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pJTBLlCf IiAWS. Knaciku Tax Limit ,he Curr*ncy (h^vjres,ot the Co,federate I That the hoMen» of .SVdVti 0/ Anifrico \ ’ d«notnination of Sft, all Treasury ioei;s a not beariui,' iutcivsi, Art At'f *0 Fund, Sfcvriox 1. Th: ahdll be allowed until the .K.u .nMAA* to » tfcr of 88* per oent on 1 iw or eflfects of any kind, not enumerated n err doUw ni>«i.ea on thm fkc* thereof, tax the preceding paragraph, between the times to attach to said notea wherever oiroQ*ated, aud | named therein, 10 per !ent., lu adrntion to jy^d totes to b« fundable and exohanKoable for n«w j guch protita as inooiue, under the Treasury not«a, aa herein provided, subjeet to i Htbres ii l. the dedaotioD of said tax. j Q,, the amount of j^roftts exceeding Sbo 12 That any Stake holding TreanuTy | ^5 pg,. ,Ji,|-jng eitlior of tlie yearn uot« received before the times herein fixed iur 1 ,^r bankiug Mis-iiswppi. J »nJ '‘"■il “*’ *11 •“«'> SXi shall bo altewed to fund the »am« m regw- tercd boadf, payable 20 years after their date, bfarinir iu?orcft Uu the rate of -i pcf cent, per aii- num, payable on tho 1st of January and July of each year. Sbc. 2 The ««oretarr of the Treasury if hereby authorized to issue the bonds required for the Aimliiig provided for ia the preceding section, and until the bonds can be prepared he may isaae certiticatos to answer the purpose. Such bonds and LU'rtifioates shall be receivaBle without inter est in payment of all Government duea payable iu tho year 1 ^64, except export and import duties. J?EC. 3. 1 hat all Treasary notes of the denomi- natioa ol ^100, aot bearing interest, which shall not be presented for funding under the provisions oi the 1st section of this aet, shall, from and after the 1st day fit April 1864, east of the Mississippi _ river, aud the 1st day of July 1864, west of tue Mississippi, oua^se to be receivable in payment of public dues, and suiu notes, if not so presented at tnat time, ;ihali,ln addition to the tax of 38^ cents imposed in the 4th seotion of this aot, b« snbjected td a tax of 10 per oent. per month un til .so presented; which taxes shall attach to said • uotes wherever circulated, and shall be dodaet^d from the t^oe of said notes whenever presented ioi payment-or for tunding, and said notea shall not be exchangeable for the new issue of Trea sury* notes provided for in this act. ^£0. 4. i bac on an m»ia Ti0001117 aotaa nnt fiiadcd or used in payment of faxes at the dates aud places prescribed in the 1st section of this act, there shall bo levied at said dates and places a tax ot'83i cents for every dollar promised on the .aoc 01 said notes; said tax shall attach to said notes wherever circulated, and shall be collected by (leduotlui; the same at the treaaury, its deposi tories and by tax collectors, and by all Govern ment offioers receiving the same whenever pre sented tor payment or for funding, or In payment of Government dues, or tor postage, or in ex- -ehange for new notes, as hereinafter provided, and ; said Tvea!.v:ry notes shall be fubd»ble in bonds a« ; frovided in the Isf section of this act, until the j St day of January 1865, at the ra»e of 66| cent* i on the dollar; an J it ?hsll be the duty of the See- > retary of the T'ca-sury. at any time between the 1st 01 April aod the 1st of July, 1864, west of the Mississippi river, and the 1st of January 1865, to substitute and exchange new Treasury notes for t'>i‘ samo at the r-.ite ot 66f oente on the dol lar: Pr/,,-; /. ’! V) it n'te«« of the denomination of tlMU not Vjc entitled to the privilege of !«aid exchan:.' ■: /’-o.r furiker, that the right to tund my ot iJ r-f;u*i:ry rote:*, after the l.'tda^ of Jauuarv I *•*!.>, h^robv taken away: Anti pro- fur'h-r. That upon aii such Treasury notes taxing said notes shall bo allowed tiU the first day of January 1865, to tnnd the same iu 6 per oent. bonds of the Confederate States, payable 20 years aftor date, and the interest payable semi- anntlally. But all Treasury notes received by any Stato after the time fixed for taxing the same as aforesaid, shall be held to have been received diminished bj the amount of said tax. The dis- erimination between the aotes snbjeot to the tax and those not so ssbject, shall be— Sec. 18. That Treasury not.es heretofore issued company, Insurance, canal, navigation, im porting and e.xporting, telegrapli, e.xpross, railroad, inanufactnring, dry dock, or other joint slock company of any description, whether incorporated or not, 25 j)er cent on such excess. Sko. 5. The following exemptions from taxation under this act shall l>e allowed, to-wit: I. Property of each head of a fainilv to 1 ' J - I. ; bearing iatorest at tile rate of $7 30 on the $100 1 the value of $500; and for each minor child per annum, shall no longer be received in pay-j „f the fiin4ily to the further value i»f $100; ment of public dues^ bat sball be deemed and actually engaged in the considered bon^ of the Confederate States, payaj.