The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1865-03-28

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 superintendent
and physicians of asyums for the deaf and dumb and
blind of the insane editor for each newspaper
being published the time of this act and such en-
ploye 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
form the public printing! skilled apofhecary in
each apohecary store, who doing business such
the 10th day of October 1862, and has continued
said business without nermission, since that period
all physicians over the age of thirty years, who now
are and for the last years have been, in the
tual and regular practice of their professon but the
term physician shall not include dentists; all pres-
dents and teachers of colleges theological seminaries
academies and schools, who have been regularly en-
gagged such for two next before the passage of
this ,Prorided that the benefit of this exemption
shall extend to those teachers only whose schools
composed of twenty students more. All supern-
endents of public hospitals established by law before
the passage Of this act and such physicians and nurses
therein such supernteudents shall certify, OATH
to be ndispensibleto the proper and efficient manage
meGt thereof
agricuuralist each farm plantation upon which
there now and were the LIST day of January last
fifteen ablebodied 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 panta
ton not liable to military service unless the person
u
either the owner and manager or overseer said panta
ton; but in shall than person be
empted for one farm plantation
g Such person shall first execute bo payable to the
Confederate States Of America in such form and with such
security and in SUCH penalty, the Secretary of War
prescribe conditioned that he will deverto the Gov
ernueat at Railroad depot, such other place
places may be designated by the Secretary of War;
within 2monhs next ensuing, 100 pounds of bacon
and 100 pounds of nett beef sad beef to be delivered
foot for each ablebodied slave said farm plantation,
within the aboVesad ages whether said slaves used in
the field not which said bacon pork and beef shall
be paid for by the the prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the State under the impTessment
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 ofmeat 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 to the extent of twohds 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 on hand
and which he may raise from year year while his tx
empton continues to the government to the families
of soldiers at prices fixed by the commissioners of State
under the mpressment ac Provided, that any person
emped aforesaid shall be entitled credit of % per
cent ON any amount of meat which he may deliver within
three months from the passage of this act Provided fur
Their, that coming within the provisions of this
empOn shall not be deprived of the benefit thereof by
of having been enrolled since the list of Feb 1864
4. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Sccre-
ary of War; under the direction of the President may
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 also. grant
exemptions details such terms he may prescribe
to such overseers, farmers planters he may be salts
fed will be useful to the country in the pursuits of
agriculture than in the military service Provided that
such exemption shall whenever the farmer planter
or overseer shall fail diligently to employ in good faith
his own skill capital and labor exclusively in the produc
ton ogaln and provisions to be sold to the government
aud families of soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed
al the time for like articles by the commissioners of the
State under the impreSsment act.
5. 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
Re Indispensable to the efficient operation of said raroad
Provided that the number of persons exempted by this
act on any railroad shall not exceed one person for each
mile OF said road in actual for military transportaon
and said eXempS shall be reported by and descrp
tion with the of any who may have left the en-
poyment Of said company or who may cease to be nds
pensable.
g. That nothing herein contained shall be construed
repeating the act approved April 4th 1868, entitled an
exempt 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 shall only whilst the per-
exempted actually engaged in their respective
pursuits or occupations.
Section H. That the President be and be is hereby
horzed 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, 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 detail whenever he thinks pfoper Provided
that the power herein granted TO 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 90 the
ton said contract: Provided further, that when any
such contractor shall fill diligently and faithfully pro-
coed with the execution of such contract, his exemption
detail shall cease.
Sec. - That in appointing local boards of Surgeons
for the nlination 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.
Adopted in February, 1864.
THE NEGRO LAW.
The following is The bill passed by the Confederate
Congress increase the military forces of the Coned