PUBItiO LAWS.
JEitaoted Fjcb’t 16, 1864.
An Act to Fund, Ta^
SiCTiON I IJyCovarMoJ
asoTJuw X holders of
StnHt of America do enact, ^ .
• 1 V, the denomination of co,
aJl Treasury notes above
an j u^ii be allowed until thd
shall be iubjeot to a tax of Wf 0®°* on ev-
•ry dollar promised pn th« »oe thereof, KaJd t»x
to attach to said notes wherever circulated, and
said &oteflto be fandable and exchangeable for new
Treasury note**. «» herein provided, subject to
th% dcdaotio** said tax.
g*c‘ 12 That any 8tate holding 'JVeasury
notes fpccived before the times h^'r ^iu fixod tor
^ . taxing .^d uGiea tthall t>c allowed till tfe fir!*t
tlie I J&uuary 18G5, to fund the t»aiae ia G p«r
mMm
each year.
holders of all such Tr«a.snry cent lK»ud8 ot the tontcdemk-p^yaWe 20
P trihS aJ/o«^.*d to fund the in regi- 1 jears after d«t«, and the mterent payable somi-
pnvable 20 year, after their date, j a:‘««aUy- ««t aU Treasury notes ruceivod by
C^inTintcrL'Hr the rate of 4 per cent, per a«- j any State alter the time hxed fur taxins^ the same
n navahle on tht* 1st of J'louary and July of | atores'aid, «hall be hoid Co have been reiieived
, diminir^hcd by the smoout of said t'vx. Th«i dis-
Th*'*of fho Tr/^i«iirv is hort'bv |
anthoriz
fun
and
oortifi-it-'« to ari'Wer the puruose. vSuoh boiidt?
and cer'iiit’att'' ■‘bail be reo«.ivablp without inter
est in pavrn**'!! ol all «»Tmn’nt dues payable
in iheyMr IM, oxcopt export and import datiffi.;.
2lE*r :ill I’reHf^arv notc^ ot the rfeac^i-
uatiuu or ?1‘''. ".'>t : r ten;st, r;liall
not be preseiiietl lor Tu iairisr tmder rh« pro.i:^ioitr
c>t'the 9ec>'on ot this act, shail, from aud after
the l^': d^y >t A* »il l^tl4. Ca'tot'the 5iissi:.aippi
riv.j, sinJ fh-' I. : ds ’ yi J y w-st ot . e
Oi a,'L t tn- rt’Ct ivabit! in ptyiurnt «jl
public aU' !», and ^ai.i notes, it'n t so (tn'scn^-c^l ; ^*ay bo wjnrjsicted’uftor tSe passdge vi tl.is ai?
'.hat time, ahai', i>i addition to the tiis uf o'ii j wiliuie to receive the in a o«rtilicate ol iji-
oentJii iuifXised in iho 4th s-iction of this uct, be | dcbtednesti, to be iatued by said Seor»;tary in saoh
snbjeoted to a taa ot 10 por cent, p^r munth un ' b'>rm aa he luay dceu) prof»«r, payable two yf^ars
o said ' flftor a ratification of a treaty ol pwiaae with tlfe
oacb htiad of a tatnily to
, - - and for each mluor child
per «n ^uai, sr;';i no .oj*l; r he rec»‘i7tt in pay- ta the fiirUiar value of ilOO:
men* of iitaHiti duta, but tifiaU Do HeeiHf?d and ^ t .. . “i „ i i
ill J « li 1 i'J o ! JUKI I'.»r encii eon ttctuailv eniraffea in the
, t.oni^s ot the Contoderatc Statfs, p^iva- , • i" I? 7 .
I r.i^ fa: . •' ‘ . anuv or iiavv, or wuo has uied or been
t»le tffu y.'-irs a.tec tiki? rutifieation or a treatv of., ,, . ■
' - ' Kiiied i!i tiie luintarv or naval service, and
or ettecta of kia^ not e&amMt^d d
the precediuff perag^^h, befeweeiugkf^mai
DHtued there^, 10 fij^oeat., auoHon to
the tax on snch pro^ as inoomo, aimer the
act aforesaid.
ni. On the amooot of profttB ezoeedlog
26 per c«Dfr., iuale during either of the yc«rt
lSti3 aiid 18tJ4, by &tiy haak or banking
company, iutiurance, canal, oaviffatioa, im*
porting and exporting, telegraph, express,
railroad, inanufactnriug, dry dock, or -other
joint btock cuiapauj of any deecription,
whether incorporated or not, 25 per ueutou
8UcU UXCetiS.