^,.,,^^. ^een ?f • •"•y » killed in tho milifary or naval service, and pea«)e With the United btates, bearing the rate of interest specified on their face, payable 1st of JanSary of oaeh and every year. Seo. 14. Thatfthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in ease tho exi gencies of the Governmeat shouKl require it, to pay the demand of any public creditor whose debt may be oontraetod after the pasAge of this act, willing to receive the same in a certificate of in debtedness, to be issued by said Seorotary in such form as he may deem proper, payable two years siter a ratification of a treaty of peace with tbor United States, bearing interest at the rate of six per oent. per annum, payable semi annually, aud transferable only by speoial endorsement, under regulations to be prescribed by the Seeretary of the TreaMury, and said certifieates shall be exempt from taxation in principal and interest. Sso. 10. me secretary of the Ireasury la an. thorised to incrcaec the number of depositories ao as to meet the requirements of this act, and with that view to employ such of the banks of the 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 States, and by such other means as shall secure immediate publicity; and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy shall each cause it to be published in gene ral order for the information of the army and navy. Seo 17 The 42d section of the aot for the assessment and oolleetion of taxes, approved May 1st 1868, is hereby repealed. Seo 18. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authoriied and rcqtured, upon the appli cation of the holder of any aall certificate^ which, by the first seetion of the aet to provide for the funding and further issue of Treasury notes, ap proved March 28d 1868, was required to be j M siiifcipf thereafter deemed to be a bond, to issue te such i inouino* • holder a bond therefor upon the terms provided by said act. who waa a member of the family wiien he entered the service, to the further value of $500. II. Property of the widow of auy officer, soldier, sailor or marine, who may hav« died or been killed in the military or naval service, or where there iit no widow, then of the frtinilv, being minor children, t4> tho value of ^1000. III. Property of every officer, soldier, sailor or marine, actually engaged in the military or naval service, or of such as have been disHbled in such service, to the value of $1000; provided, tiiat the above exemp- tio?is shall not aj)j)ly to any person, whose property, exclusive of household furniture, eiiHtl be asaei*ii««l at a value exceeding JlOlMi. IV. That where property has been injured^ or destroyed bj’ the eliemy, or the owner ihereid’]ias been temporarily deprived of the use or occupancy thereof, or «.>f the means of cnltivating the same, by reason of the presence or the proximity of the enemy, the assessment on such property may l>e reduced, in proportioti *0 the damage sus tained by the ^>wner, or the tax assessed thereon may be reduced in tiie saine ratio by the district collector, on satisfactory evi dence submitted to him by the owner or as- : sessor. 1 Skc. 6. That the taxes on property laid . tor the year 1864, sliall i>e assessed as on i the day of the pajsbage of this act, and be ! due aud collected on the lut day of June ' next, or as soon afler a> practicable, allow- ' i»'u' in extension «*f !>•.* ri. IX. Of.conspiracies, or attempts to liber ate prisoners of war held by the Ooufederate States. X. Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepa rations to aid the enemy. XI. Of persons advising or inciting others to abandon the Confederate cause, or to re sist the Confederate States, or to adhere to the enemy. XII. Of unlawfully burning, destroying or injuring, or attempting to burn, destroy or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele graphic line of cominnnication, or property, with the intent of aiding the eaemy. XIII. Of treasonable designs to impair the military power of the Government by destroying, or attempting to destroy, vessels or arms, or mnnitions of war, or arsenals, foundries, workshojw, or other property of the Confederate States. Sec. 2. The President shall cause proper officers to investigate the cases of all persons so arrested, or detained, in order that they niay be discharged if improperly detained, unless they can be speedily tried in the due course of law. Sec. 3. That during the suspension afore said, no military or other officer shall be compelled, in answer to any writ of habesis corpus, to appear in pei>jon, or to return the boay of any person or persons detained by him, by the authority of the President, Se- cretar}' of War, or the General officer com manding the Traiifj Mississij>pi department; but upon th(^certificate, under oath, of the officer having charge of any t»tie so detained, that such person is detained by him as a prisoner for any of the causes herein l>efore 8))ecified, under the authority aforesaid, fur- tner proceedings under ilie wiit oi* ii»i>o«« corpus Hliiill liiiiuua:kiclj coane and remain sus]>ended so long as thia act shall