pttslio laws.
Hnaotki) FtB’r 16, 1864.
1/1 A, fu t’uriil. Tux tn-f Lhni( the JJurren^if-
Skction I. 1 kt' '')i^i;res$ o/ fk^
of Atnt'ric'i ifi That Hie hoJJcrs ot
ail ’l'ro!i"ury -loteH huovc th*.* ifcn»uiiu**t*on ot 85,
ni>t Kff -rffiv: shull be allowcii until the
l>t h past the Mississippi, to
Nime. vijJ until cho periods and at ths
pLi;*?s st-tro-l. tiu’ hoi' ii • ill !5uoh Treasury
;•),? iiJ.'R- 'i t 't I'.Hiil t!io .‘iaiu-. in rojri'-
torod li .n Is after their liato,
bearia;^ itw-'rc.-^t :if the rUc- i 4 pm- I’ont. per a>4
auui, , v;» .ii‘ uu oho lit oJ .]u!iu:iry :uid July ot
eacli y ir
S •''•■iTct try of T.li'' Treasnrv is li-rf*hv
•ball bo aabjeot to ft tax of 33^ por ceut. on ev
ery dollar promised on the f^oo thoroot, •^nid t?\x
to attach to said notes wherever circulated, and
tj or effects ot'aoj kind, not enuineratecl n
th6 preceding paraijrapb, between the times
named therein, 10 |>er cent., in addition to
saidr.otesto belundable and f xchan^eabio for new f the lax on 8Uch proli's A3 incomo, under the
Treasury notes, an horein provided, siibj*ci to afofesaid
the deduction of said tax , fjj j.j,g amount of profits exceeding
Seo 12 rhat any StaU- holdiOL.' ^ i .
r:->tes rccoivo' ‘
tiHxiniJr
tlay ol J;
cent bote
yjiirM ;xl'('7 dutc, und flm !ntercU payable . .
,'i'ifii’nlly. Hut rJI Trca.^nry iiofc.s rt^ccivcl by Ktoct couipilMy >i J'ny lo.si.*rij>ti'*Hi
any Sr ito •^iltor tlu.' tiruc^tiifoil ln»- (uxto^ tUo s nne ^ whotli(ir i!i«H>rpirated or jhm’ r«^tit on
IS atrivsaid, sh'*.'! !>« ii.'ld tJ liHVir Ix't n received : HUch e\rcp^.
diuiiniiheti by tht; atiiounr ut said t:vx. The dit,-
o. imi*i ition n lii* iictot- ^Tibjoc( to thp ♦ ix
rizeil w i"siio the b >Mds required I'ur th» ( *‘••1 so subjoct, sfiall bo—
'lOt b ;
• ti c !>•
l1( J r ■!
nv. , i
M
V"
t i.a
cen
►iftb
til ■
;• 1U>
f
luniin!>: proviiiod for in the preceding 8i’ction,
^ud a- fii thc! bonds cm bi* prepared he iu:ty is>«\jc
certilio it’'s to tlie I'urpose. Such bond^j
and Certilioiif^-*) >h ill br rec'.’ivablf without iiitcir-
e.'t in p.iviiii nt td all duvcrumrnt dues payabKi
in tho\cur cxci'pt export and im;^^)rt duties
t>KC i. I h ;iil 1 ro:fiurv notet> of the dcno:ni-
natioij ' 5iOi> ant b> irio' i’it^TC'^t, which ;hall
},r iufiiii''^ ntider rNe provisions
mi of this u(*'.!));»! 1, from and after
\i>rii l.St)4. oast .4 the Alicisi.-w'ippi
■: 1 . -lay .>( .Jui> I '.ll wi-.-t of t ,c
, i^t' to bo rocoivable in payment of
;tt!.l >Hid utites, it nv.it so presented a^
ill, in ad iitiou to the tax of
Ilf d in tlit 4t*i scetiotj «>f this act, be
'1 til a tax (if 1,1 p>r eeot. jicr irionth uo
I -Iii-h I- Xt s'sh-iH attach t-> «aid
: ,, I ■ . r 0'rcu'5«t->rj, futd sijall be ile Im-tod
; *■■ ‘‘ '-'f "^:u i !i 'tos hcuevcr presi'u'eil
•n tjr lundin_', and said iioU-s shall
ii ■ i Sell-u. : rttuc 1 ■ tiic new is^uc oi Trea-
•u> v a >1 ;a (Tuvtded for in thi-i act
tsKO. 4. That on ail . aid Trca.sury note* not
lundid ur u.'«i d in puym-'ut of taxes at the dates
ui. 1 piac. s pr. 'jcnbed in the 1st &octiou of this
aot, , ■ i*' I be ii^vied at said dates and places
a txx t>! oJi cents for every dollar pronsised on
the I'uL'o uf saiu notes; said tax shall attach to said
not.-.- wImt-v r circulated, and shall be collected
by d' Juc'ino: the same a: the treasury, its deposi
tori.'s an . by "ax lit jtor3, and by all Govern
uii'tit ; r.-^ recciviii:^ the samn whene ver pr>;-
6eii--^-. for i'avujc!;t or forluudin^, or ia paymetit
ot .ve:::ment dues, or lor pjstaj;e. or in ex-
chauiie l.;r irj*» cot'.« as hereinafter proviiied, and
'av! i»:-a,uf_v u-:tes shall be fundable in bonds a-
p'‘o id. d ii, the l.st section oi this act, unt41 .the
I't d!‘> ■! J
Sec 13. Tflat Treasury notes heretofore issued
Sh>\ 5. Tiie folk'wintj exemptions from
tiiXHtion under tliis »M*t ftlfall be alloweil.
