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ACTS AND RESOLUIiOSS Passed at the Fourth iStssion of the First Con yrcss 1863, lSGi. N'o. 32. An Act to proihibit the importation of luxuries, or of articles not necessaries or of common use. The Congress of .the Confederate States of America do enact, That f rom and after the first day of March, 2 864 ithall not be lawful to import into the Confed erate' States any brandy, wines, or other spirits, or any ether article specified in schedule A of an Act entitled An act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries," approved May 21, 4861, or hot goods, wures or merchandize enumerated in sche dule B'of said act, . except the following articles : All things for medicinal purposes; camphor, refined; pick les; molasses; pepper, pimento, cloves, nutmegs, cinna mon, and all other epices; soap, castile, Windsor, and all other toilet soaps; sugar of all kind?; syrup of su gar; galloons, laces, knots, star?, tassels, tresses, and wings of gold and of silver, or imitations thereof, in tended for uniforms of officers in the military or naval grrvice. Sec. 2. And it shall not be lawful to import the fol lowing articles, enumerated in schedule C of sard act : E.er, ale and porter ; muffs and tippets and all other j. yiufacture3 of fur, or of which fur shall be acornpo i. nt pat, except caps and hats; carpets, carpetings, i arth rugs, bedsides, and other portions of carpeting, oi any kind or description; carriages and parts of car- noges; cider and other beverages not containing alco hol: clocks and parts of clocks: otton laces, cotton in sertings, cotton trimmings or laces of thread and other .material; coral, manufactured; dolls and toys of all kind.; fire-crackers, sky-rockets, Roman candles, and "all Eixilar articles used in pyrotechnics; furniture, tiiljinct and household; glass, colored, stained or pain ted; India matting of all sorts; jet and manufactures of jet; jewelry or imitations thereof; manufactures and articled of marble, marble paving tiles, slab3 or blocks, and all other marble ; matting, China or otnrr floor juitung and mats made of flags, jute or grass; paper Lahgings, paper for walls, and paper for screens or fire boards; paving and roofing tiles and bricks, find roofing dates and fire bricks, thread lacings and iusertings, -Velvets of all kinds. Sec. 3. And it shall not be lawful to import the fol lowing article, enumerated in schedule D Of said act : Angons, Thibet and other goats' hair, or mohair, manufactures-bananas, cocoa-nuts, plai.ntains and oranges: cabinets of coins, medals, gems and collection of anti quities: diamonds, mosaics, gems, pearte, rubies and other precious stones, and imitations thereof, set in gold or silver or other metal; engravings, bound or unbound; rattans and reeds, paintings and statuary, leaf and unmanufactured tobacco, cigars, or the fol- Ictviug articles enumerated in schedule E : Diamonds, cameos, mosaics, pearls, gems, rubies, and other preci o ;s stones, and imitations thereof, when not set. -Sec. '4. -Non of .the manufactures of metal, designed a either household or personal ornament, shall be admitted; and in order to confine importations to ar ticles of necessity and of common use, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe the maximum foreign pri ces at which aud within which importations of goods, n.mufactured wholly or partly of cotton, flax, wool, or of silk, and designed for wearing apparel,- and not hr-dn prohibited, may be made, and beyond which importations thereof shall not be made: l'rovided, That articles herein allowed to be imported shall not be im pressed by the government or its agents after lliey have r'"chcd the Confederate States: l'rovided further, that coining herein contained shall be construed tprohi bit any importation for the use or account of the Con- federate States, or either of them: Provided further, that this act shall not apply to any article or articles which have becu or shall be shipped without know lodge of the passage of this act, before the first day of March, 130-Ir but which shall arrive in a Confederate port after that day. Sec. 5. That whenever any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, shall, after the first day of March, be imported into the Con federate States, contrary to the true intent and mean ing of this act, or shall, after said first day of March, be impord into the Confederate States, contrary to t tho true intent aud meaning of this act, or shall, after said first day of March, be put on board any ship or Vssel, boat, raft or carriage, with the intention of im porting the same into thc.Confedcra e States, all such articles, as well as all other articles on board the same ship or vessel, boat, raft or earrings, belonging to the owner of such prohibited articles, shall be forfeited, and the owner thereof shall moreover forfeit and pay d-nible the value of such articles. Sec. 6. If any article or articles, the importation of which is prohibited by this act, &hull, nevertheless, be on board any ship br vessel, boat, raft, or carriage, ar riving after snid first day of March, in the Confederate States, and shall be omitted in the manifest, report or entry of the muster, or the person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, boat, raft or carriage, or shall be omitted in the entry of the goods owned' by th owner, or consigned to the consiguce of such ar ticles, or shall be imported or landed, or attempted to be imported or landed, without a permit, the same penalties, fines and forfeitures shall be incurred, "and may be recovered as in the casts-of similar omission or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to land or import, in relation to articles liable to duties on their ipinortation into the Confederate States. . See. 1. Every collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of the customs, shall have the like power and Pfflhority to seize goods, wares aud merchandise imported contrary to the intent aud meaiiing of this act, to keep the same iu custody until it shall have been ascertained whether the same have been forfeited or net, and to enter any ship or vessel, dwelling house, store, building, or other place, for the purpose of 6L-5irchiiig for aud seizing any such goods, wares and nirf.handise which he or they now have by law ia re ligion to goods, wares and merchandise so subject to d'T'y; and if auy person or persons