continue in force. Sec. 4, This act shall continue in force for ninety days after the next meeting of Con gress, and no longer. THE MILITARY BILL. Swctiwn 1. That Crotn and after the passaj^e of this act all white men, residents of the shall be liable to be placed in service in the field for the war, as if be.Avere between the ages of 18 and 45. Sec. 8. That hereafter the duties of pro vost and hospital guards and clerks, and of clerks, guards, agents, employees or labor ers in the Comraissair and Quartermaster’s Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and of clerks and empbyees of navy agents, as also in the execution of the enrollmeat act, and all similar duties, shall be performed by persons who are within tiie ages of .18 and 45 years, and who by the report of a Hoard of army surgeons shall be reported as unable to perform active service in the field, but capable of perfonning sonie of the abov^e said duties, specifying which, and when the!?o.persons shall have been assigned to those duties as far as practicable, the Pre sident shall assign or detail to their perform ance such bodies of troops, or individuals, recj^uired to be enrolle«l under the 5th sec tion of this act, as' may be needed tor the disclrarge of such duties; Provided, that persons between the ages of 17 and 18 shall be assigned to those duties: Provided fur ther, that nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the President from detailing artisans, mechanics, or per sons of scientific skill, to perform indis})en sable duties in the departments or bureaus herein mentioned. Sec. 9. That any Quartermaster or As sistant Quartermasiter, Commissary or As sistant Commissary, (other than those serv ing with brigades or regiments in the field, i or offi'-ers in tlie Ordnance Bureau, or Navy Agents, or Provost Marshal, or officer in tiie conscript service, who shall hereafter or retain ii» his eniploj'ment auy person in any of thoir said departments or bureaus, or in any of tho duties mentioned in the 8th sectiu/i 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 department -r district commander, upon proof, by the t>ath of any credible person, that any such officer has violated this pro vision, inunediately to relieve such officer Confederate States, between tho ages of IT I from duty; and said commanders rfhay t;ike and 50, shall be in the military service of j pronjpt measures to have him tried for such iavs West of the n\«- '•iition.al taxes on pr-'liia . ■ ' c:*** levied .iiid collected iio.*me« or pro- ▼.'hioh tuny leaiiin out'tanfiing on the 1st day oi January 1565, and which may not be exchaoged , for Trea.«ury notes, as herein provided, a tax States of Atnerica do enact, That in add of 100 fdi ccat. if! hertby imposed. 5 That afWr the first day of April next, all authority hcr^t.'fi'rw given to the Secretary of the Treasury tfi is-ue Treasury notes shall be, and is hereby, the Secretary of tho Treanurj luuy, attsr that time, issue new Treasury notes, in such l'>rm he may prescribe, payable two years attor the ratification of a treaty | of peace with the United States, said new issues ' to be roceivabic in psytueot of all public dues, except export and import duties, to i»e issued in exchange for old lote- at the rate ol 2 dollars of the new for 3 of tho old is.«uc8, whether sa«d old notes be surrcudored }'or cxotiange by the holdcra thereof, or be received into the Treasury under the provisious of this act; and the holder* of the new notes or ot the old notes, except tho^e of the denomination of 8100, after they are reduced to 66# cents on the ioiiar by the tax aforesaid, may convert the same ir:‘o call certificates bearing in terest at the nvte of 4 por cent, per annum, and payable two years after a ratification of a treaty of puaco with the L nited States, unless sooner converted into new notes. Sio. 6. That to pay the expenses of the Gov ernment not otherwise provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authoriied to issue 6 per cent, bonds to an amount not exceeding five hundred millions of dollars, the principal and in terest whereof «=hall be free from taxation, and for the payment 01 interest thereon the entire net receipts ot any export duty hereafter laid on the value of any cotton, tobacco, and naval stores „ u- exported from the Confederate by this act, phall l»e . -' forthwith; and the taxes An Act to lay addUional Taax$ for th* .voar 1?64, .^haii -e assessed an.l tnon an i of accordnig to the };r>virti->ns «>f the Sec. 1. The Congress of the Coairdfroi tHT and iissessmenl acts of l8*>o. Sfx?. 7. S» much of the tar act of tiie 24th tion to the taxes levied by the act “to lay \ AjMil 1863, as levies a tax on iu- taxes for the common defence and to carrv on j derived from property or effects on the Government of the Confederate States,’' * amount or value of which a tax is levied approved 24th of April 1363, there shall be i section of said levied, from the passage of this act, on tbei**^^’ suspended for the year 1^64, and subjects of taxation hereafter mentioned, i estimated rent, hire or interest on pro- and colK'Cted from every person, co]>art!ier- ! P®*^ty or credits herein taxed ad valorem, lip, association or corporation, liable there- | assessed or taxed as incomes under to, taxes as follows, to-wit: : the tax act ot 1868. I. Uptm the value of property, real, per- i imj)ose^l by this aot So lal and mixed, of every kind and descri|>- ‘I** 1^'^ds of the Confederate States hereto- tion, not hereinafter exempted or taxed at a issued, shall in no ca.