Sko. 5. The tollowijig exemptions from
this act shall be allowed,
til i.’ic i'uiird Sfiiieri, bc.’Mfin'i the rate oi
sp oihi d th»-Jr faot;. pst^abi* lt >t
sp. oih. d • th^^ir tao«. ph>aW- l-t .t j ^ MiGTuber of the fwuily wWu he
Jwiuitry of ta-h ai.d ever v vt-if j tnteivJ the i-ervice, to the farther value of
*'5E’ 14 I n*f. ifap Sccret«try oJ th.»? Tre«tiury |
bfc, aiui lit is i.iioby, KUthuriZ'jd, in aiic the ox.i-
!ce';Ot« jf fQo (jroverfiHie n bhuui*i n*q are it. tu
pay th lii'fii-mil of «ny public crt'tiitor wu(>s«d«-bt
til so pirscfltcd; whioh taxcjj sbaU attadvt
..otcs wherovor circulated, and shall be deducted
from the face of said notes when«>ver pre.-^cnted
tor pavnienr or t'.^r lundin*;, and said noiop .-^haU
not be excban|:c:ib!e f^'r tlic new issue ol Trea
sury notes provided for in this act
Sec. 4. That oa all said. Treasury notes not t
funded or used In payment of tase? at the datea I 15 Ttie
and places prescribed in the 1st scction of this
act, there shall be levied at said dates and places
a tax of 8BJ cents for every dollar promised on
the face of said notes; said tix shall attach to said
notes wherever circulated, and shall bo collected
by deducting the same at the treasury, its deposi
tories and by tax collectors, and by all Govern-
tncnt officers receiving' the samf! whenever pre
sented for payment or for fundicir, or in payaitnt
ot Government dues, or for p>staee, or in ex-
«hanee for new notes, as hereinafter provided, and
said Treasury notes shall be fundable in bonds a«
provided in the 1st section of this act, until the
Ut day of January 1865 at the rate of 66if oc^t^
Ok the dollar; and it shall be the duty of the Seo-
• retry of the Treasury, at any time between the
1st a April and the 1st of July, I8H4, west ot
the M'wissippi river, and the 1st of January 1S65,
to subetitate and exchange nev? Treasury notes
for the snme at the rate of cent' on tbc dol-
- ibi#ienomi!>atioD ot
shall’lot be entitlf^i to the privil, i»e oi sai
ATan era* jj. j j* .» • ' . .
was re^airv'd to be
, - -- — i V/. .--.V. j t^rrcatt_T deemod to be a bond, to isnao to such
exchange; provided further, that tho'right to j holder a botd thftpofor upon the terms provided
tund any ot-&>id Treasury notes, after the l.^tday i by «aid act.
of January lgi5, hereby taken away: And pro-
vided further, ?nat upon such Treasury notes
which may remafl outstanOTng oa the 1st day of
January 1865, anc which may not be exohaneed
tome. Treasury n,tea, as herein provided, a tax
of 100 per cent, is lereby impos^
.n ‘iay of April aext.
all authenty herewforc siren to the Secretary of
Act to hiy widitional Taxe^ fi/r the fs>m-
num d^'ence *ml mippoH of Government.
Secj. 1. Tho Congress of the Confederate
States of Ainoi-ica do enact, That in addi*
tion t(» tile ta.x68 levied Ky the act "to lay
laaes tor the common defence and to carry on
the Treasury te issue Tr.V«n'^J«^T'' occit.;ary oi the Government of the Confederate States,”
is hereby, revoked: Prot>ded thT Secivf- ’ \ April 1S63, there shall be
the Treasury may, afrer *hat time issu^^^Lw ■ passage of this act, on the
Treasury note.^, in such tom as he may prescribe taxation hereat'ler mentioned,
I»yable two years after the ratification of a trea^v collected from every person, copartner-
ot peace with the United States, said new issued • association or corporation, liable there
to be receivable in payment of all nnhlio l-HXes as follows, to-wit:
Cbf cents on tne dollar by tti? tus aJo.v.^aid, .irny
convert the satse U'to call certificates beur'-ii: ’n
terest at tho rate of 4 per cent, per annu i;, ana
pajab.etwo years afler a ratifiuuon of a rea v
Of peace with the United States, unless ?o >ocr
converted into new notes.
8eo. 6 That to pay tho expenwes of the Gov'-
ernme^ not otherwise provide! for, 4.' S. cretarv
ot the Treafiury is hereby authorized to ifc:^«c- G
pr cent. t).)ads to an 'iinount not excecdirx^ fiv.
hundr.-d mii.ion
terest whereot
li. Property of the widow of any officer,
84ildLar. sailor or marine, who mav have
died or l>efen killed in the military or naval
*i;rvj(,>y. Of wiiere there is ao widow, then of
tho family, l>eing minor ciuldren, te the
value of |tlOK>.
III. Property of every officer, soldier,
sailor or marine, actually engaged in tlie
military or naval service, or of suuii as have
been dibMbled in such service, tt> the value
ot $10(J0; provided, that the above exerap-
tioiis shall not apply to any person, whose
shall be assessed at a valne exceeding $1(HM).
IV. That where property has been injured
or destrt»yed by the enemy, or the owner
thereof has l>een temporarily deprived of the
use or occupancy thereof, or of the means
of cultivating the same, by reason of the
presence or the proximity of the eoeuiy,
the aeseesment on sacb property may ^
reduced, in proportion to the damage sus
tained l»y the owner, or the tax assessed
tliereon may Ije reduced in the same ratio
by the district collector, on satisfactory evi
dence submitted tu him by the ewuer or as
sessor.