shall conceal or buy , nry goods, wares or merchandise, knowing them to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or persons shall, on conviction theieof, forfeit and pay a sum double the amount or vaiue of the goods, wares and merchandise so concealed or purchased. ?ec. 8. The following additional oath or affirmation shall be taken by masters op persons having charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at any port of lite Confederate States after said first day of March, viz: !I further swear (or -affirm) that there arc not, to the lipst of my knowledge and belief, on board insert the denomination and name of the vosselj any goods, wares, or merchandise, the importation of which into the Confederate Sthtes is prohibited by law; and I do further swear (or affirm) that if I shall hereafter dis cover or know of any such goods,-wares or merchan dise, on board of the said vessel, or which shall have . beon imported in the same, I will immediately, and without delay, make due report thereof to the collector of th.c port of this district." Sec. 9. After said first of March, importers, consi gnees or agents, .at the time of enteriug goo-ds into the Confederate States, shall take the following additional oath, viz : "I also swear (or-airirm) that there are not to the best of my knowledge and belief, amongst the sai l goods, wares or merchandise, imported or con signed as aforesaid, noy goods, wares or merchandise, the importation of which iuto the Confederate Stales is prohibited by law; and I do further swear (or nllirm) that if. I shall hereafter discover any such goods, ware.-; or merchandise among the said goods, wares or mer chandise, imported or consigned as aforesaid, 1 will immediately and without delay report the samp to the collector of this district," Sec. 10. All penalties and forfeitures arising under this JVctroay be sued for and recovered, and shall be distributed and accounted for, iu the manner prescrib ed by the act entitled "An act tq regulate the collec tion of the duties on imports and tonnage;" and such penalties and forfeitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted iu like manner aud under the like? condi tions, regulations, and restrictions, as are prescribed, authorized and directed by the act entitled "An act to arjvidefor miUgatinsr or remitting the' forfeiture penalties, and-disabflities, accruing in certain cast s therein mentioned." Sec. H, That this act shall expire ou the day of the ratification of a treaty of peace with the United States . Approved February 6, 1804. 0 ,No. 33? A Bill to impose regulations upon the Foreign Com merce of the Confederate States, to 5rovide for the public defence. W hereas, the Confederate States are engaged in a war, upon the successful issue of which depends th. integrity cf their social system, the form ofthei civil ization, the security of life and properly xvithin their limits, a3 well as their existence as sovereign and in dependent States ; and whereas, the condition of the couteat demands that they should call into requisition whatever resources of men and money they have for tho snppost of their cause, and to faithfully adwiniiter the same; Therefore, a3 a part of the system of the Public Defence ' The Congress of the Confederate States tf America do enact, That the exportation of cotton, tobacco, mili tary and naval stores, 6Ugar, molasses, and rice, from the Confederate States, andrfrom all places in the oc cupation -of their troops, is prohibited, except under such uniform regulations as shall be made by the Pre sident of the Confederate States. Sec. 2. That if any person or persons shall put, place or load on any ship, steamboat or vessel, or in any other water craft, or into any wagon, cart, carriage, "or other vehicle, for conveyance or transportation beyond the Confederate States, or into any portion of said States occupied by the enemy, any of the articles men tioned in the first section of this act, or shall collect the same for the purpose of being conveyed or trans ported, contrary to the prohibition aforesaid, within the Confederate States or beyond them, the said ar ticles and the ship, boat, or other water craft, wagon,, carriage or other vehicle, with the slaves and animals that may be employed or collected for the purpose of aiding therein, shall be forfeited, and all persons, their aiders and abettors, on conviction of being interested or concerned in the enterprise, shall be detmed to be guilty of a high misdemeanor and punishable by such fine or imprisonment, or both, as the court may impose. Sec. 3. That it shall not be lawful to put - on board any ship, boat or vessel, or other water craft, or upon any wagon, cart, carriage or other vehicle for trans portation or conveyance as aforesaid, auy of the ar ticles aforesaid, unless a permit be previously obtained from some officer of the Confederate States specially authorized to grant the same, particularly describing the ahicles thus to be laden, and the chip, boat, ves sel, water-cra'fr, wagon, carriage, cart, or other vehicle, on which the same is to be transported, and until bond shall be given that the same shall be conveyed and transported to the place of destination, under such conditions and regulations, and for such objects, as shall be prescribed by the President under the first section of this act. Sec. 4. That the collectors of all the districts of the Confederate States, and such other, officers-as may be designated by the President of the Confederate States. .shall have power and authority to take into their cus tody any of the articles belore mentioned lounu on aaj ship, boat or other water craft, when there is reason -to believe that they are intended for exportation, or when in vessels, carts'or w'agons or any other carriage or vehicle whatsoever, or, in any manner, apparently on their way towards the territories of a foreigr. nation, or towards the territory of the Confederate States in the occupation of the United States, or the vicinity thereof, or towards a place whence such articles are in tended to be exported, and not to-permit the same to be removed until bond shall be given, with satisfactory sureties, that no violation of this act and the regula tions under the same is intended. Sec. 5. That the powers granted by this act to Ihc revenue or other officers of the Confederal States un der this act to allow or refuse exportation of the ar ticles before