t(Hwit: •
,1. Property «d' each hen*! of u tunuiy t»
bearin'^ intert'fit at th.; rate ot 87 oi> on the ?100 , j-j,g value of and ibr eafli tniti .r child
per annum Hhall no longer be received in pay-j the tamiiy to the further value ,d‘ JIoO;
mcnt of-ubnc dues, but snail he deetned and j each 8t>n actually enga-od in the
c >tisiU. rtd bonds of the t oofedorate StalOH, p^iva , i T j• ^ i
If .u .-4' . V . ■ ,*rtrnivor naw, or rho has-died or been
,ble two y jars after the ratihcation of a treaty of , , .|i • .-i -i-* i • j
CKa,e with the United St.«ea, bearinjr the rnL of I *" nnl.tary or naval service, and
Mitercst sp«'cified on their face, pnyable 1-*t of
Janaary of cach and svfry \ear.
Sec. 14. T lat the Secri'Uiry of the TreaHury
b), and he i« l,'?rcbv, anilionzod, in i-Rse the fxi-
who was a tiiembor of the family when he
entered tiio st^rvice, to the furfher value of
II. Property of the widow of ativ officer.
.' luoies ot the‘jrovernnie ii should require it, to i >^oKlier, 8ailt»r or marine, who inav have
p ly th deiwan-^ of any public erediti>r whose debt
may be contmctcd after the pasMaf'c of this act,
wiilin)i to rec?ive the same in a certificate of in-
iebtedness, to be issued by said Secretary in such
form as he may deem proper, payable two }Tars
•ifrer a rarfdcatfon ora rrrafj yf pcrac^ rritti
l‘ait^d States, bcarins; intere:Jt at the rate of six
per cen». per anrrtim, payable semi-annually, auit
tr iu'^ti rable only by bpeoial endorsement, under
retfulatious to be prescribed by the Secretary of
the Treasury, and said certificates shall be exempt
from taxi-.tion in principal and interest.
Seo 15. The Secretary of^ the Treasury iB au
thorized to increase the number of depositories so
as to meet the requirements of this act, and vrith
that view to employ such of the banks of the sev
eral States as ho may deem expedient.
Sec. 16 The Secretary of the Treasury shall
lorthwith advert’se this act in puoh newspapers
published in the several States, and by snch other
oi^ans as shall secure immtMiiate publicity; and
the Secretary of War ami the Secretary of {^e
Navy shall each cause it to be published in "cne
ral order for the infonnatioa of the army and
navy.
Sec 17 The 42] section of the act for the
atiu y 1nH5. uf the fi t® 1 GoJ oents ussesiment aud oolltrction of taxe^, approved May
th‘ d' lUr; aii-i I, shall be the datv of the Sec 1st l^6-S. is horebv ’■cpeaied
retary ot tbe i r.-i>.ary, at any t;mr bet ween the
0* l''»U, west ol
the .Mi-'-j-ippi river, and the Ist'oi .!.^.uary 1865.
to sub titute and txehanaie ncv^ Treasury notes
for th.- .same at the rate of 66f oent.^ on the dol-
of ihe denomination of
flOO shatl not be eutitled t« the privilege of said
exchans?c: Frovnied further, that the riijht to
fund any of said Treasury notes, after the 1st day
of January 1865, is hereby taken away: Anfiprn-
vidrd further, That upon all such Treasurv noU-s
which may remain out-titiding on the 1st day of
January 1^65, and which may not be exchantied
tor ne^ Treasury nnte«, as herein provid d, a'tnx
of 100 per cent, is hereby impj!=ed
SBf 5. That'after the first day of Apnl next,
all autharity herot'.'fbre given ti the Seorcrtary of
the Treasury to i-sue Treai-ury nctos .«hall be, and
is hf.ehy, revoked: l^ov'.h'd^ *!
Sec 18 Tho Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby xathorizcd nud rtqaired, upon the appli
cation of the holder of any call oortiScate, which,
by the first section of the act to provide for the
funding and further issue of 'Preasury notes, ap
proved March 2od ISO^J, wu.s required t^ be
thereafter deemed to be a bt>nd, to issue to such
holder a bond therefor uj>on the term.s provided
by said act.
, --ic ot
the Tr.a^ury may, aMer that t’tne. J .sue Lw
Treasury notes, in such f-'rm as he miij prescribe,
payable two years after the ratifleatiou of a treaty
.... peaoe with ilie LniUid States, sr.id ne'r issues
to be receivable in payment of all pubHc dues
except export and iujport duties, to he issued in
exchange for old noies at the rate oi 'J d'lL’srs of
An Act to lay additlomt} Taxes for the coin-
nnru defence amf support of Ch't'timmerU.