S^Kc. 6. That the taxes ob ]M‘operty laid
for the year 1864, shall be assessed as oa
the day ot the passage of this act, ^and be
due and collected ou the 1st day of Jat>e
next, or as soon after as praetiaable, allow
ing an extension uf 90 days West of the
Misbissippi river Tlie additional taxes on
ineiunes or profits for the year 1S62, Levied
by this act, sltall bo assessed and collected
fu'thwith; and the taxes on inc.»me8 or pro
fits for the year 1S6-^, shall be assessed and
collectetl according to the provisions ef the
ta.x and assessment acts of 1S68.
Sbc. 7. Sj much of the tax act of the 34tb
day uf April 1S68, as levies a tax ou in
comes derived from property or effects on
the amount or value whieh a tax is levied
by this act, and also the Ist section of said
act, are suspended for the jear 1364, and
no estimated rent, hire or mterest on pro
perty or credits herein taxed ad valorea,
shall be assessed or taxed as incomes a&der
tlie tax act of 1863.
Skc. s. That the tax imposed by this act
‘ tha rVinfederatii States hareto-
shall in uo cnse exeeeU ihe In-
satuo, and such btinds, when
minors or lunatics, sliall be
the tax in all casee where the
same shall not exceed $1000.
under thtt law imposi:u. i.. Ai-t to Kmpe^Jl^'^vllege ^ the WrU
e ivcic o t e eminent: Prijvitl«(i, j qf flal/e i-'i O/rpiis in certain ctuoif.
ity
United ^^tate9, b«*arin» interest at the rate of six
per cent, per anuum, payaVde seiui annually, and
transferable only by special erdi>r-eiiioiit, under
retiulations to be presoribod by iho Sern'tary of
the Tre;sury, and said eejtificat*’^ shall l>e exempt
cfttaUt
ecretary of the Treasury is au-
thori*el to increase the nunibt-r of depwtories ro
as to meet the requirements of this act, and with
that view to employ such of the banks of tho sev
eral States as he may deem expedient
Seo. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury .shall
forthwith advertise this act in such newspapers
published in the several Slates, and by auo*i other
m?an>> as shall secure immediate publicity; and
the Secrt'tary ot War and the iioretary of the
Navy shall each cause it to be pubiisht-d ia gene
ral order for tho informatiou ot the army and
navy.
Skc 17. The 42d section of the act for the
asse-Nsroent and cullection of taxes, approved May
1st IStW, is hereby repCbied
Sec 18. The Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authoriat-d ajid reqairod, upon the appli
cation of the holier of anj’ call o«*rtifloate, which,
by the first sectit^ti of the act to provide for the
funding and turtSier issue of Treasury notes, ap-
pr ved March ‘iod 1863,
!I‘>t
'ii»:i;tr-. ti! - pri:j4*';'al
be :rc" from r.ixin
tor the payment M uiK r •( thf-n-on • ' « oti
receipts if any export duty •ier. a^’tor Jai-’ ,.r> ;.
value ot_ any corion, tob.cc,.. and r.a,-al J ur -.
State , and the nor r,r„e. fd -.f rh« iujM. rt dutus
now laid, or ., ,n«.h rh..,,/'
W annually the.mtere^t, are h.iby
pledged; I-roiude; that the duties now kid o-
impwts arc herf*by plod-.i and ah.il hereS’
ter be paid in fspocie. or in sterling eyehaoire or
injjoupons of gaid bonds. .onange, or
Sec. 7. That the Se**retarv (>♦ •t'-
hereby .«,l,anr.d, .'J/;
wants of the Treasury in- ■
hypothecate for Trens- r
part thereof,^p3D t
.ae beat terms be can, ao a.s to
UrtL restrict the amount of the circu-
authorleed by the 6th seo-
taon of thw act may be either registered or oou-
pon twnds, aa the parties taking them may elect
and they may be exchanged for each other under
BQoh regulations as the Ser'reiary of the Tif'asurv
may prescribe. They shall be for 8100, and shall
together with the coupons thereto attached, be ia
•Qoh form and of such autheatioation as the Sec-
wtary or the Treasury may prescribe; ihe interest
^ T 1 yearly on the first of Jan'y
and July iTi each year; the principal shall bo pay
able not less than 30 years from their date.