mentioned, or for the seizure or detention of auy of the said articles, shall be exercised ;n con formity with such instructions as the President may give through the Departments of War and of the Trea sury, which instructions m$y impose conditions to the destination and sale of the tame, and the investment of the proceeds of- the same or a portion thereof, iu military or other supplies for the public service, which instructions such .officers shall be bout.'U to obey; and it' any action or suit shall be brought against any such officer or officers, or their agents, he-or they may plead the general issue, and upon proof of the compliance with the provisions of this act, or of the regulations and instructions of the President, he or they shall be absolved from all responsibility therefor; and auy per son aggrieved by any of the acts of any of the officers or agents aforesaid, may file his petition before the district court of the district, in which such officer or agent resides, and after due notice to him and to the district attorney, the said Court may proceed imme diately to hear and determine thereupon as law and justice may require, and the judgme nt of the said court and the reasons therefor, shall be .filed among the re cords of tho court, ami iu case any release shall be granted, the judge may impose such conditions as to giving bond and security as may in his opinion be ne cessary to secure this act from violation, andiu case of refusal," may impose double or treble costs upon the petitioner, if circumstances warrant it: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to, prohibit the Confederate States, or any of them, from exporting auy of the articles herein enumerated ou their own account. Sec. 6. That exclusive jurisdiction is conferred upon the district courts of the Confederate States of all suits or ac'ions that may arise under this act on behalf of the Confederate States, its officers and agents, for the recovery' of all fries, penalties and forfeitures imposed in the same by indictment, information or action, ac cording to the practice of the court, and the distribu tion of the penalties and fines shall be made under and according to the laws now iu force for violation of the revenue act3, and all laws for the mitigation and re mittance of per.akles and forfeitures, shall bev applied in similar cases. Sec. 7. That it shall be lawful for the President, or such officers -as he may designate, to employ any por tion of the military or naval forees'of the Confederacy or of the militia, to prevent the illegal departure of any ship, vessel or other water craft, or for detaining, taking possession of and keeping in custody the same, or any wagon, cart or other vehicle heretofore men tioned, their teams aud drivers, and their products aforesaid, and to suppress and disperse any assembly of persons who may resist the execution of this act, or oppose the fulfillment by the officers of the duties im posed by the same. x Sec. 8. That this act shall expire on the day of the ratification of a treaty of -peace with the U. Siates. Approved Feb G, I8C-1. ; So. 33. - - -An Act to prohibit Dealing in the Paper Currency of the Enemy. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That no broker, banker, or dealer in ex change, or person concerned in trade as a merchant, or vender of merchandise of any description, or anv other person, except within the liuo - of the enemy, shall, buy, sell, t-.ke, circulate, or in any manner trade' in any paper currency of the United States: Provided, Tlmt the purchase of postage stamps shail not be considered a violation of this act. m Section 2. That any person violating the provisions of this act shall.be subject to indictment and prosecu tion in the Confederate Court holden for the district within which the offence was committed, and shall, upon conviction, forfeit the amount so bought, sold circulated or used, or a sum equal thereto; and shall be, moreover, subject to a fine of not more than twenty' thousand dollars nor less than five hundred, and be imprisoned not less than t-lnee months, nor more than three years, at the discretion of said court; and it shall be the duty ot tue judges of the several Confedeuue Courts tJ give this act specially in charge to the grand jury. - ..... Sec 3. That this act shall not be construed to apply to any person acting in behalf of the Government of the Confederate States, by special authority from the President or any of the heads of departments. Approved Febiuary 6. 13'J4. No. 811 An Act to amend "An act to regulate impressment?," approved M-ireh 2C 1S3, and to repeal nn Act amendatory thereof, approved April 27, I8t;3. 'The Congress of the Confederate States of America, do enact, That in all cases where property is impres sed for the use of the army cr the navy, or for other public use. under said act, the same shall be n:id f,,r at the time of said impressment, unless an appeal shall be taken from said valuation, as hereinafter provided according -to the valuation agreed upon between the parties, or ascertained by loyal aud disinterested citi zens of the city, county, or parish in which the im pressment may be made, in the manner and according to the regulations provided in the .dirst, second and third sections of the above recited Act, or in the section thereof, where, it is applicable. Sec 2. W henever the officer making the impress ment of property, under the Act hereby amended, shall believe that the appraisement is fair and just, he shall endorse his approval upon the appraisement, and make payment accordingly but if he shall believe that it is not fair and just, then he shall refuse to npprcve-and indorse the reasons of his refusal on the certificate, and shall have the tight ?o appeal from the decision of the appraises, by reporting the case to the commis sioners appointed under said Act to which this is an ariendmeut, for their decision, whose judgment shall j be final, and in the" meantime, the property shall be I held and appropriated by. the officer impressing the ' same, who shall give a receipt therefor to the owner, who shall also have the right of appeal, as herein pro vided. Sec 8. The said commissioners shall have power to summon and cxrimine witfleises to enable them to Sx j the value of property impressed, which shall be a just compensation for the property so impressed, at the timfiftndDlace of impressment, and when the coinmis- sioners shall