Sec. 1. The O.tngrests of the Ct'*nt'u'lerate
Stat»‘g of America do enact. That in arid!
lion ro the ta.xc's levied by the aet “lo lay
tave.s for the cotmnon defunce and to carrv on
the fiovennnenr oi’the ContelerateSfat'e5,
approved 24tb of April 1S63, there shall be
levied, trorn th^ passa^ of this act, on the
subjects ol ta.xatioR hereat'ter rnentionei,
and collected fri>tn every porsoQ, copartner
ship, adsociatioji or ci^rporation, liable there
to, t.ixea as fullowti, to-wit:
I. Upon the value of property, real, jier-
6>TaJ aud njixed, oi C‘,er» kind and dePcrip-
the new fur 3 of the o!d i--ues, whether ."aid old i tion. not hereinafter eienip^e^l or tnxed at h
notes be surrendered foi exchange by the holde-s j dilfei-ent rate, "> per ren *• Provi'^^d That
aeoomin.tioTi oVncil, srerSuc^J w ^ 'V'“5 •licrorrom,
o^ot. 00 the Jolhr bv Ihi .lbi-«8aid, ,c.y i , '‘''1”' 'r^
convc;i the same into ciil certificate bearino ia- ' ^ ^ Y.'^^ t--nMient: Providad,
tereht at the rate of 4 per cent, per annu-n "and ' allowed h*vond f.
p.j.Me r.tilic.tioo ,
.11- Ou the v.nluo of iruld and silver wares
and plate, jewold, jcwelrv and WKtche'^. 10
{>er cent.
III. 1/ie value of properly t.a.'Ccd under
this section hIihII be arisesued on tho basis'«»f
the market valne of the same, or similar pro
perty in the neitrliborhood where JtHHesaea, in
the vear 186>, except in cases where latid.
unlosi ao'juer
of peace with the l-nitcd State;
ooDverfcd into nc-w notes.
Sec 6 Th.i^ to pay the exp. nsotf of the Gov-
urpm. : ^ . .-herwise provided for, fht; Secretary
r,;a#ury is hereby authorized to issne 6
per ^ -n^ h -n.ln to an amount not exceoMng five
bund. ^ . .r, ..M ..f dollars, the principal and in-
' be f''ee from taxation, and
le p._ 0 ,)t intercut therooti tha entire net
ce'ors .r ..ny export duty i.er-u^. f huM on r|,c i
^'V C'-fvf'uc' j, ;iC(d nav-il ■.‘ores i
fr.'IQ
Su - . I *tie T), f i.r-ivftd
died or l*een killed in the military or naval
service, or where there is no wid»»w, then of
the family, beiui' mini*r children, to the
value of $1000.
III. Proptirty of every officer, Holdier,
tiulloi' Or iiiui Iiie, acitmlfj
militaiT or naval service, or of $uch as have
been dit^.-ibled in such service, to the value
of $1000; provided, that- the above exeinp-
tioijb shall not apply to any persoji, whose
profierty, exclusive of houBehold furniture,
shall be assessed at a value e.xceedinf? $1000.
iV. That where proj>erty baa been injured
or destroyed by the enemy, or the owner
thereof has been temporarily deprived of the
uee or occupancy thereof, or of the means
t>f cultivating the same, by reason of the
presence or the proximity of tho enemy,
the astjc^ment on such property may be
reduced, in projK»rtion to the daniac^e sus
tained by the owner, or the tax assessed
ttiereon mny be reduced in the same ratio
by the district collector, on satisfactory evi
dence eubinittod to him by the owner or a»-
Ress«>r.
Sko. 6. Tliat the taxes on property laid
for the year 1864, shall Ihj a8se#sed as on
the day ot the j-as^age of this act, and he
live and collected on Ihe 1st day of June
next, oV as soon after jw practicable, allow-
injr an extensioti uf ^>0 days West of the
Missispippi river The adiiitional taxes on
incomes or prolifs f r the year ISBH, levied
by this act, shal^ be assetv-:el ainl collected
forthwith; atid the ta.xes on inc’>mes or pro
fits for the year 1864, fhall l>e a-ss«;8sed and
collected accordin^f t> the provisions »■!' the
tax and asbesssmeut a^-ti of 186.‘i.
Skc. 7. » much o*‘ the tax a-t -f the 24th
day of April 186'i, a« levies a tux on in-
couies derived I'rom proj:»ertv or effects on
the amount or value of which a tix i^j levied
by t.his act, and also t.he let section of safti
act, are 8U8{)ended for the year 1564, and
no e«jtimated rent, hire or interest on pro-
l>errv or credits herein taxed a^l valorem,
sh'all be lu^seased or taxed as incomes under
the tax act of 18CT..
Sec. s. That the tax imposed by this act
on Ixvnds of the Confederate States hereti>-
fbre issueil, shall in n» case exceed the in
terest on the same, Hnl such bonds, when
held by or for uiinoi'w or lunatics, shall be
yxempt from the tax in all case:^ where the
interest tm tho tiame shall not exceeil $loOo.
.In Act tosii>j>eru1 the priviU^e nf the Writ
of Habeas Cor pm in certain cofse-s.
Whereas, Uie Constitution of the Confed
erate States of I provides in Article
1; Section 0, Paraj'taph H, that “the privi
lege of the writ A' li.il>fas corpus shall not
be t Ur pendeJ unices wiien in case t>f rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety njav re
(juirtf it;” and whereas, the uo-.vcr of .sii-4-
pending the privile;4e of saiii wi ir ;i.s recu:;-
nized in said Article J, is vest«*.J aololv in
the Conj^resis, which is the e.\c.iii'iv-* ju*ii^»-e
of the neceftsitv of suiHi suspension'; aiid
IX. Of cr»napiracies, or attempts to libdt-
ata prisoners of war held by the Confederate
States.
X. Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepa
rations to aid the enemy.
XI. Of persons advising or inciting others
to abandon the Oonliederate cause, or to re
sist tlm Confedtfrtite. Stat«s, or ft* adhere to
the enemy.