-4« exceed the in- ditferent rate, 5 per cwni.; Pr ovid.i(l, Tiiat i and such bonds, when from thi% tax on tho value of property em-1 ‘>r lunaticw, shall l>«i ployed in agriculture shall be deaicted the , froni the tax in all c:iaes where the value of the tax in kind delivered therefrom, '*^terebt on the same shall not exceed $lOOu. as assessed finder the law imp'>aing it, and An Act tosiu^pend the priinl^ge of the Writ delivered to the Government: Provided,^ of llahean 0>rpxta in certain cMeJt. That no credit shall be allowed beyond 5 per cent. II. On the value of gold and silver wares and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, 10 per cent. III. The value of property taxed under this section shall be assessed on the basis of the market value of the same, or similar pro perty in the neighborlux)d where assessed, in the Whereas, the Constitution of the Confed erate States of America provides in Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 3, that "the privi lege of tlie writ of habeas corpus sliall not be suspended unle.ss when in case of rebel lion or invasion, the public safety may re quire it;” and whereas, the power of^f^us- nending the privilege of said writ as recovr- nized in said Article 1, is vested solelv ill v-hieb shall be _ _ State 1, and the net proceeds of the import duties now laid, or so much thereof as may be necessary So p;iy uanually the interest, are hereby specially p.euged: l^rot>ided, that the duties now laid on imports are hereby pledged and shall hereaf- ter be paid in specie, or in sterling exchanae or la coupons of oaid bonds. ’ hef K^' '■ P*- of the Treasury is wants of the Tre^ury may require it, to sell or Darted ^"6“ury notes said bonds, or any p apoa the best terms he can, so as to meet apprcpriitions by Congress, and at the same time reduce aod ree^^rict tho amount of the circu lation in Treasury notes within rea.sonable and' Bale limits. Sec. 8. The bonds authorised by the 6th sec tion of this act may be either registered or cou- |)on bonds, as the parties taking them may elect* and they may be exchanged for each other under such regulations as the Sef'retary of the Treasury may prescribe. They shall be for $100, and shall together with the coupons theretij attached, be in such form and of such authentication as the Sec retary of the TreaHury may prescribe; the interest l e payable half yearly on the first of Jan’y j u.1^ in oaoh year; the principal shall be pay able not le.s9 than 30 years from their date. Sec. y. All call certificates shall be fundable, and shall be taxed in all rcHpects as is provided' tor the Treasury notes into which they are ooo- vertible If converted before tho time fixed for taxing die Treitsury notes, ■mch certificates shall in which case the said land, slaves, cotton i public sufetv requires the suspension of sai and tobacco so purchased, shall be assessed “ - at the price actually paid for the same by the owner. Sec. 2. On the value of all shares or inter ests held in any bank, banking company or association, canal, navigation, import”ing. the Confederate States for tlie war. Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, be tween the ages of 18 and 45, now in service, shall be retaiti«d during the present war with the U. S., inthe same regiments, bat talions and companies, to which they belong 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 panies from one State, organized against thuir c»nsent, expressed at the time, with r«gimentd or battalions from another State, shall have the privilege of being transferred to organizations of troops, in the same arm of the service, from the States in which said companies w«re raised; and the soldiers from v*ne State, in companies from another State, shall be allowed, it they desire it, a transfer to organizations from their own States, in the same arm of the service. Sec. 3. That at the expiration of six mouths from the first day of April next, a bount}' of $100 in a six per cent. Government bond, which the Secretary of the Treasury is here by authorized to issue, shall be paid to eve ry non-commissioned officer, musician and private who shall then be in service, or in tho event of liis death previous to the j»eriod of such payment, tlien t(» the person or per sons who would be entitled to receive by Jaw the arrearages of his pay; but no one shall be entitled to the bounty herein provided who shall at any time, during the period of six ni6ntlis next after tho said first day of April, be absent from his command without leave. Sec. 4. That no person shall be relieved from the operation of this act by reason of having been heretofore discharged from the army where no disability now exists; nor shall those who have furnished substitutes be any longer exempted by reason thereof: Provided, that no person, heretofore exempt ed on account of religious opinions and who has paid the tax levied to relieve him from service, shall be required to render military service under this act. offence; and any commander as aforesaid failing to perform tho duties enjoined by this section, shall upon being duly convicted thereof, be discharged from the service. Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemp tions from military service be, and the same are, hereby repealed, and herejifter none shall be exemjited except the following: 1. All who shall be held unfit for milita- rv service, umler rules to be prescribed by tiie Secretary of War. 2. Tiie Vice President of the Confederate States, the members and officers of Congress anl of^ tho several State Legislatures, and such other Confederate and State officers as the President, or the Governor of the re spective States, may certify to be necessary for the projier administration of the Con federate or State Governments, as the case may be. 3. Every minister of religion authorized to preach according to the rules of his church, aiid who, at the passage of this act, shall be regularly employed in the discharge of his ministerial duties; sijperintendents and phy sicians of asylums for the deaf and dumb and blind and of the insane; one editor for each newspaj)er being published at the time of this act, and such employees as said edi tor may certif^y, on oath, to be indispensable to tfie publication of such newspaper; the public printer of the Confederate and State Government^?, and such journeymen print ers as the said public printer shall certify, on oath, to be indispensable to perform the public printing; on» skilled apothecaiy io each apothecary store, who was doing busi ness as such on the 10th day of Oct'r 1S62, and luis 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 practice of their profes sion, but the term j>hvf.ician shall not in clude dentists; all jjrositlents and teacheijs of colleges, tlioological e.eminaries, acade mies and schools, who have been regularly provisions, to be delivyed by siu>h pr-rs &B aforesaid at equivalent n#es. 3. Such person shall further bii.d hiuHi .r to sell the marketable surpluh of'provi(,i„,^ and grain now on hand, and which he raise from year t** year while bis cxeinj.tiot: continues, to the Giovernment or to the fart ilies of soldiers, at prices fixed by the (Jom missioners of the State under the impre^in ment act: Provided, that atiy person empted as aforesaid, shall be entitled to a credit of 25 per cent, on any amouui ut moa*. which he may deliver within three niuiithj from the passage of this act: Provided fu- tbor,'that persons coming within the pruv, sioni4 of this eTei'rtprion sii.-xii if? of the benefit tliereof by reJison of havirtj/ been enrolle«l since the 1st day of Fel>. l.^iG4* 4. In addition to the foregoing e.iierup tions, the Secretary of War, under the di. rection of the President, may exempt or de tail such other perilous as be may be fied ought to be exempted on account 0! public necessity, and to insure the prodvic tion of grain and other provisi-.riii for tlie army and the families of soldiers. He may, also, grant exemptions or details, on such terms as he may prescribe, to such over seers, farmers or planters as he may be sai isfied will be more useful to the coniitry in the pursuits of agriculture than in the mili tary service: Provided, that such oxemj>tio!i shall cease whenever the farmer, planter or overseer shall fail diligently to employ iu good faith, his own skill, capital and lahf^r exclusively in the production of grain and |)rovision8, to be sold to the Goverumeut an.i the families of soldiers at prices not exce^iu jng those fixed at the time for like articit* l>y the Comniissionera of the State unde, the impressment act, 5. The president, treasurer, auditor and superintendent of any railroad companv en gaged in transportation for the Governineut. and such officers and employees thereof at the president or superintendent shall certify on oath to be indispensable to the effioien: operation ol^ said railroad: Pn>vided, that the number of persons so exempted bv tlii- act on any railroad shall not exceed one pe.' son for each mile of such road in actual use for military transportation; and said cXc.-nprj shall be reported by name and description, with the names of any who have left tljo employment of said company, or who iuii» cease to be indispensable. 