^ fundable,
and shall be taxed in all respects as is provided
for the Tr,*nsury notes itito which they Le con-
vertible If converted before the time fixed for
tMmg the TrcMury notes, such certificates shall
from that tune bear interest upon only 66f cent*
for e,«r, dollar p,om,«,l np™ thei? liL Zd
JJl b, m De. Tr.asary D?tc3 at
thit rate; bat al'cr the paflga^e of this ant nn ...n
^ A5ri\‘,1s.if “>»
it. dL.hJ'!'i*‘ »f J'PMitiihall Hire
i«tior^rr =^thor;ied b, the ^t
distinctiirA . bonds by some
q aark or token, to be agreed upon with
^ Secreury 01 the Treasury, thfn the Ld
k J** entitled to r^»,cievo tbo-amoun' of
J ^“djj Id Troaaiiry notes, bearing no intore.-*;
., ®*^**tanding the pp.ssag# ;i »his act: Pro
• ea, the fcs.id bon l» are prt-stntcd before tb
pnvilege of fun.liu^, uot. h af par shall cy.-is"
Dereia pre^^oriwd
iaswd of “ Treasury n.>tc8 heretofore
JMuedoftbsd imni .Mon of So ^jon iuue
* 06 receivable in paymoul ..f i„«„
^Wed b, U,. .aodab'e at Ja";/’,.”
V^iOM of thw act, until the tirst ot July
2 M— 18^. west of
^ Mi«urippi river, but after that timT*'
Ihat n.) credit shall bo allowed bevond 5
}»er C' lii.
II. tin tiie value »>t '^uld and silverwares
and j)]a’y, jcwt-iij. jekveiry and watche?, 10
p«ir cent.
, '"nine of j.roperfy taxed under
th’.> ouctiiiii shall 1m: ufi&c-sscd (.mi the basis »f
I the market value* of tlie same, or similar prt»-
n i 1..- i'criy ;n tjj^ ne'.'iiUirho^i wijere.issessml, in
I. ..tvi I file year IStJu. except in cases where laud,
: Sifi\ v-.v, cott»ti i.r toh:u‘(.*i havt* t>e^n [>nr-
riiHsed sinct* fhe Iht day of Jannarv i8tJ2, j
it which case liie n.iJd jarit, t;utton i
and tujacc-> ^ j pnri-iui^od. Rii;;!i Im :is^e'.se!•
at the price actually paid f-.i ilie huuic Jiy
the owner.
t»ec. 2. On the vulae of all shares or inter-
estH held in any banJc, banking company or
association, canal, navigatioii, importing,
ex/A>rring, insurance, utanulV-turing, tele
graph, express, railroad, and drv-dfx!k com
I^nies, and all other joint Ktock companies
01 every kind, whether incorporated or not.
5 per cent.
The value of property taxed under this
SeoUon shall be assessed upon the basis of
the inarket value of auch protjerty iti the
neighborhood where assessed, in such cur
rency as may be in general use there, in the
purchj^e and sale of such property, at the
tune ot assessment.
See. 3. Upr^. u^auufikoi all gold and
aiuei com, gold duai^goVd ur
yrkothor h„},i tho banka or other corpo
rations or individuals, 5 per tjent,; aTid u}x>n
a^ nioneyfi held abroad, or u|X)n tho amount
ot ail bills ot exchange, drawn therefor on
foreign countries, a ta.\ of 5 per cent.; such
t.'vx upon money ai>road to be assessed and
collected according to the value thereof at
where the tax is paid.
II. Upon the amount of all solvent cre
dits, and of dll bank bills and all other pa-
I>ers issued um currency, exclusive of non
interest bearing Cjnfederate treasury notes,
and not employed in a registered business,
the income derived from which is taxed, 5
per cent.
Sec. 4. Upon profits made in tr^de and
business, as follow.v.
1. On all profits made by buying and sell
ing spiritous liqnore, flour, wheat, corn, rice,
sugar, molasses or sirup, salt, bacon, pork,
bogs, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay
fixl'ler, raw hides, leather, horses, mules
boots, shoes, cotton yarns, woj1, woolen, cot
ton or mixed cloths, hats, wagons, harmess,
coAl, iron, steel or nails, at any time be
tween the 1st of January 1863, and the 1st
ot Januaiy 186S, 10 per cent.,'in addition
to the tax ou snch profits as income under
the “act to lay taxesforthe common defence
and carry on the Government of the Con-
lederate States,” approved April 24, 1863.
IL On all protits made by buying and
selling money, ^Id, silver, forein exohaaga,
sUxsks, notes, debts, credits, or obligations
of any kind, and any merchandSco, prop®*k-
lie. Of ooQspiracies, or atteinpta to liber
ate prisoners of war held by the Confederate
States.
X. Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepa
rations to aid the enemy.
XI. *Of parsons advising or inciting others
to abandon tlie Confederate oause, or to re
sist-the Oonfederate States, or to adhere to
the anemy.
XU. Of anlawfully burning, destroy!Hg
or injuring, or attempting to‘burn, destroy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele
graphic line of communication, or property,
with the intent of aiding the eneixi}’.
Xm. Of treasonable designs to impair
the military pjwer of the Government by
destroying, or attempting to destroy, vessels
or arms, or munitions of war, or arsenals,
foundries, workshops, or other property of
the Confederate States.
Sec. 2. Tho President shall oause proper
officers t>j iuvesKigate the cases of all persons
so amassed, or detained, in order that they
may be discharged if improperly detainj 1,
unless they uan be speedily tried in the due
course t»f law.