XII. Of unhiwfiiily burninj^, destroying
or injurinii^, or attemptiui^ to burn, destroy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele
graphic line of communication, or proper^}’,
with tho intont of aiding the enemy.
Xlil, Of treasonable designs to impair
the military power of the Government by
destroying, or attempting to destroy, vessels
or arms, or munitions of war, or arsenals,
foundries, workshops, *r other property of
the Confederate States.
Sec. 2. Tho President shall cause proper
officers to investigate the cases of all persons
so arrested, or detained, in ord^r that they
may be'discharged if improperl}' detained,
unless they can he speedily trlod in the due
course of law.
Sec. 3. Tliat tluring the suspension af«>re-
said, no military or other officer shall be
coni}>elled, in answer tt» any writ of habeas
corpus, to ap|>ear in person, or to return the
body of any person or persons detained by
him, by the authority of the President, Se
cretary of War, or the General officer coni-
Tran* Misaiseippi depairtinent;
but upon the certificate, under oath, of the
itfficer having charge of any one so detained,
that such person is detained by him as a
j»risoner for any of the causes hereinbefore
specified, under the authority aforesaid, fur
ther proceedings nnder the writ of habeas
corpus shall imiaediately cease and remain
suspended so long as this act shall continue
in torc-e. ,
Sec. 4. This act shall continue in force for
ninety days after the next laeeting of Con
gress, and no longer.
shall be liable to be placed i^Mrvice in the.
Held for the war, as if be were 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 i/i the Commissary and Quartermaster’s
Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
of clerks and empl )yees of navy agents, as
also in the execnti'^n of the enrollment act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who are within the aires of IH
and 4A years, and who by the report of a
Dt>ard of army surgeotia shall be reported
as unable to perform active service in the
field, but capable of performing some of the
above said duties, specifyi
when thepe persons shall
to ihij^e dutie.^ a«» far as pr
aident shall assign or detail to their perform
ance sutdi bfKiies of troops, or individuals,
required to be enrolled under the 6th sec
tion of this act, as may be needed for the
discharge of such dntios: Provided, that
persons between the nges of 17 and 18 shall
be a-ssigned to those duties: Provided fur
ther, that nothing contained in this act shall
l>e so construed to prevent the President
from detailing artisuns, mechanics, or y>er-
sons of scientific skill, to perform indispen
sable duties in the departtnents or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Sec. 9. That any Quartermaster or As-
siatsCnt Quartermaster, Commissary or As
sistant Commissary, (other than those serv’-
ing with brigades or regiments in'the field,-i
or officers in tbe Ordnance Bureau, or Xavy
Agents, or Provost Marshal, or ofJtcer in
the conscript service, who shall hereafter
employ or retain in his emploj’uient any
person in any of their eaid departments or
bureaus, or in any of tho duties mentioned
in the 8th section of this act, in vioIati/Tn of
the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction
thereof by a court-martial or military court,
be cashiered; and it shall i>e the dutv of any
department t.r district commander, upon
proof, by the oath t*f an\' credible person,
that Hny such ofiicer has violated this prc»-
vision, immediately to relieve such officer
frc»m duty; and said commander^ shall take
prompt measures to have him tried for such
offence; and any commander as afoi«esaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upoti being duly convicted
thereof, be discharged from the service.
Sec. 1(>. That all laws granting eietnp-
tions from military service be, and the same
are, hereby repealed, and hereafter none
shall be exempted except the following:
1. All who shall be held unfit for milita
ry service, under rules to be prescribed bv
the Secretary of \^ar.
2. The Vice President of the Confederate
States, the members and officers of Congress
and of the several State Letrislatures, and
8ucl» other Confederate and State officers as
the President, or the Governor of the re
spective States, may certify to be necessary
for the proper ikimiuistration of the Con
federate or State Governments, as the case
may be.
H. Kvery uiiiiister of religion authorized to
preach according to the rules of Ids church,
and who, at the }>assage of this act, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge of his
ministerial «luties; superintendents and phy
sicians of asylums for the deaf and dumb
and blind and of the insane; one editor for
^ch newspaper being published at the time
of this act, and snch employees as said edi
tor may certify, on oath^ to be indispensable
provisions, to be deliv^red b^ auoh
as aforeuiid at equivalent rates '*
». Such person shall further bind huase -
to sell the marketable surplus of provision!
and grain now on hand, and which he a.a\
raise from year to year while hi* exeoivtiy.
continoes, to the (tovernment or totb«Va^'
ilies of soldiers, at prices tixed by the (Jota
missioners of the State under tlie itnr,rf-
mciff act: Provided, that Ittiv pert4i .T
empted as aforesaid, shall b;; entitled t,
credit of 25 per cent, on any aiuoanuf ni^
which he may deliver withm thr*e monn>
from the passage of this act; Provided fu!'
ther, that persons'coining wifiin the proTi
ivfcd
TUE MILITARY BILL.
Sectitm 1. That I'rom and after the p»v=»sage
1 uf this act all white men, residents of tho
Confederate States, between the ages of 17
and 60, shall be in tlys military service of
the Confederate States for tlie war.
Sec. 2. That all the persons aforesaid, be
tween the ages of 18 and 4.% now in service,
shall l>e retained daring the present war
with tfie U. S., in the 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-
eminent of the army: Provided, that com-
paiiieri from one State, organized against
their consent, exproiseti at the time, with
regiments or battalions from another State,
shall have the )>rivilege of being transferred
to organizations of iruoj»s, in the same arm
of the service, fruui the States in which said
companies were raised; atid the suhliers froift
9ne Stat-e, in companies from another State,
sbaD be allowed, it they desire it, a transfer
to organizations from their own States, in
the same arm of the service.