have fixed the value of property in cases of appeal, they shall furnish the owner and impressing j" tj,e owner, or the tax assessed thereon may.be re otliccr with a statement of such value, which rainatiou i jucea in the same ratio by the district collector, on by the commissioners shall be within three : months satidfactory evidence submitted to him by the Own- trom me wmc ui uiipiosmcm. j Sec 4. That said Commissioners shall be sworn, j faithfully to -discharge all their duties under this Act, ' i . t - 4 ... k : . t-. t r- !a art ampnTiipnt. nrl the xVct to which this is an amendment. Sec. 5. That the tentluscction of the act of which this is amendment, be stricken out, and-the following inserted instead thereof: 'o slave, laboring on a farm or -dantation, exclusively devoted to the production of gr an or provisions, ffcall be taken foT public use with out the consent of the owner, except in case of urgent necessity, and upon the order of the General command-irio- the Department in which said farm cr plantation is situated. Sec. f. That the Act amendatory of the above re cited act, approved April 27, 1863, and so much of the first section of the said act as requires an affidavit to be made by the owner or his agent, that such property wa3 grown, raised or produced by said owner, or held, or hal been purchased by him, not for sale or specula tion, but for his own use or consumption be aud the same is hereby repealed Sec. 7. That no impressment shall be mae .under this act or the act to which this is amendatory, for the use or benefit of contractors with the Government. : Src. 8 Nothing in this act shall be construftd to au thorize the impressing officer, to enter an appeal from any decision of the local appraisers, under the seventh scc-tion'of the Act to which this is amendatory. Approved, February 16, 1864. . No. 70. An Act. to aid any State in communicating with and perfecting "records concerning it 3 troops. The Congress of the Confederate States bf America Ulo enact, That upon the application of the t-overnor ot anv of the Con nfederate States, the Secretary ui W ar oe, Hntl he is hereby ai.thorized. to'erant passports and -transportation to an officer of such State duly commis sioned according to the law of said State, to commu nicate with its troops for such purposes, and it such times and places as shall be approved by the Secreta ry of War, and such officer shall be allowed to purchase for himself.supplies from the commissary stores, on the same terms with officers of similar rank' in the service of the Confetlerate States, and according to the regula tions which govern them; provided, such supplies shall not exceed those which a Colonel of the Confederate States is allowed to purchase: Provided, That these agents shall be charged with the duty of obtaining from" the officers in command of companies, final state ments of deceased soldiers to be filed in the Second Auditor's office, to facilitate the settlement of such claims. Approved February 16, 18G1. . 2-t THE NEW TAX BILL. An Act to lay additional taxes for the common de fence and support of the Government. Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That in addition to the taxes levied by the "act to lay taxes for the common de fence and to carry on the Government of the Con federate States,'" approved 24th of April, 1863. there shall bo levied, from tho passage of this act, on the subjects of taxation hereafter mentioned, -aud Collected from every person, co-partnership, asso ciation or corporation, liable (hereto, taxes as fol lows, to wit : I. Upon the value of property, real, personal and mixed, of every kind and description, not "hereinaf ter exempted or taxed at a different rate, live per cent : Provided, that from this tux on the value of property, employed in agriculture, shall be deduct ed the value of the tax iu kind delivered tlrerefrmn, as assessed under the law imposing it, aud delivered to the Government : Provided, that no.cre.dit shall be allowed beyond five per cent. II. On the value of gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, ten percent. III. The value of property taxed under this sec tion shall be a.-sossed on the basis of the market value of the same, or similar property in the neigh borhood where assessed in tho year 186i). except in cases wheri land, slaves, cotton or tobacco have been purchased since the 1st day of January, 1862, in which case the suiTlund, slaves, cotton and to bacco so purchased, ail be assessed at the price acfualty paid for the same by the owner. -Sec 2- On the value of all shares or interests held in any bank, banking company or association, canal, navigation, importing, exporting, iiisu ance, manu facturing, telegraph, express, railroadand dry dock companies, and all other joint stock companies of every kind, whether incorporated or not, nv' per cent. The value of property taxed under this section shall be assessed upon the basis of the market value of such property in the neighborhood where assessed, in such currency as may be in general use there, in the purchase and sale of such, property, at the time of assessment. Sec 3. I. Upon the amount of all gold and silver com, gold duf t, gold or silver bullion, whether held by the batiks or other- corporations or individuals, five per cent.; and upon all moneys held abroad, or upon the amount of all bills of exchange, drawn therefor on foreign countries, a tax of five per cent; such tax upon money abroad tobo assessed and col lected according to the value thereof at the place where the ta.x-is paid. . . II. Upon the amount of -A solvent credits, and of all bank bills, and all oilier papers issued as cur rency, exclusive bf non interest bearing Confederate treasury notes, and not' employed in a registered business the income derived from which is taxed, five per cent. Sec 4. Upon profits made in trade aud business, us follows : ' I. On all profits made by buying and selling spir ituous liquors, flour, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, mo lasses or syrup, salt, bacon, pork, hogs, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay. fodder, raw hides, lea! her, horses, mules, boots, shoos, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cotton or mixed cloths, hats, -.wagons, harness, coal, iron, steel or nails', at any time be tween the 1st of January, 1863. and the 1st January 186", ten per cent, in addition to the tax oh such' profits