Sec. 3. That during the suspension afoie-
said, no niilitary or other officer shall be
com}>elled. In aiiswer to any writ of habeas
corpus, to appear in |>erson, or to return the
l>ody of any person or persons detained by
him, by th6 authority of the R esident, Se
cretary of War, or the General officer com
manding tlie Trans-Mississippi department;
but upon the certificate, undei* oath, of the
officer having charge of any one so detained,
tliat snch p>ersf)n is detained by him as-a
prisoner for aiiy of the causes herein before
'7'““*^—* th« Authurity aforesaid, fur
ther proceedings under tfie writ ot liabeas
corpus shall immediately cease and remain
suspended ao long as this act shall continue
in force.
Se«. 4. This act shall continue in force for
ninety davs after the next meeting of Con
gress, and no longer.
THE MILITARY BILL.
Section 1. That irom and after the passage
of this act all white men, residents of the
Confederate States, between the ages of 17
and iiiil, shall be in the military service of
the Confederate States for tli6 war.
Sec. 2. lliat all the persons aforesaid, be
tween the ages of 18 and 45, now in serv'ice,
shali be retained during the present war
with the U. S., in the same regiments, bat
talions and companies, to which they beloag
at the passage of this act, with the same or
ganization and officers, unless regularly
transferred or discharged, in accordance
with the laws and regulations for the gov
ernment of the army: Provided, that com-
pauies from one State, organized against
their consent, expressed at the time, with
regiments or battalions from another State,
shall have the privilege of being transferred
to organizations of troops, in the same arm
of the service, fnfln the States in which ^aid
com^nies were raised; and the soldiers from
one State, in companies from another State,
shall be allowed, if they desire it, a transfur
to organisations from their own States, in
the same arm of the service.
Sec. 8. Tliat at the e.xpiration of six montlis
from the first day of April next, a bounty
of $100 in a six per cent. Government bond,
whieh the Secretary of the Treasury is here-
»»tUo^ru*«»d to Luu«^ aball be f^id to eve-
non-commissioned officer, musician and
private who shall then be in servi«e, or in
the event ot his death previous to the |>eri«.>d
of such payment, then to the person or per
sons who would be entitled U.» receive by law
the arrearages of his [>ay; but no one shall be
entitled to the bounty herein provided who
shall at any time, during the period of six
months next afler the said first day of April,
be al)sent from his command without leave.
Sec. 4 That no person shall l»e relieved
from the operation of this act by reas-)n of
haWng been heretofore discharged from the
army where no d>sability now exists; nor
shall those who have furnished substitutes
be any longer exempted by reason thereof;
Provided, that no person, horetofore exempt
ed on account of religious opinions and w-lio
has paid the tax levied to relievo him from
they
r/rpics
Whereas, the Constitution of the C*>nfed-
enUe States of America provides in Artiele
I, bection 9, Paragraph 3, that “the privi
lege of rlie writ of hal>eas corpus ehafl not
he suepended nnless when in case of rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety may re-
(piire it;” and .whereas, the }K)wer of sus-
peniling the privilt^ge of said writ as recog
nized in iJaid .-Vi'ticle 1, is vested solely in
tliv; r.-ngre.s,-, vrliich is the exclusive judge
ot tlie ruves-iry of snch Hiispension; and
wiic.'eas, in rlie opinl.,ti of the Congress, the
public pH.vtv reipiires thesnapension of said i • , ,
wrir ir, tiio c.xis.riiig ca.*e of the invasion of be required to render military
fheee Staf*5S bv the armies of the United
StHtef; and wliereas, the President has asked That all white male residents of
for the suspension of the writ of habeas oor-1 Confederate States, between the ages of
puii, and itifornied Congress of conditions of years, shall enroll
public danger whieh render the suspension j such times and places, and
of tho writ a measure proper for tho public I regulations, as the ^President
defence against invasion and insnrreotion* I prescribe, tho time allowed not being
n.w, therefore, ’ j lo®» tiiau 30 days for those east, and 60 days
The Ci.ngress of the Confederate States of I Mississippi river, and
America do enact, Tliat during the present I person who shall fail so to enroll hirn-
invasion of tlie Ci>nfederate States, the priv-1 without a reasonable excuse therefor,
ilege of the writ of habeas corpus be, and J ^ judged of by tho President, shall be
the same is hereby, suspendod; bnt such sus- j service in the field for^the war, in
pension shall apply only to the oases of per- ( same manner as though they were be-
sona arrested or detained by order of tbe I ^1*® ages ot' 18 and 45: Provided, that
President, Secretary of War, or the General I persons mentioned in^ this section shall
Officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi I ^°®titute a reserve for State defence and
Military D()partment, by the authority and I duty,^aud shall not lie required to
tie pafp^'o! fe# '*>
greas in the passage of this act is to provide I Sec. 6. That all persons required by the i
more oflectnally for the public Safety by I section ot this act to enroll themselves,
suspending the writ of habeas oorpos in the I within 30 da^ after the passage there-
following cases and ne other «wt uf the Mississippi, and within 6a
I. Of treason, or tretuonable efforts if west of said river, form themselves
combinations to subvert the government ofM“^ v^iuitary organiisations of companies
the Confederate States. I battalions or regiments, and elect their owil
II. Of conspiracies to overthrow the gov-1 officera; »aid organizations to conform to the
eminent, or conspiracies to resi«t the lawful I existing laws; and, having so organized to
authority of the Confederate States. J tender their services as vofuuteers during
. (3f combining to assist the enemy, or I to the President; and if such orgari-
of communicating intelligence to the enemy I ixationa shall furnish proper muster rolls, as
or giving him aid and comfort *|now organized, and deposit a copy thei^eof
TV. Of corispiracies, preparations and at* I enrolling officer of their district
tet^ts to incite servile insurrection. | which shall be equivalent to enrollment*
V. Of desertions or encouraging deaer-1 ^ accepted as minute men for
tions, of harboring deserters, arid of attempts I State, but in no event to be
sluUl b« liable to be plaoed in tervice in the
fi^d fior tl»e war, as if he were between the
ages of 18 and 45.