Sec. 8. That at the expiration of six mouths
from the tirst day of April next, a bountv
of $lt»0 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-commjssioned officer, musician and
private who shall then be in service, or iu
the event of his death previous to the period
of such payment, then to the person or per
sons wlit> woftld l>e entitled to receive bv law 1 1- ■ • ♦ ^ J ■ ^ •'
the arrearagesof his pay; but no one ehall be ! printer of the Contederate and State f king such contract shall certify that tbe per
t;ons, the Secretary of War, under the di
rection ot the Pre-idonT, rnav i.-xi-’upt ..r Je
tail aach other persons .'is he niav !>#.
fie.l ought to by exempted on acconrir
public necessity, and to inbaro thA nrodivc.
tion nf grain and other provisions Vor
army and tho families of soldiers, fle loay
also, grant exemptions or detail.«i, on 9u ‘
terms as he may prescribe, to snch orar
seers, farmers or planters as he may be sat
isfied will be more useful to the countrv in
the pursuits of agriculture than in the inili
tary service: Provided, that snch exempti.Mj
shall cease whenever the.farmer, planter or
overseer shall fail diligently to employ in
good faith, his own skill, capital and lab^r
exclusively in the production of grain and
provisions, to be sold to the Government and
tJie families of soldiers at prices not exceed
ing those fixed at the time for like articles
by the Commissioners of the State under
the impressment act.
5. Tbe president, treasurftr, auditor aud
snperintendent of any railroad company ea
gaged in transjiortation for the Govermneat.
and such officers and employees thereof at
the president or superintendent shall certify
on oath to be indispensable to the efficient
operation of said railroad: Provided, tlia:
the number of persons so exempted hr thij
act on any railroad shall not exceed one per
son for each mile of such road in actnal a»*)
for military transportation; and said ex^mpu
shall be reported by name and descrinti a,
with the names of any who have leu th»
employment of said company, or who raav
cease to be indispensable.
6. That nothing herein contained ihai’
bo construed as repealing tlie act apprare^
April the 14th 1863, entitled an act to ex
empt contractors for carrying the maili
the Confederal** States, and the drivers of
post coaches and hacks, from military wt
vice: Provided, that all the exemprioo*
granted under this act shall only coatinue
whilst tho persons exempted are actually
ent^ged in tbeir respectiv’e pursuits or oc
cupations.
Sec. 11. That the President be, and Le is
hereby, authorized to grant details^ uuder
general rules and regulations to be i.isaeJ
from the War Department, either of p#rs/>De
between 45 and M years of age, or from the
army in the field, in all cases where, in bis
judgnjent, justice, equity and necessity re
quire such details, and he may revoke sucL
orders of details whenever he thinks proper
Provided, that the power herein granted to
the President to make details and exemp
tions shall not be construed to authorize the
exemption or detail of any contractor fo;
furnishing snppUes of any kind to the 6o»
ernment, by reason of said contract, tinleai
to the publication ot such newspaper; the [the head or secretary of the department
ms
entitled to the bounty herein provided who
shall at any time, tluring the period of six
m>nths next af\er the said fii-st day of April,
be alwent from Jiis command without leave.
Sec. 4. lhat tu> person shall be relieveti
from the ope ratio
Gt)vernment«, and such journeymen print
ers as the anid public printer shall certify,
on oath, to be indispensable to perform the
public printing; one skilled apothecary in
each a|.>oth6CHry store, who was doing busi
ness as such on the 10th day of Oct’r 1S62,
rom the operatio’' of this act bv reason of! i i • i • j i “ ■ • i
•iviii.r it - r I 1 I h^^d has C'>ntinned »?aid business \vj,tbont
aMtig cteen tier*to:ore discharirod troin tlu* • • .i ^ • i n i •
.•mv ,1 Tf. fe"'‘ intermission, smco that period; all idivsi-
1111} wtieie no aisatulitv now exists; nor ^ \ ' '
nowi ,1. or 8 . iH-iuh 'he:.' m-iv iT,'. i. .V7 price actuaUy j»aii for the
to p arc her^t,y Hr,,.cm4Iv i -
peisr^.j / dutie.s n 'vT laid o-I v ilue of all share
^ ’-nfj ||*erotf |^“-'d in any bank, bankiHi; Co
tf'r r; p.ii 1 • . . . . I HSKdciation, canal, navigation, i
the ('onfed'rate
ol rhv imp .rt duDes
•f may oe nect'-'-irv
Slaves, cotton ;r tobacco have been pur-
cfiHsuil since the 1st day of January 1862, : whereas, in the o})inion of the Con^'ro^s, the
in which oase the said land, slaves, cotton j public safety req'iifcs the susponsitTn of said
and tobacco so purchased, shall be assessed . writ in tho e.xisting case of tho invasion of
sti the price actually i»ail for the same by ‘
tl.
heref. a:;
warifj t ■■
h.;.>.
pirt
tirifi-
la'i
^alc 11 if ;
Ski . V
tio'i ,1 t:n-
poa b'ti-1
and fhcj n
oueh r' i';i
may i
toguf li«-
I i L
hir flj^j ■ ,
1 rr?,..i. tr
■ Tr •• . ; y
. '■r Trr . ..
i- -n
it.-i ;! tl
T Ury ,.! ,0 Treasury ii
' iJ time to time, tis the
‘iny rr.juiro i>, to sell or
} jot'^.-i said bondjj, or anv
rmg he can, so as to
at. iJic
I!'flint't th*j circu-
*ithiii re;vionable and
■03 or inter-
ompany or
importing,
exp>rting, insuiance, manufacturiiiif, tele
graph, express, railroati, lUid dry-dock com
panies, and all other joint st>ck companies
of every kind, whother incorporated or aot,
,) m»r cent.