as income under the '"act to lay taxes for the common defence, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States,'" approved April 24th, 1863. II. On all nrofits made bv h nvino- linn sr-dliiifr money, gold, silver, foreign exchange,.stocks, notes, debts, credits, or obligations of any kind, and auy merchandize, property ot effects of any kind, not enumerated in the preceding paragraph, between the timej named therein, ten per cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as intome, under the act aforesaid. III. On the amount of profits exceeding twenty five per cent., made during either of the years 1863 and 1864. by any bank or banking company, insu rance, canal, navigation, importing and exporting, telegraph, express, railroad, manufacturing, dry dock, or other joint stock company of any descrip tion, whether incorporate or not, twenty-five per j cent "n- such "excess. Sec 5. The following exemptions from taxation I under this act shall be allowed, to-wit : j I. Property of ach head of a family to the Value ! of five hundred dollars; and for each minor child of ! the family to the further value of one hundred dol- ; lars; and for each son actually engaged in the uimv or uavy. or who has died or been killed iu the milf- j tary or naval service, and who was a member of the family when he entered the servkio, to the further i value of five hundred dollars. j II. Property of the widow of any officer, soldier, ; sailor or marine, who may have died or been killed ' in the military or naval service, or where there is j no widow, then of the family, .being minor children, j to the "value of one thousand dollars. - j III. Property of every officer, soldier, sailor or marine, actually engaggd in the military or naval ! service, of such hs have been disabled in such ser- j vice, to the vaiue ot one thousand dollars; provided, that the above exemptions shall not apply to anv person, whose property, exclusive of household fur niture, shall be assessed at a value thousand dollars. exceeding one IV, That whero property has been injured or de stroyed by the enemy, or the owner thereof has been teciporarily doprived of the use or occupancy thereoli or of the means of cultivating tKe same, fey reason of the presence or the proximity of the ene- my. toe assessment on sucn property may oe re diiced, proportion to the damage sustained by or assessor. Sec C. That the taxes oa property 'laid for the year 1864, shall be assessed as on tho day of the passage of this act, aud be due and collected on the lirst of June next, or as soon after as practicable, allowing an extension of ninety days West of" the Mississippi river. The additional, taxes on incomes or profits for the year. 1863, levied by this act. shall be assessed and collected forthwith; and-the taxes on incomes or profits for the year 1864, shall be as sessed and -collected according to the provisions of the tax and assessment acts of 1863. Sec 7. So much of the tax-act of the 24th day of April, 1863, as levies a tax on incomes derived from property or effects ou the amount or value of which a tax is levied by this ict, and also the first section of s-aid act, are suspended for the year 1864. and no estimated rent, hire or interest on property or cred its herein taxed ad valorem,, shall be assessed or taxed as incomes under the tax act of 1863. Sec 8. That the tax imposed by this -act on bonds of the Confederate States heretofore issued, shall in no caso exceed the interest on the same, and such bonds, when held by or for minors or lunatics, shall be exempt from the tax iu all cases where the interest on the same shall not exceed one thousand dollars. Adopted in February, 1 864. THS NEW MILITARY LAW. A Bill to organize forces to serve during the War. gECi j TLat from fter the passaKC 0f this act uan white men, residents of the Confederate States, be- twecn the ages of 17 snd 50, shall be in the military service of the Confederate States for the war. Sec 2. That all the persons aforesaid, between the age3 of ! and 45, now in service, 'shall be retained during the present war with "the. United States; in the same regiments, battalions and companies to which they bejoug at the passage, of this act, with the same organization and officers, unless regularly tianSferred or discharged, in accordance with the laws and regu lations for ttie government of the army : Provided, that "companies from one State, organized against their consent, expressed at the time,, with "regiment or bat talions from another State, sbalLliave thejirivilege ef j being transferred fo organizations of troops, iu the same arm of the service, from the States in which -said j companies were raised; una tne soldiers item one State, in companies from another State, shall be allow ed, if they desire it, -a transfer to organizations from their own States, in the same arm of theserviec. Sec 3. - Be it further enacted, That at the expiration of six months from the first day of April next, a bounty of one hundred dollars in a six pfc-r cent. Government bond, whiclr the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue, shall be paid to every non-commissioned ouicer,'mnician and private who. shall then he in service, or in the event of his death previous to the period of such payment, then to the person or per sons who would be entitled by law to receive the'ar rearages of his pay: but no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided, who shall at any time, dnriug the period of six months next after the said first day of April, be absent from his command'without leave. See l. Ue it farther enacted, That r.o person shall .he relieved from trie operation of this aCt by reason of having been heretofore discharged from thi army, wlie-fc no disability r.ow exists; nor shall those who have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted -by reason thereof: l'rovided, that no person, heretofore exempted 'on account of religious opinions and who bus paid-the tax levied to relieve him ftorn service shall be required io render military se'rvice under this a c f v . " Sec 5. Be it further enacted, That, all white male residents of the Confederate States, between the ages of 17 and 18 and 45-awl 00 years, shall enroll them selves at such times and places, and under such' regu lations, as the President may prescribe, the time al lowed not being less than thirty days for those east, and sixty days for those west of tie