Sett. 8. That hereafter the duties of pro
vost and hospital guards and clerks, and of
clerks, guards,-agents, employees or labor
ers in the Commissary and Quartermaster’s
Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
of clerks and emjj4 jyees of navy agents, as
also in the execution of the enrollment act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by pei’sons who are within the ages of 18
and 45 years, and who by the report of a
Board of army surgeons shall be rojiorted
as unable to perform active service in the
field, bnt capable of performing some of the
above said duties, specifying which, and
when these persons shall have been assigned
to tho.so duties as far as practicablci the Pre
sident shall a-isigti or detail to their perform
ance such boiijes of troops, or individuals,
required to be enrolled under the 5th 'sec
tion of this art, as ninr be needed for the
discharge of such duties: Provided, that
persons l>etweeu the aj^es of 17 and shall
be assigned to those duties: Provided fur
ther, that nothing contained in this act shall
be so coiisiruad as to j>revent the President
from detailing artisans, mechanics, or per
sons of scientific skill, to perf*>rm indispen
sable duties in the departmetits or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Sec. 9. That any Quartermaster or As
sistant Quartermaster, Commissary or As
sistant Conimi.^sary, (other than those serv
ing with brigades or rt^iments in the field,)
or offi^*ers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Navy
Agents, or Provost Mar>ihal, or officer in
the conscript service, who shall hereafter
employ or reraln in liis employment A«y
person in any of their said departments or
bureans, or in any of tbe duties mentioned
in the 8th section of this act, in violation of
the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction
thereof by a court-martial or military court,
be cashiered; and it shall be the duty of any
dei)artment or district commander, upon
pnMjf, by the .oath of any credible fxirson,
that any such officer has violated this pro
vision, immediately to relieve such officer
from duty; and said commanders shall take
prompt measures to have him tried for such
ofSbUce; and any commander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upon being duly convicted
thereof, be discharged from tlie service.
Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemp
tions from military service be, and the same
are, hereby repealed, aud hereafter none
shall be exempted except the tijllowing:
1. All who shall be held unfit for milita
ry service, under rules to be prescribed by
the Secretary of War.
2. The Yice President of tlie Confederate
States, the members aud officers of Congress
and of die several State Legislatures, and
such other Confederate and State officers as
the President, or the Governor of the re
spectjve States, may certify to be necessary
for tbe j»roper administration of the Con
federate or State Governments, as tbe case
may be.
3. Every minister of religion autliorlzed to
preach according to the rules of his churcli,
and who, at the passage of this act, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge of his
ministerial duties; superintendents and phy
sicians of lisylums for tiie ^eaf and dumb
and blind and of the insane; one eiitor f«)r
each newspaper being jmblished at the time
uf this act, and snch employees as said edi
tor may certify, on oath, fo be indispensable
to the publication of such newspaper; the
public printer of the Confederate and State
Government«i, and snch journeymen print
ers as tho said public printer shall certify,
on oath, to be indispensable ti> perform the
public printing; one skilled apothecary in
each a}x>thecary store, who was doing busi
ness as such on tho 10th day of Oct’r 1862,
and has continued said business, without
intermission, since that period; all physi
cians over the age of 30 years, who now are,
and for the last 7 years have been, in the
actual and regular }»ractice of their profes
sion, but the term phytician shall not in-
cludtj dentists; all presiilents and teachers
of colleges, theological ?.eniinarie8, acade
mies and schools, who have been regularly
engaged as such for two yeare next before
the pjissage of this act: Provided, that the
benefit of this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only whose schools are com
posed of 20 students or mo.-e. All superin
tendents of public hos])itals, established by
law b(^fore the passage of this act, and snch
physicians and liurses therein as such su
perintendents shall certify, on oath, to be
indispensable to tho proper and efficient
management thereof.