6. That nothing lierein contained dhali be construed as repealing the act approre'j April the 14th 1863, entitled an act to empt conlractore for carrying the mails 0! the Confederate States, and the drivers ot post coaches and hacks, from military ser vice: Provided, that all the exetnpfions granted under this act shall only continue whilst tho persons exempieu are actnali» engaged in tiieir respective pursuits or oc cupations. Sec. 11. Th:-.t le President be, and he 11 hereby, ant.iunzed to grant details, under general ruics and regulations to be issued from the War Department, either of persuii* between 45 and 50 years of age, or from tli* army in the field, in all cases where, in hit judgment, justice, equity and neceswtr re quire such details, and he may revoke sucli orders of details whenever he thinks prooer: Provided, that the power herein grantea to the President to make details and exemp tions shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or detail of any contractor fur furnishing supplies of any kind to the Gbv- eminent, by reason of said contract, niilcas the head or secretary of the department ids king such contract shall certify that the per sonal services of such contractor are indie pensable to the execution of said contract; Provided furthoj*^ wiien auy such coti Tractor shall fail, diligently arid faithfully, to proceed with the executfon of such con tract, his exemption or detail shall cease. Sec. 12. That in appointing local boardt of surgeons for the examination of pei’sons liaj)le to military service, no member com posing the same shall be appointed from tb« county or enrolling district in which they are required to make such examination. exporting, insurance, manufacturing, tele- graph, express, railroad, and dry-dock com panies, and all other joint stock companies of every kind, whether incorporated or not, 5 Mr 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 cur rency as may be in general use there, in the purchase and sale of such property, at the time of assessment. Sec. 8. Upon the amount of afl gold and •ilver coin, gold dust, gt>ld or silver bullion, wtether held bj the banks or other corpo rations or individuals, 5 per cent.; and uj^ou all moneys held abroad, or upon the amount of all bills of oxchangS, drawn therefor on foreign countries, a tax of 5 per cent.; such tax upon money abroad to bo assessed and collected according to the value thereof at the place where the tax is paid. IL Upon the amount of all solvent cre dits, and of all bitnk bills and all other pa pers issued as currency, exclusive of non- writ in the existing ca.so of the invasion of these States by the armies of the United States; and whereas, the President has asked “for the suspension of the writ of habeas cor pus, and informed Congress of conditions of . - public danger which render tho suspension I themselves at such times and places, and posed of 20 students or more. engaged as such for two years next before Sec. 5. Tliat all white male residents of I the j>as&age of this^act: Provided, that the the Confederate States, between the ages of benefit of this exemption shall extend to 17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, shall enroll j those teachers only whoso schools are com- All superin- Confederate treiisu’ry note^ tor every d..l!:ir promised Hpon iheir face, and *•" “*■" ‘ ’ ' * •hall be re.iecmable in new Treasury notes at that riite; but after the passage of this act no call Seo, 10 That if any bank of deposit shall gire Its depositors the bonds authorised by the first •ecticn cf th:.s act. in exch^mire for their deposits »nd specifym- the on the bonds by some d.suuctive mark or foken, tr- be agreed ur on with * S^eoiet^rv ot ( he'f rea«ury, th*‘D t>i * of ■airc pr 8 Mi I J said do- I f» entirlcd '0 r;ciev* tljr ibo ,,i,d u„,i, j;, privi 6(e ot funding said n as herein pronoribcd . Skc 11. Th»t »'! r- asued of the den-ia:n„r„,^ *0 be receivable it. -,3^ ;‘ oonfinuc ’ I ^blic dues, as uet; /*ra- hr fore the t>3*- shall oca-- ■■iry provided Kv U» provit'^ona i| i» •Mt, •he and not emp oyed in a registered busiueas, tfie income derived from which is U\ed 5 per cent. ’ See. 4. Upon profits made i.-, trade and business,.as follows: I. Oil all profits made by auying and sell ing spiritous liquors, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, molasses or S'^cup^ salt, bacon, pork, v,.-v logs, beef or beef cattle, ahe«p, oats, hay’, [any ubor foddyr, raw leather, hordes, rpules, | does not boots, shop';^^ cottr^u yarns, w.»ol, woolen, cot- or cloths, hats, wagons, harness, coal, ^ron, steel or nails, at any time oe- ^'voen thy ,Nt d‘J ;>iu iry IS63, aod the l«(t f)f Janua’v 1805, 10 per cent., iu ad l!tj'>rj to tlie ta.r >n such profits as income under tho “act to lay taxes for the common def*yjiice, and carry on the Government of tho 0«jn- fcderate States,’' approved April 24, 1863. rP> r, •lotiit' ?”*'■ ’»“5er thr j II. On all profits made by buying and 5 St ' 8rst of July, 1864, gelling niouey, gold, silver, foreign exchange, «>otoher 1864, west -f!-*-i.