The value of pr#]»erty taxed nnder this
iiictioii shall b^i uuua
these States by the armies of the Unit«d
States; and whereas, the President has asked
for the Bnsi>enfiion of the writ of hal>eag cor
pus, and informed Congress of conditions of
public daJiger which render the suspension
of the writ a measure proper for the public
defence against invasion and insurrection
now, tfcerefore,
The Congress of tho Confederate States of
America di» enact. That during the present
invasion »>f the Confederate States, the pri
h:
army wnere no aisaoiiity now exists; nor
ahull tho;»> who have i’.unislicd substitutes
be any iongor e «'npr^d by reason ^lereof:
Provivlcd, that no peiti»»n, heretofore exempt
ed on account »>f religious opinions and wiio
has paid the tax levied to relieve him from
iorvice, shall be required to render military
^rvice under this act.
! ^ f>ond- authorized by tt» 0th sec-
ru^y bo rtitlier ro>---;.,terod or oou-
^ rtAy elcct;
. ” forcaoh other under
rhe Se-retary of the Treasury
Th.;y aliall he for 810), and wha!}.
• with tho 0 )up>ns thereto attach«'d, bo in
sujfi 1 irm and ot such authcuiticatio:’ »s the Sec
retary of rhe Tri .-isury may pf«oril.'; the interest
»h;-ii be payable half yearly on *he first of .Jan’y
and J ily in each ye.ir; the priuoip d shall be pay
able not lc83 than liO yearii from th,ir date.
Seo. 9. All call oertiScatcs shall be fundable,
and Hh>ll be taxod in all resp-^cts as in provided
i'jT the Treasury notes into which they are con-
verr.ible. If converted before the time fixed for
taxing the Tre isury notes, such certificates shall
from that tiiB€ bear interest, upon‘only 66§ centa
every dollar promised upon tlieir face, and
th&H be red-'oniahie in new Treasury notes at
that rate; but after the passage of thi^i aot no call
•ertificates shall be issued until after the first dav
April, 1864.
Sec. 10. That it .any hank of depo.sh shall giro
depositors the bond:j autliorized by the first
01 this act, in exehangc for tbeir deposits
anu apccityia,. the same on the bonds by some
.T n the said do-
STa “ «■
•odoutstot>di,.i.„ i?“»
..uW, the said botd. r. T.l"' T
prmiogeoffuodiug ‘ "* tho
as bci'cir) pror bribed
8bo. II. ’t .Pt «n , .
•sBuod of (hH .fen n>in.*j^ of “orotofore
'J he ll>icc'^^' '
provitlcd bw
prOVlP'i.r.^ mf
last,
AI V
'enn'ini
.'n p- V * >it f.r puhho dues"
'f*
iioiifhl>orhH)d wnere a.ssossecl, in duch cur
rency as may hi-- in general use there, in the
piycbase ati i sale of such prupej;ty,* at the
time of {ifcsexjsnient.
Sec. 3. Upon the amount oJt all gold and
silver col!), gold-tJust, gold wi* silver bullion,
v/kcthor held by the banki? or other corpo
rations or individuals, 5 j,)er cent.; and upon
all moneys held abrt)ad, jr upon the atntjunt
ot all bilLj of exchange., drawn therefor on
foreign countries, a tax*^>f 5 per cent.; such
tax upon nit>ney abroad to be assessed and
collected according to the value thereof at
the place where the tax is pald^
II. lJix>n the amount of all solvent cre
dits, and of all bank bills and all othec pa
pers iBsued ^ currency, exclusive of non-
interest beiring Confedei'ate treainry notes,
and not employed in a registered business,
tho income derived from ^Fbich is taxed 5
per cent. ’
Sec. 4. Upon profits matle in trade and
business, as follows:
I. On all profits maIe by buyiug and sell
ing epiritous liquors, flour, wheat, corn, rice,
sugar, molasses or sirup, salt, bacon, o,>rk
nop, beot or beof cultlo, •.heep, oats hay’
fodder, raw hides, leather, horses, maJes
boots, shtKJS, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cot^
ton or mixed cloths, hats, wagons, harness
coal, iron, steel or nails, at any timer be-
twe->n the l-3t of January 1863, and tho 1st
of January 3 865, 10 per cent., in addfition
tt) the tax on such profits as income oi idor
the act to iay taxes for tho common defe noe
and carry on the Govenument of tbe 'Oon-
federate States," ap|)roved April 24, 4l 63.
II*' On all profits made l>y buying anti
1864, west of! foreign exchai igo,
tim« thev J O' obligati oaa
y of any bad, and any merchandise, pro^
-es a* par ^h ,*l cease
»1 eontiano
dues, SH
under the
■, int'.l the Srst of tiuiy, 18fi4
’ St October ’
iufc after
i^nsiou
St ins arrested or detained by order of the
Preiident, Secretary of War,'or tbe General
Officer commanding tho Trans-Mississippi
Military Department, by the authority and
under the control of the President. It ir
hereby declared that the purpose of Con
gress in the passage of this act is to provide
more effectually for the public safety by
auspemling the writ of habeas corpns in the
following oases and no other:
I. Of treason, or treasonable ettbrts or
combinations to subvert tho gov^ernnient of
the Confederate States.