Mississippi river, and any person who shall fail so to enroll himself,, without a reasonable excuse therefor, to be judget" of by the President, shall he placed in service in the field for the Avar, jn the same manner as though they Were between the ages of eighteen and forty-five: l'rovided, that the person's mentioned in this section shall con stitute a reserve for State defence and detail duty, and shall not be required to perform service out cf the State in which they reside. Sec 0. That all persons required by the 5th section of this act to enroll themselves, may within thirty days after the passage thereof, ea.K of-thu Mississippi river, and within sixty days, if west of said river, form them selves into voluntary organizations of companies, bat talions, or regimentsind elect their own officers ; said organization to conform tn the existing laws: aud; having so organized, to lender their.scr vices as volun teers during the war to the President; and if such or ganizations shall furnish proper muster-roll?, as now or.grtnized, and deposit a cop 'thereof with the em oil ing officer of their -iistrict, which shall be equivalent to enrollment, they may be accepted as minute men for service in such State, but in no event to be taken out of it. " Those w ho do not so volunteer an-d organize, shall enroll themselves as before provided ; and. may', by the President, be required to assemble at conven ient places of rendezvous,- and be formed or organized into companies, battalions and regiments, under regu lations to be .prescribed by him; and shall have the right to elect their company and regimental officers ; and all troops organized under this act for State de fence, shall be entitled, while in'actual service, to the same pay and allowance as troops now in tho field. Sec- 7. That any pe sou who shall fail to attend at the plate of rendezvous as required by the authority of the President, without a sufficient excuse, to be judged of bv him. shall be liable to be placed in ser ai if he were between the vice in the field for the w ages of 18 and 43 .years.' Sec S. That hereafter the duties of provOst and hos pital guard. and clerks, aud of ..clerks guards, agents, employee's or laborers in the Commissary and Quarter master's Departments, "in the Ordnance Bureau, and clerks nod employees of navy agents's also in the exe cutiou of the enrollment act, aud all similar duties, shall be performed by persons who are within the ages of eighteen and forly:five years, and who by the report of a Board of army surgeons shall be reported ns una ble to perform active service in the field, but capable of performing some of the above said duties, specifying which; and when those persons shall have been assign ed to those duties as far as practicable, tlu President shall assign or detail to their performance such bodies of troops or individuals required to.be enrolled under lire 5ih section of this act, as may be needed for the discharge of such duties : Provided, that persons be tween" the ages of 17 and 18 shall lie assigned to those duties: l rovided, farther, that nothing contained in this act shall be so Construed as to prevent the President froln detailing a rtizans, mechanics, or persons of scien tific skill, to perform indispensable duties iu the de partment's or bureaus herein mentioned. Sec V. That any Quartermaster or Assistant-Quai-terrnaster. Commissary, or Assistant-Commissary (oth er than those serving with brigades or regiments in the field,) or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents, or Provost Marshal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall hereafter employ or retain in his employment auy person in auy of their sai5 depart ments or bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned in tin Stb section of this act, in. violation of the provis ions hereof, shall, on conviction thereof by a court martial or military court,. be cashiered ; and it shall be the duty of any department or-district commander, up on proof, by the oatii of any credible person, that any such officer has violated this p rovision, immediately to relieve sach officer rom duty; and said commanders shail lake prompt measures to have him tried for such offence and any commander as aforesaid failing: to ) perform the duties enjoined by this section, .shall, upon I being duly convicted thereof, be discharged from the i I service. i j IX RKGAKU TO EXEMPTION:?. j Sec 10. Be it further enacted. That all laws granting ' exemptions from military' service be, and the same are ! hereby repealed, and hereafter none shall be exemptcA j except the foilowing ; j l. All who shall be held unfit for military service, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of War. j 2. The Vice-President of the ConfederatcStates, the members ana omcers of Congress and of the" several State Legislatures, and such other Confederate and State c?5cer3 a3 the President, or the Governor of the respective States, may certify to be necessary for the proper administration of the Confederate or State Governments, as the case mar be. - 3. Every minister of religion ftuth'orieed to. p'reacn according to therulea of his church,' and who, at the passage of this act, shall be regularly employed in the discharge of his ministerial duties; eupcrintendents and physicians of asylums for the deaf and dumb and blind and of the insane; one editor for each newspaper being published at the time- of this act, and each em ployees as said editor may certify on oath to be indis pensable to the publication of such newspaper ; the public printer of the Confederate and State .Govern ments, and such journeymen printers as the said public printer shall certify, on oath to be indispensible to per form the public printing; one skilled apothecary in each apothecary store, who was dojng business as such oa the 10th day of October, 1362, and has continued said business, without intermission, since that period ; all physicians over the age of thirty years; who now are, and for the last seven years have been, in the ac tual and regular practice of their-profession, but the tejin physician shall not include dentists; ell presi dents and teachers of colleges, theological seminaries, academies and schools, who have beru regularly en gagds such for two .years next before the passage of this act ": 1'rovidtd, that the benefit of this exemption shall extend to jhose teachers only whose schools are composed of twenty students or more. All-superintendents of public hospitals' established by law before thepa-ssage of this act, and such physicians and nurse therein as such superintendents shall certify, ou oath, to be fnlispensible to the proper aud efficient-management thereof. 