- ’ ot tho writ a measure proper for the public defence against invasion and insurrection; now, therefore, The Congress of tiie Confederate States of America do enact^ That during the present invasion of the Confederate States, tiie priv«- ilege ot the writ «>f habeas corpus ^e, and the same is hereby, suspended; but Kuch sus pension shall apply only to the cfvses of per sons arrested or detained by order of the P^sident, Secretary of War, or the General Officer commanding the Trans-Mississippi Military Department,, by the authority and under the control of the President. It is hereby declared that the purpose of Con- gretis i” fb« .,f tiiji provide more eftectually fi>r tho public safety by suspending tho writ of habeas corpns in I’jo following cases and no other: I. Ot treason, or troasonable efTorti or combinations to aiibverf the governmeni of* t.’ie Confederate States. II. Of cons^iiracies to overthrow the j;ov- erdment, or conspiracies to resist the lawlul authority of tho Confederate States. III. Of combining to assist the enemy, or of communicating inte.lligence to the enemy, or giving him aid and comfort. rV. Of conspiracies, preparations and at- tempts to incite sevvile insurrection. V. Of desertions or encouraging deser- ti»ns, of harboririg dc>«)rters. and Of attempts tq avoid milita/ y service: Provided, That in case >1 palpahlo wrou;; and oppression by • »i,U! ‘ V 1.1 ;^ny party who e^,ally ow service, his superior ofiicor sliali ijsvin* * iipt relief to the oppresaed party, and tl> » 'iubordinate shall be diwmissed from olfico. V'l. Oi spies aud other emisaaries of tho riu av. yii. Of holding correspondence or inter course with the eiioniy, without necessity, and Without the permission of the Confede rate States. VIII. Of uriJawful trading with the ene- my, and^'other otfeucee airainst tlxe laws of uuder such regulations, as the ‘President 1 tendeyts of public hospitals, established by may prescribe, the time allowed not being law before the passage of this act, and such less than 30 days for those east, and 60 days phystcians and nurses therein as such su- for those west of the Mississippi river, and perintendents 'shall certify, on oath, to Imb any person who shall fail so to enroll him- indispensable to the proper and efficient self, without a reasonable excuse therefor, management thereof. to be judged of by the President, shall be j 4. There shall be exempt one person as placed in service in the tield for^the war, in owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan- the same manner as though they were be- tation upon which there are now, and were tween the ages of 18 and 45: Provided, that on the 1st day of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied the persons mentioned in this section shall field-hands, between the f,ges of 16 and 50, Constitute a reserve for State defence and j upon tho following conditions: detail duty,2and shall not be required to j 1. This exemption shall only' be granted perform service out of the State in which j in cases in which there is no white male they reside. . adult on the farm or plantation not liable to Sec. 6, That all persons required by the inili'tary service, nor unless the person claim- 6th ui.t «nrall themselves ' .. . . 1 uiiiy witiiin 30 days after the passage there «nrall themselves, j iug the exemption w.-^s on the 1st day « ter the nassa^a thei-rt- I Jun’v 1864, eitlier the owiiei 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 jis the Secretary of War may prescribe, conditioned that he \i^ill de liver to the Government at some railroad of, east of the Mississippi’, and within 60 days, if west of said river, form'themselves into voluntary organizations of companies, battalions or regiments, aud elect their own officers; said organizations to conform to the existing laws; and, having so organized, to tender their services as volunteers during the war to the President; and if such organ izations shall furnish proper muster rolls, as now organized, and deposit a copy thereof I depot, or such other place or places as may with the enrolling officer of their .district, j be designated by the Secretary of War, which shall be equivalent to enrollment, I within 12 months next ensuing, 100 pounds they may be accepted as minute men for of bacon, or, at the election of the Govern- eervice in such State, but in no crvent to be I ment, its equivalent in pork, and 100 lbs. of taken out of it. Those who do not savolun- j net beef (said beef to be delivered on foot,) teer and organize, shall enroll themselves as j for each able-bodied slave on said farm or before provided; and may, by the President, j plantation, within the above said ages, whe- be rwj^uired to assetable at convenient pla-j ther said slaves in the field or not, which ces of rendezvous, and be formed or organ- jsaid bacon or pork and beef shall be paid ized into coinpanies,_ battalions and regi- j for by the Government at the prices fixed ments, under regulations to be prescribed j by the Commissioners of the State under the by himj and shall have tho right to elect | impressment act: Provided, that when the tlieir company aud regimental officers; and j person thus exempted shall produce satis- all troops organized under this act for State j factory evidence that it has been impossible defence, shall be entitled, while in actual j for hitn, by the exorcise of proper