U. Of conspiracies to overthrow tho gov
ernment, or conspiracies to resist the lawful
authority of the Confederate States.
> IU. Of combining to assist the enemy,,.,
of coinmunicating intelligence to the enemy,
or giving him aid and comfort.
iV. Ot conspiracies, preparations and at-
tenets to incite servile insnrrecCon.
V. Ot desertions or encouraging desor
tione, of harboring deserters, and of attempts
tj avoid military service: Provided, That in
case ot palpable wrong and oppression by
any subordinate officer upon any party who
does not legally owe military service, his
superior officer shall grant prompt relief to
tlio oppre^ed party, and the subordinate
shall be dismissed from office.
VL Of spies and other emissaries of the
one my.
VII. Of holding correspondence or inter
course with the enemy, without necessity,
and without the permission of the Oonfed^
rate States.
VIIL Of unlawful trading with the ene-
uy, and )ther offences against the laws of
the Ooutederate States, eiu^oUKi to promote
tbttir RucoQM in th« war.
Sec. 5. That all white male residents of
the Confederate States, between the ages of
17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years, shall enroll
themselvus at such times and places, and
under sudi regulations, as the President
may j>resc1-ibe, the time allowed not bein''
less than 30 darys for those east, and 60 days
tor those west ot the Mississippi river, and
any person who shall fail so to enroll him
self, with*out a reasonable excuse theralbr,
to be judged of by the President, shall be
placed in service in the field tor the war, in
maoner as- though they were be-
tweeis the aged 01 10 aua. »«>.
the persons mentioned in this section shall
constitute a reserve for State defence and
detail duty, ^and shall not bo required to
perform service out of the State in which
they reside.
Sec. t>. That all persons required by tho
5th section of this act to enroll themselves
may within 30 days af’ter the passage there
ol, east of the Mississippi, and within 00
days, if west of said river, form themselves
into voluntary organizations of companios,
battalions or regiments, and elect their own
ofiicers; said organizations to conform to the
existing laws; and, having so organized, to
tendi'.r their services as volunteers dnruig
the war to the President; and if such organ
izations shall furnish proper muster rolls, as
now organizotl, and deposit a copy thereof
with the enrolling officer of their district
which shall bo equivalent to enrollment
they may be accepted as minute men for
service in such State, but in no event to be
taken out ot it. Those who do not so volun
teer and organize, shall enroll themselves as
before provided; and may, by the President
be required to asseiable at convenient pla
ces- of rendezvous, and be formed or organ
ized into companies, battalions and regi
men^ under regulations to be prescribed
bj him; and shall have the right to elect
their company and regimental officers; and
all troops organized under this act for State
defence, shall be eutitled, while in actual
servioe, to the same pay and allowance as
troops now in the field.
Sec. 7. That any person who shall fail to
cans over the age of 30 years, who now are,
and for the last 7 years have been, in the
actual and regular praotice of -their profes
sion, but the term phyt’ician shall not in
clude dentists; all prosiilents and teachers
of colleges, theological semiimries, acade
mies and schools, who have been regularly
engaged as snch for two years next before
the passage of this act: I’rovided, that the
benefit of this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only whuso schools are com
posed of 20 students or more. All superin
tendents of public hospitals, established by
law before the passage of this act, and such
physicians and nurees therein as such su
perintendents shall certify, on oath, to be
indisj>ensable to the proper and efficient
management thereof.
4. There shall be exempt one person as
owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan
tation upon wiiich there are now, ^nd were
lit day of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands, batween the i.ges of id aud so,
upon the following conditions:
1. This exemption shall only be granted
in cases in which there is no white male
adult on the farm or plantation not liable to
military service, nor unless the person claim- i
ing tho exemption was on the 1st day of
Jan’y 1864, either the owner aud 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
tuay prescribe, conditioned that he will de
liver to the Government at some railroad
depot, or such other place or placcs as may
be designated by the Secretary of War,
within 12 nsonths next ensuing, 100 ponuds
of bacon, or, at tho election ot the Govern
ment, its equivalent in pork, and 100 lbs. of
net beef (said beef to be delivered oti foot,)
for each able-bodied shivo on said farm or
sonal eervicee of such contractor are imlie
pensable to the execution of s^^id contrae’.r
Provided further, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and faithiullv.
to proceed with the execution of snch c-.-u
tract, his exemption or detail shall cease
Seo. 12. That in appointing local board*
of surge^)nB for the-examination of persoDs
liable to military service, uo member com
posing the same shall be appointed irom the
county or enrolling district in which thev
are required to make such examination.
plantation, within the above said ages, whe
ther said slaves in the field or not, which
said bacon or pork and beef shall be paid
for by the Government at the prices nxed
by the Commissioners of the State under the
impressment act: Provided, that when the
iwrsoa thus exempted shall produce satis
factory evidence that it has been impossible
for him, by the exercise of proper diligence,
ta furnish the amount of meat thus contract
ed tor, and leave an adequate supply for the
subsistence ot those living on the said farm
Post Offlooj Fayetteville, S. C.,1
OcTOBsa 8, 1868. |
o f tht Arrival and Departurt of th* MmI> at
Office.