4. There shall be exetnpt one person as
owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan
tation upon which there are now, and were
on the 1st day of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands, between the r^es of 16 and 50,
u|K>n the following conditions:
1. This exemption shall onl}’ be granted
in cases in whic'h there is no white male
adult on the farm or plantation not liable to
miTuary 3emi;e, nui vh
to avoid military service: Provided, That in I out of it. Those who do not so volun-
case of palpable wrong and oppression by I or^nize, shall enroll tiiemselves ivs
any suboniinate officer upon any parky who I before provided; and may, by tUe President,
does not legally owe military service, his I ^ ^ convenient pla-
superior officer shall grant prompt relief to I rendezvous, and be fonaed or organ-
the oppr^od party, and the subordinate!^®^ companies, battalions and regi-
sh^l be dismissed from office. I in«n^ under r^ulatioas to be prescribed
, V1. Of spied aud other emissaries of the I right to elect
companj'and regimental officers; and
Vll. Uf liolding corr8spt»adonce or int«r- j “U troopa organized under this act for State
ccmrse jvith fhe enemy, without necessi^ J drfence, shall be entitled, while in actual
and Without the permission of the Oonfei«. I service, to the same pay and allowance as
rate States. I troops now in the field.
VIIL Of unla^al trading with th« ea*. I 8«c. T. That aay Mrson wl» shall fail to
my, and ^er onneea agahut the laws I attaiMiatth«.pUo«of randezreoBasijoqiiired
we OooKoderate States, «naotod to promotfei ^7authority tba Preaidant
thoir aaoeeat in tha war. 1« anfllBient oxonai^ jaclgad of by Mi»|
»noo9 njc pcioOii vylotiu-'
ing the exemption was on the 1st day of
Jan’y 1864; cither tho owner and manager
or overseer of said plantation, but in no case
shall more than one person be exempted for
one farm or plantation.
2. Such person shall first execute a bond,
payable to the Confederate States of Amer
ica, in such form, And with such security,
and in such penalty as the Secretary of War
may {)rescrlbe, conditioned that he will de
liver to the Government ac some railroad
depot, or such other place or places as may
be designated by the Secretary of War,
within 12 months next ensuing, 100 pounds
of bacon, or, at the election of the Cfovern-
ment, its e^uivalent in pork, and 100 lbs. of
net beef (said beef to be delivered'^)n foot,)
for each able-bodied slave on said farm or
plantation, within the above said ages, whe
ther said slaves in the field omot, which
said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid
for by the Government at the prices fixed
by the Commissioners of the State under the
impressment act: Proyided, that when the
person thus exempted shall produce satis
factory evidence that it has been impossible
tor him, by the exercise of proper diligence,
to furnish the amonnt of meat thus coi)|;ract-
ed for, and leave an adequate supply for tha
subsistence of those liring on the said farm
or plantation, the Secretary of War thall
direct a oommatation of the same, to the
«zleat ofliio-Uijbrdi tlMRnf in gcmin or otikvr
provisions, to,be deli^^ed by suon perrtou
as aforesaid at equivalent rates.
S. SuG^j^erdon shall furtiicr iJ^nd himself
to sell the^/narkefable surj^ns of provisioii^
and grain now "n hand, and which he lUii'.
raise from year tuyear wliile tjit:- nxemptioL
continues, to tlie Quvcrnment or to the funi
illes of soldioi-s, at prices tied by the Coui
missioners of tbe State under the impress
ment act: Provided, that any person
euipted US aforesaid, shall be *ntirled to a
credit of 25 per oent. on any amount ji
which he tiiay deliver within three luo'iths
from the jMssage of this act: Provided fur
ther, that persona couiing within the provj.
sitrtis of this exeinpiion sh.ill not be donrivyij
of the iienefit there >f by reasoa of ha\iii_j
been enn/iled since the l.st lay of Feb.
4. Irr addition to the foregi>ing exoiu;.
tions, the Secretary of War, uiulcr the di
rection of the Provident, may exempt «>i- de
tail sucli other i»ersons as he may be eatis
fied ought, to be osempLed on account ol'
public necessity, and to insure the produo
tion of grain and other provisions for iha
army and the families of soldiers. He lunv.
also, grai;^ exemptions or details, on siuth
terms as he may prescribe, to such over
seers, farmers or planters as he may be sat
isfied will be more usefdl to the country in
the pursuits of agriculture than in the mili
tary service: Provided, that such exemption
shall cease whenever the farmer, planter or
overseer shall fail diligently to employ in
good faith, his own skill, capital and labor
exclusive'}’ in the production of grain and
provisions, to be s.)ld to the Goveriinient aud
the families of eoldiers at prices iK»t e.xceed-
ing tht>se fixed at the time for like article?
by the Commissioners of the State under
the impressment act.