4.. There shall, be exempt one person as owner or agriculturalist on each -farm or plantation upon which there are now, ?. nd were on the 1st day of January last, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon the following conditions: 1. This exemption shall only be grinted in cases in which tlvre is no white male adult on. the farm or planta tion not liable to, military service, nor unless the person claiming the exemption was, on the 1st of January, 1804, either the owner and manager or overseer of said planta tion; but in no case shall more. than one person bo ex empted for one farm or plantation 2. Such person shall first execute a bond, payable to the Confederate States of America, in such form and with such security, and in such penalty, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that lie will deliver to theGov erimieut at some Railroad depot, or such other place or places as may be designated by the. Secretary of War, within 1:2 months next ensuring, 100 pounds of bacon, or, at the election of the CoWriunent, its equivalent in poik, and 100 pounds of uett beef (said beef to be delivered on foot), for each able-bodied slave on said farm or'plantation, w ithin the above said ages, whether said slaves are used in the field or not, which said bacon or pork and beef thall be paid for by the government at the. prices fixed by the Commissioners of tin; State under the impressment act; Provided, that wheit the person thus exempted shall pro duce saiisfactory evidence that it has been impossible for him, by the exercise of proper diligence, to furnish tho amount of meat thusj- outracu d for, and h ave au adequate supply for the subsistence of. those living on the. said farm or plantation, the Secretary of War shall direct a commu tation of tho same, to the extent of two-thirds thereof in grain or other provisions, to bo ''delivered by such person as aforesaid at equivalent, rates. , o. Such person shall further bind himself to sell the marketable surplus of provisions and grain noon hand, and which he-may raise fiom year to year while his co emption continues, to the go'veruinent or to th families of soldiers at piict s fixed by the t ommisMoiiers ef the State under iii'' iinprt ssaieut act: l'rovided, that any person ex empted :s aforesaid, shall be entitled to a credit of U5 per cent on any amount of ne-at which he, may deliver within three months froiii the passage ot this act : l'rovided fur-thi-r, that persons coining within the provisions of this ex emi;iou shall not be deprived of - the beucfit'thcreof by f reason of having been enrolled since the 1st of Feb. lG l. 4. In addition to the foregoing exemptions, the Secre tary of War, under the direction of the President, may 1-xempt.or detail ueh other persons as Int. may be satisfied ought to be exempted' ou account of public necessity, and to insure the production of grain aud other provisions for the army aud the families of soldiers. He may, also, grant exemptions or details on such terms 'as he may prescribe, to f-uch.ov:rseers, formers or planjt-rs as he may b" satis fied will be more useful to the country in the pursuits of agriculture than in the-military service : Provided, that. such exemption .-hall cease whenever the farmer, planter or overseer shall fail diligently to employ, in good faith. Lis own f kill, capital and labor exclusively in the. produc tion ofg.a;ii and provisions to be sold to the government and families of soldiers at prices not exceeding those fixed t.t the time for like articles by the commissioner of tin St;,tc! iiin.Ier.tb! iu.pi-fKmont act. 5. The 'president, treasurer, auditor and superintendent of any Railroad company engaged in transportation for the government, and such officers and employees thereof as the president or superintendent shall certify on oath to be indispensable to th ? efficient operation of said railroad: Provided, that the number of persons so exempted by this act on any railroad shall-not excecd one person for each mile of said road in actual use for military transportation; and said exempts shail be reported by name and descrip tion, with the names of any who m:iy have left th em plojmeut of said company, or who may cease to bo indis pensable. , ti That nothing herein contained shall be construrd as repealing the act approved April 14th, l(i:,- entitled an act to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of the Con federate Slates, and the drivers of post coaches and hacks, from military sorvict : Provided, that all the exemptions granted under this act shall only continue whilst the per sons exempted are actually engaged in their respective pursuits or occupations. Section 11. That tin; President be and be is hereby au thorized to grant details, under "general rules and regula tions to be issued from the War lepai tnieut.'either of per sous between 45 and 50 year of age, or from the army ia the field, in all cases where, in.his judgment, justice, equi ty and necessity require such details, and he may revoke such orders of detail whenever he thinks proper: l'rovided that the power herein granted to the President to make details aud exemptions shall not he construed to authorize the exemption or. detail of any contractor for furnishing supplies of any kind to the government by .reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of tho department making such contract shall, certify that the personal ser vices of such contractor aiP indispensable to the execu tion" of said contract: l'rovided fuither, that when-any such contractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully, to pro ceed with the execution of such contract, his exemption or detail shall cease. Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards of Surgeons for the examination of persons liable to military service, no member composing the same shall be appoiuted from the county or enrolling district in w hich they are required to make such examination. Adopted iu February, 1804. CARRIAGE and AVAG0X WORK, And Blacksmithing. The subscriber informs the public that he will con tinue to carry on the business of Repairing Carriages, Buggies, Wag'ous, &v at the shop formerly occupied by Joh.il Ifurty, on College street, in the rear of the Mansion Ilouie. He u also prepared to do any Blacksmith work-that may be required, such as Shoeing Horses, repairing, &c. CHARLES YVILSO.V. January 12, 16G4 If DR. J. M. MILLER, Charlotte, N. C, Can be found at his Oiliee ntxt door to Hutchison's Drug-Strut-, opposite the Democrat OGice. Jan. 12. 