UALEIOH via AVERA8D0R0’, Ac
\rriTP8 daily, ezoept Sundaj^ at P. M.
Di'parta daily, except Saturday at n. P. M.
R.ALKiaU via SUMMERVILLE.
l>8pari« I'aesday aod Friday at 6 A. M.
AmvM.Weiuwday and Sunday at 'j P. M.
WARSAW via CLINTON
Arrivee daily at 12 aoon
Departs daily at P. M.
CARTHAGE.
Arrives Tuesd.iy, Tbursday and Saturday at 7 P. ^
Departs Monday, Wedaeaday and Friday ai 1 P. M-
CHERAW, S. 0.
\rrires Turaday, Tburaday and Saturday at 6 P M
DeparU Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M.
F.UR BLUFF via LUMBERTON.
.VrriTea Taosdiy, Thursday aad Saturday at 6 A. M
Ddparte 8aad*y, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M
ROBESOJi’S via ELIZABETHTOWN.
Departs Monday, W^naaday and Friday at 6.A. .M
Arrives Tuesday, Thurday aod Saturday at 2 P .VJ
KL1Z \BEPHT0WN via TEREBINTH
1 Arrives Monday at 6 P. M.
! Depart.9 same day (Monday) at 6 P. M.
MAGNOLIA via CTPRE38 CREEK
.\rrives Tuesday at 2 P. M.
t>eparts same day (Tuesday) at ii P. M
8WIPT ISLAND via MONTROSE. COVINGTON *nJ
POWBLLTON.
Arrives Tuesday at 6 P. M.
Departs Wednesday at 11 A. M.
SWIFT ISLAND via TROY.
Arrives Tuesday at i P. M.
Departs Wednesday at 11 A. M.
Ail mails leaving hsfor.^ 7^ A .M , aro closed tbe
ing before at P. M- Ail letters ta be sent oil froio
this offioe, other ifaaa by oaail, miut. be paid for as if
9e*f^y mail All drop letters should be pre-paid b/
2 o^at stamps.
The office will be npen ou Sunday frow 81 to ^4 ^
M , aad from 4^ to P. M.
JA9 0 COOK, P M
T«E DIXIE E»RI.«~i:R7
♦He Little K rapply at wholesal*
I nr«T.^ » -iMIt
oftwo>thmli th«r«of in min or okh«r
THE ilfORTH €>%.ROEilIVA
MUTUAL Uffi lNSURAi!i€fi COtfPlNf,
NOW in the tenth year of suooestfftU operatioi^
growing capital and firmer hold upoo puhlio 000*
fidenoe, eontinnes to insure the lives of Ul healthy p^‘
sons from 14 te 00 years of age, for one year, for
years, and for life—all life members sharing in the profit*
All slaves from 10 to 60 years of age are insared tof
one year or for five years for two thirds their value
AU lossee are punctually paid within 90 days
satisfaetory proof is prasante-l.
For ftirther information the publ*'^ is referreti ^
Agents of the Oompaay ia ail parts c ' h* St«t«, and
a. a. BATTLE, Seoreury, Raleigii
E. J. HAL£, i^eni at
Jan’y 1M9. Fayetteville. N C
ilfaiqk Wfor «t tint
V
> RINTED
hlhWi
KOI'I
Pr- e fur ihp a
a-lvanrp
For the Weekly
advancf!
*®“AI>VER'
tines for
fing pubbcat
half square feifj
for >a3h BucceeQ
quo'ited to statft
they wiV hf. com
inpiy.
AdverUBci'ioni
»er(i^em>nt=).
Fi-oni .an i.te
win l>e ent»reii
th4> paj.er be aea
than !e paid for.
of otir ol
per on this
remittances.
MVfJ
Atl
F
7 ILL attend
Cumberlant
Prompt at
tie
elalniB entru.sied
Oct. 17, 185H.
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A.NO IM
Uardf?are ac
HAY
J'lly 18dl
J 
Grocer am
Jau’y 10, ISOii.
D Q WOiTU.
WO
Commission i
W1
(Jot. Itl, 180«
2,600
l*er(ion8 havioj
the highest Cash ]
at the .Merchant B
her al his old s:an
Nov. 6, 186-.i.
ARj
JAM prepared
Harness for A'
give g;od bargaini
orders to me as th
sent ufi in quick d
Gold){ion P. 0-,
lbs. ft
Oo: 16
190
May 23.
BOXES v:
for sale on
pa
th
lyetteviUe, or at
FeVy 16, 1864
W
Waiii
ESTERN RA
Bank Notes;
Gold and Sih
North Caroli
County of Cn
Town of Fayt
QreensNoro’ ^
Confederate't
Coupons of f
of T(
“ of oil
OoL 12, 1868,
Lead wanted
Dep^ment.
tHiee will please
POWDER for 10
P«
69-tf
Pal IHJ
The subscriber n
any quantity o7
#aveitfTill» (>i*t
I WILL pay the 1
Of good COW HC]
Cows; tiso, BKLVI
te me.
Fayetteville. Fel
J
01
Wttloh IS a great ej
a raffioieitt supply
easity to resort to
fVienda of the Ohs
up aad bring to la
We have no tiiue Of
bnt Messrs. Ueo
this town of V r 1
them.
Feb’y 16
N«rtl
TuAsnEBa’s Orri
Books for fnrth
of this Compai
All persons 'ies
mterpri»f can for#
^9 amonnt they 1
oaeh by s^me trosi
forward Cenifleate
Shares f600 eae
paid in their subso
beat moment.
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