5. The president, treasurer, auditor and
superintendent of any railroad company eu
gaged in transportation forthe Governtiieut,
and such officers and employees thereof at
the president or superintendent shall certifv
on oath to l>e indispensable to the eSicioui
operation of said railroad: PfDvided, tiiat
the number of persons so exempted by tljjg
act on any railroad shall not exceed one per
son for each mile of sucli road in actual use
for military transportation; and said exempts
shall be reported by name and descriptiou.
witli the names of any who have left ihe
employment of said company, or who mav
cease to be indispensable.
6. That nothing herein contained sliall
be construed as repealing the act apprd ved
April the 14th 1863, entitled an ac I to e.x ■
erupt contractors for carrying the mails oi
the C^mfederate States, and the drivei-s ot
post coaches and hacks, from military ser
vice: Provided, that ail the e.veiuptions
granted under this act shall only continue
whilst the persons exempted are actually
engaged in their respective pursuits or oc
cuj>ation8.
Sec. 11. That the President be, and he
hereby, authorized tu grant details, under
general rules and regulations to be issued
from the War Department, either of persoui
between 45 and 50 years of age, or from the
army in the field, in all ctises where, in his
judgment, justice, equity and necessity re-
ijuire such details, and he may revoke such
orders of details whenever he tliinks proper:
Provided, that the power herein granted to
the President to make details and e^emp-
tiotis shall not be construed to authorize the
exemption or detail of any contractor for
furnishing supplies of any kind to the Gov
ernment, by reason of said contract, unless
the head or secretary of the department ma
king such contract shall certify that the per
soual services of such ccmtractor are indis-
i>ensable to the execution of said contract:
’rovided further, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully,
to proceed w’ith the execution of such con
tract, 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 com
posing the same shall be appointed from tbe
county or enrolling district in which they
are required to make such examination.
Post Offlcej Fayetteville, W. C.,)
October 3, 1^63. j
SehedbU of the Arrival and Dfparturt of tk> Mailt at thU
O^ee.
RALEIGH Tift AVERA8B0R0’, Ao.
Arrivef dsilj, except Fanday, at P. M.
Departs dail^, except Saturday at 6 El. M
R.\LeiGH via SUMMERVIL.LI:
DejMuis Tosidiy aoi Friday at 6 A. M.
.\rriTes Wedtieaday and Suiiday at 9 P. M
WARSAW via CLIHTON.
An^ivea daily at 12 noon.
Drparta daily at IJ P. 51.
OARTH.\QE.
Arrives Tuesday, Tharsday and Saturday at 7 P. M.
Departs Mondaj, Wednesday t*nd Friday at 1 P. .H.
CHBRAW, S. 0.
Arrives Ta^sday, Tbar^day and Satnrday at 6 P M.
Departs Sunday, TaesJay and Thursday at 1 P. M
FAIR fVLUFF via LU.MBERTON.
Arrivps Tuesday, Thursday aad Saturday at 6 A. M
Departs 8unctu.y. Tucsdijr anJ Thur.^d'iy at 1 P. M
ROBESON i? T.a ELIZ VBETHTOWN.
Departs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6 A. M.
Arrives Tuesday, Thurday and Saturday at 2 P. M.
ELIZABETHTOWN via TRREBINTH
^civea Mandav at ^ P. M
Departs eame day (Monday) at 6 P. M.
MAGNOLIA via CYPRESS GREEK
Arrlvea Tuesday at 2 P M.
D^rts same day (Tu^aiay) at 2i P M
3WIFT ISLAND »L* MONTROSB. OOVINSTON aad
PeWELLTON
Arrifea Tuesday at 6 P. U
Departs Wednesday at 11 A. M
SWIFT ISLAND via TROY.
Arrivee Tuesday at G P. M.
Departs Wednesday at 11 A, M.
All mails lea^a.^ b.5f,r«7J \ M . are closed tie evea
^ '■’f to he sent off from
this offioo. ot’aer tbas bj mail ma-t b^ paid tor as if
sent by mail All drap letinrs should be pre-paid by
i 0«nt St«mM. r r /
The offioe will be op -n on Sunday 8X to 9* A
M , aad from 4| to 6^ P M.
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zv Paving capital and firmer hold upon pubUc oon-
noen^ oo&tiaaes to inaure tha liyea of all healthy per
sons fh>m 14 te 60 years #f age, for one year, for seven
ye^ aad for Iife-aU4if« members Bharing m the profits
All alavea froia 10 to 60 years of age are insured for
one year or for f ve years for two thirds their value.
AU losses are ptiaoinally paid within 90 days aftar
sat;:sfactory {uroof is present^.
Fer furtner information tka publio la referred to
Ageata of tho Company ia all parts c ‘ iho Stato, aad to
&. H. BATTLX, Semtaiy, Raleigh.*
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of 16 line? for the
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for eaah eucceedinfj
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PersoQi* having
the highest Cosh pi
at the Mcrohant Mi
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Nov. 5, 1862.
AR.T1
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give good bargain
orders to me as thn
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Ills. «
Oct. 16.
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Pain
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^ any quanuty
f^yaiteTilla. 0
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of good CO W
Cows; also, BRIi
to me.
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the connty and t
Peas, Potatoeo, 1
to be paoked in
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