18i;t. I TAK2'. IP And commuted to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, ! on ihe Zfuh of February last, a negro woman who says j hcrjiamc is LUCY and belongs to Nick Davis of Rich- moud. Said m-gVo is about 2h ytars old, vry black, j and rather under medium size. Shcsays that bhe waa persuaded oH from Kfchn name 3 Robinson. . She ioiid by a man who gave Lis was iirrcatel on the car bo the N". C. Railroad near Chat lo it. N. C. The owuejr is hereby nctifieJ to come forward, prove property", pay chrtrgs and take her awa, or she will be dealt with as the law directs. It. M. WHITE, Sheriff. March 15, ISCt tf STUAIKI) From the f-ubseritcr. a red and white Sj niuiey lun. a "'uci-i rcwaru wiu IB he paid fr any information concerning b-H her. F. W. AHREKsr i .wv.ir irt l ll.ru Charlotte, April 25, 1861 3tpd Short Almanac for 1864. V & 2 3 3 V& 3 4 5 G 7 8 i 10 11 12 13 14 15 ic 17 18 19 20 21 22 S 24 2.5 2C 27 28 29 SO 31 7 8 . 9 10 11 12 la 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 20 20 ? 28 29. 12 3 4 5 C 7 8 9 1011 13 14 15 1G 17 18 I? 20 21 22 23 24 25 H 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 t. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 15 i 17 18 19 20 21 22 03 24 25 20 27 - 28 20 20 - 1 2 3 4 .5 C T 89 10 11- 12 13 li 15 1G 17 18 19 20 n 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 12 3 4 5 - C ,7 ' 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 1 .3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 "21 22 2ii 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3. 4 5 C .7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 2 1 22 2 3 24 2 5 20 - 27 28 29- 30 31 12 8 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2Q 27 28 29 SO 1 2 3 '4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 -20 21 22 23 24 25 2G 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 fl G 7 8 . 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2C 27 28 29 30 12 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 31 JANUARY FEBRUARY- - MARCH APRIL MAY - JUNE JULY- - AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER WHEAT The subscriber is prepared to purciinsc crop of V heat at the highest market price. the ott KrmfM will find it to their advnntnge to call at the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before idling. Jan'y I, 18C3 ' tf . JNO. WILKES. . PEA MEAL. V7c kcept our Steam Flouring Mill In this plice Pea Meal for feeding cows ttnA slovk. Also, we litvt on hand-at all times, Family, Kxtrn Suptrtiuc and coarse Flour. We warrant our family Hour. - Corn Meal and Grits can nlwnys he had at the mill. J. WJLKTS I CO. Jan'y 1, 18C2 OF THE SOUTHERN HEPATIC PILLS Have.bccn ordered in one day. Wherever known thtif use continues. Without pufTing, they huve giiintd ground by their real value. rMor than fivehon dred persons are known to have been cured br tlifi PilU.-a& V This excellent family medicine ia recommended Ir the proprietors as good for Disease of the Liver. 11 J correspondents say that they also cure iiillioui Rati m.itism, Pneumonia, Chills and Fevers, liilliou Fereri,' Piles and Worms. They are a perfectly safe medicine. Peter Vaden, Esq., of Diuwiddje county, Ya , after describing rcmarkahle cures in his family of liillioui Rheumatism and Pleurisy, say a: "My Loctor' Lill ban been heretofore from Si 75 to $200 per year. I hav used therj (these pills) for ti.j family, which coniiitti of eighteen 'white and colored, and Lave not called Id a Doctor. This is a great saving. They certainly are the best family'medicine ever discovered. Iter. John W. Potter, of Greene county, North Caret- Una, had suffered twelve year from a diiea-id liver, which the physicians Lnd not been able to care, u snys: "I commenced taking the Hepatic Pills with no confidence in them. They acted liko a charm on me. From thai hour I Lave improved. I have pereered in their use, until now, by God's blessing, I aui well and hearty. I had a negro map who, as I believe, wai saved from death by a dose of these Fills. My Ductor'l bill was ni. Dually 'rorn $100 to $200rbut I bare bad no use for a physician since." Col. Jthn Wright, of Goldsboro, N. C, (Aug. U, 1862,) ras: "I have used the Southern Hepatic Pil" in my family here, nud also on tny plantation in Al Jiama, and always. aith nieces. I have a valuable servant girl who bad beeu a long time under treatment for consumption, wilCout receiving- any benefit. Al most ia her extremity I waj induced to try the Hepatic Pills. They were g" en according to direction, "' the iino well, entirely restored by tlrem. A fiioil' case. occurred among my servant in Alabama. For liver and lung disease I have perfect confidence 1 them." Full c'irections and other certificate w ill be 1,ub& oa the wrapper of each box. Price, $3 00 a box. For e?30 a dozen boxe will pent b mail, free to any part of the" Confederacy. Still gieatcr disrouut to Druggist, or other buyirc by, the gros. . Not 1c (ban a dozen need be ordered. UuMilcd generally by the Druggists, and iu Cbarlott N. C. by t . SCAKIt, The Rtdrc of tho Proprietor ia GKOIM'K W. DLI'MS, Wilron, X. C. Aug :o, it;a All person indebted to. FL'LLIXGS k SPRINGS, by note ot account, are hereby notified lo Cult upon Wm. W. Grier, ex-heriJT,and wake immt-dinie eilli mcnt. " J. 11. SP.1INOS. Febrnarr3. 18C3 tf The ioderiigned having located two couth of the Mansion Home, Char- prepared to fill all order bfiine, anch a Military and Citizens' Clothing, Cap, Lace, Dot tons, Ac, kc. A' liberal fbare of tbt patronage of the public i respectfully solicited, a all order entrusted to mr care will be pramptly and faithfully filled. I have cowpetent w orkmen, and caji compete with' any other etabliib merit in givin-f a "good fit," find I warrant my w ork to give entire satisfaction. Mr. R. M. ROBINSOy, sn experienced cutter, I en gaged In thi establishment, and he will be pleated to wait upon bi friends. J. A. CALDWELL. June 1G, 18C3 y-pd 0
The Charlotte Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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