agriculture than in the military service Provided. that
such exemption shall whenever the farmer planter
shall fail diligently to employ in good iib
his skill capital and labor exclusively the pToduc
ton grain and provisions to be sold to the government
and families ofsoders prices not exceeding those fixed
at the m,s1or like articles by the commissioners Of the
State under the impressment act
s. The president treasurer auditor and superintendent
of any Railroad company engaged in transportation fer
the government, and such officers and employees Thereof
president superintendent shall certify oath
be indispensable to the efficient operation of said aroad
Provided. that the number of persons exempted by this
act on any railroad shall not exGccl person for each
mile of SAID road in actual for military transportation;
and said exempts shall be reported by and dcscIp
ton. with The names of any who may have left tn
poynent of said company who may cease to be indis
pensable.
g. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April lih, 1863, entitled an
act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails Of the Con-
dcrae States aud the drivers of post coaches and hacks
from military service, Provided, that all tho exemptions
granted under this act shall only continue whilst the p
exempted actually engaged III their respective
pursuits occupations.
Section II. That the President be and be is hereby
horized grant details, under general rules and rcgua-
tons be issued from the War Department either pr
between 45 and 50 years of age, from the army
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 make
details and exemptions shall not be construed authorize
The exemption detail of any contractor for furnishing
supplies Of any kind the government by reason 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 cxecu
ion ofsad contract: Provided further, that when any
such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully to pro-
;eed with the execution OF such contract his exemption
detail shall cease
See. - That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
or the examination of persons liable military service
1omembef composing the shall be appointed from
he county or enrolling district in which they qud
20 make such examination
Adopted in February 1864
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