diligence, service, to the same p^ and allowance as j to furnish the amount of moat thus contract- troopa now in the field. I qJ for, and leave an adequate supply for the Sec. 7. That auy person who shall fail to siibsistence of those living on the said farm attend at the place of rendezvous as required I or plantation, the Secretary of War shall by the authority of the President, without [.direct a .commutation of the same, to the ft Buffioieut Qzeoae, to b« judged of bj him, I extent of two-thirda thereof in grain or other 1 Post Offloej Fayettevillej N. C.,) OcroBKR 3, 1863. ) Schf iuU of thf Arrival and Departurt of the Mailk a( thu Offlee. RALEIGH Vi* AVERASBGRO’, io. Arrives daily, except Sanday, at 4^ P. M. Departs daily, except Saturday at b P. M. RALEIGH via SUMMERVILLE. Departs Tuesday and Friday at 6 A M. Arrived Wednesday and Sunday at 9 P. M. WARSAW via CLINTON. Arrives daily at 12 noon. Departs daily at P. M CARTHAGE. Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 P M Departs Monday, Wednesday acd Friday at 1 P. M. CHERAW, S. C. Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6 P. M Departs Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M FAIR BLUFF via LUMBBRTON. Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday aK K. M Departs Suaday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P M ROBESO.V’S via ELIZABETHTOWN. Departs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at A M Arrival Tueadav, Thurday and Saturday at 2 P. M ELIX AHBPHTOWS Tia TKREBFNTH Arrives Monday at 6 P. M. Departs same day (Monday) at 6 P. Nf. ,M.\GN0LIA via CYPRESS CREEK . Arrives Tuesday at 2 P- M. Departs same day (Tuesday) at 24 P. M. SWIFT ISLAND via MONTROSE, COVINGTON aad POWELLTON. Arrives Tuesday at 6 P M Deparis Wednesday at )1 A. M. SWIFT ISLAND via TROY. Arrives Tues'iay at 6 P. M. Departs Wednesday at 11 A. M. All mails leaving before 7^ .A M ,ara olosed the even ing before a' 9 P. H AU letters to be sent off froBu (his oifios, other ihan by m^il, must be paid for as tf sent by mail Ail drop letiera should be pre-paid by 2 c*nt stamps. The office will be open on Sunday from to 9i A M , aad from 4J to 5^ P M. JAS O COOK, P M THE »lXIE PRftflER, ^ 'arthw supply at wholesal* THE WOBTH C^ROLI.V.l WOTIIIL UFG INSUKlitCfi COHPl.Vr, ^OW in the tenth year of sucoessful operation, with growing capital and firmer hold upon publio con fidence, continues to insnre the lives of all healt hy per sons from 14 ta HO years of age, for one year, for sevea years, and for life—all life members shariog in the profits All slaves from 10 60 years of age are insured for one year or lor rt ^3 yeiws for two thirds their value AU losses ars pancr"ally paid within 90 daya after irad. un the publi'x is refeweJ te ' la '»il parts 0 * he State, and to BArTLE. Secretary, Raiaigb. E. J. HALE, Agent at Fayeiteville^.^ C Blank W satisfactory proof i For further Agents of tU^ Jan’y 1859. VO KDWAIID EDITORS Pri^e for tiie 8en;i-\V advance. Fnr the Weekly Oasr advance «e?-ADVERTISE% of 16 lines for the fi?: j||j;ding publication ‘•‘‘If square (eight Hup for eajh succeeding p to state the n ttey will be cou?!nu-' i Ir.gty, .\dv»-rti9r.DieniiJ cc:;i vetlisementju SVE From an n.terthi; will be entered witb'’in the paper be sent (■ than is paid for Such of our old buYih per on this system will remittances. W\?f. .Ti Attorn • Fayet WILL auend the 0 Cumberland, Har ties. Prompt attentio cUuniB entrusted to bis Oct 17, 186'>. GEO. W. Vv %Viiole«tale AND IMP0E.T Burdwarf and fa Bl¥ STBS July •>, 1801. J 0!. tilro€«r ami V FAYETT Jan’y 10, 180d. a Q woaTD. i>. WOK" Commission aud F •r WILML Oct. 16, 18U-3 THOS. J. JO UvDeral rUDmis.sM 45 ^^ortfv WlhMix PROMPT attention gi' our hand:j Consip' T. J. JOHNSON, Jr., of Fayetteville, N. t Jtn'y 8. 2,500 Persons having the a' the highest Ca.sh price b at the Merchant Mills, F ber at his old stand on Nov. 6, 1862. Airnv 1AM prepared to m* Harness for Army u five good bargains. A orders to me as they sh seat off in quick dispatc Goldston P 0., Chath J !200 lb». (liuiil Oct. 16. TO 1 Q/v BOXES VIRGI. for sale on cons' May 23. AU pay 16 the high Fayetteville, or at my Feb’y 16, 1864 Wauteci ESTERN UAJL UO Bank Ns>tca; Gold and Silver; North Carolina Tre Uon County of Cumber Town of Fayetujvill QroenoKoro’ fl scd Confederiite 7 aai S Coupons of $lo,JOO. of Town a~ “ of old N'jrt w OcU I'A 186:v OltUN r LEAD WANTED - 1 w Department. PiTr'o^ tiiies wi'rl please app.y at POWDER for 10 po.inli IU C9-tf PaliMK i' The Bubseriber will p any quantity of Pal 0«t 8. w I WILL pay the bigh“s of good COW HORNS, Oowe; also, BHIA11^>( to me. Fayetteville. Feh’y 2ft. The Cu sooiation, al comfort of our br^ve so! the county and town to Peas, Potatoes, Diied F 10 be packed in boxes by ihe Army '\»y Dr Warrcn’ loh, *^V!ident of the As €rlovc» and IDESlRSto purchase Gloves and 10,000 be thankfullv received.
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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April 7, 1864, edition 1
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