TBLIO LAWS.
iStiAons) Fkb’t 1®, 1864.
.in Act to rM%d, Tax eMd Lmii
awJMOW i. Ih* (hngrf** o/ Oofi/^derate
JSUttm ot Amwrica do enetct, That the hoMere M
all Txeasur/ ootes above the donomiaation of 90,
oot bcsriuj^ interact, shall b© allowdd imtil tho
1st d*j of April 1864, cast of the Mis«8«ppi, to
(and the Bame, aud until the periods and aA the
i)laoe0 stated, rhe holders of all such TreasB^
uotcs Bhall be »Uowed to fond the. sama in rcgia-
terod boodff, payable 20 years irfter their date,
bcaricg interoet at the rate of 4 per cent, per aa-
oum, payable oa the 1st of Janoary and July of
6aek fmt.
S«o. 2. The Seowtary of the Troaflury M hereby
authoriii^ to imne the bonds re*^ aired for the
fundiBt' provided for in tho prooedin^ section,
'ird until .‘he bonds can be prepared he may wwuo
to »nswer the purpose. Such bondt;
a"-.l oortifloates shall be receivable without inter-
■>t iu puyiuent of all Government duc« payable
io the year ’’ 864, except export and imcort duriea.
Sbo. 3. That all Trea«ury notes of tiio deocHui-
notioR of 1100, not bearing interest, whsch shall
not t? oroaonted for funding under the pjovisions
of the 1st section of this act, shall, from and after
the 1st day ot April 1864, east of the Miraissippi
river, and 1st day 6f July 1864, west of the
Miflsiwippi, oease to be receivable in payment of
public do«8, and said notes, if not so presented at
■'hr.t time, shwl, in addition to the tax of 83i
cent* impowd^n the 4th section of this act, be
j^bjected to a tax of 10 per oent. p^ month" un-
W 80 pr-eented; which taxes ahall attach to said
n'.’tce rrhorevcr oircalated, and shall be deducted
from the feee of said notes whenever presented
for payment or Ibr fundinii^, and said not«6 shall
not be (Aiobacgcable fbr the new laf^ of Trea-
tsTiry Botee ^vlded for in this act.
Sbc. 4. Th«» on all said Treasury iMtoe no4
fund^ or TMod in payment of taxes at the dates
»nd |4aoea preMribod ia the '> :»t section of this
act, there ihall be levied at r^ud dates and puMes
a tax of 8SJ- cents for every dollar prooUsed on
tho iae* of said noteo( Sfdd tax shall attaioh to said
noMc wheirver circulated, and shA be collected
>»y dodaoting the same at the treasury, ita deposi
tories and by tax colkotors, and all G^vem-
ment oAoera receiving the same whenever pre-
Honted for payment or for finding, or in payment
of Gbvemment du-x, or for postage, or in es>
chancre for new notes, as l^ereinafter provided, and
said TreasuTV notes shall be fandikble in bonds as
provided in me lit section of this act, until tho
Ist day of January 1^65, at the rate of 66} eents
on the dcUar; and it shall be the duty of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, at nay time between the
lat ot Apsil aad the 1st of July, 1864, west of
the Misnmippi river, and the 1st of January 1865,
to subeutatc and oxchiuige new Treasury notes
foi the 3&inc at the rate of 66} ucnts on dol
lar. Provida^f That notes of ^ denomination of
SI 00 sh&U not be entitled to the privilege of said
excfjingd: Pt\7vid^ fwrther, that thS right to
fund any of wd Treasury notes, after the 1st day
January 1866, is here% taken away: And pt'o-
/vrtAt?-, That upon all such Treasury notes
which may remain outstanding on the 1st day of
•Iiprary 1885, and which may not be exchanged
for a*:, w Treasury notes, tts herein provided, a tax
of 100 fer 06at. is hereby imposod.
Smo. ;j. That afler the first day of A^l next,
all authmty heretofore given to the Secretary of
the Tm sury t® issue Treasury notes shall bo, and
is hereby, revoked: Provided^ the Secretary of
the Treasvy may, after that time, issue new
Treasury notes, in such form as he may prescribe,
payable two years after the ratification oi a treaty
of peace with the U nited States, said now issues
to be receivable in payment of all pubUe dues,
ezoepi export wtaCL ^purt duaeo, to ite id
exchange for old notes at the rate of 2 dollars of
the new for 3 of tho old iseuefl, whether said old
aotee be 6|»endered for exchange by the holders
thereof, oroe received into Uie Treasiary under
the provisions of thb act; and tho holders of the
new notes or of the old notes, except those ef the
denc»slaa^'oa of 9100, after they are reduced to
66| ceiits on the dollar by the tax aforesaid, may
convert the same into calf certificat» bearing in
terest at the rate of 4 per «ent. per annum, and
payable two yeaiB sAct s ratification of a treaty
oi peace with the United States, unless soooer
converted into new notes.
Swj. 9. That to pay the exMnses of the Gov-
omm«t cot otherwise provided for, the Secretary
of the Troafftxry is hereby authorised to issue 6
far cent, bonds to an amount net exceeding five
undrod millioas of dollars, the principal and in-
teroit whereof shall be free from taxation, and
for the payment of interest thereon the entire net
receipts of any export duty hereafter laid on the
vdae of My cotton, tobacco, an‘d naval stores,
which shall be exrwted from tho Confederate
Sbit^, Md the net proceeds of the import duties
now la-a, or so luuoL thereof as may be necossary
intoreet, are hereby spedally
plod^; lyovM, that the duUos now Wd on
are h^by pledged and shall hereaf
ter be paid in s^foifi, or in sterling achange, or
in couponj oi aaid b^mda
Sbo.
sliall b« oxMeet to a tex of Mi m oeol. «
err dotlat priMniMd oe Aoe
to attach to sud BOtei wherever otreula^ ww
Mud notes to ke fnndable aad
T^easory notes, as her»n providoo,. su^jw to
the deduotioB it said tax.
S10.-12. ThiU ai^ State holding
notee reo^vod before the tixoee heroin fixed lor
taxing sa^ notiea riiall be allowed tifi tlie first
day ol January 1895, to fVuad the saae in 6 pOT
cent, bonds of tlie Confederate
pa7abl«20
years after date, and the interest payaNe
noQvally. But aM Treasury notes received by
any State after the time fixi^ for taxing the tome
as aforesaid^ shall be held to have, been reoeiv^
diminished by the amoifnt of said tax. The dis-
crimiDation between the notea sob^AOt te the Mx
BT.d those not so subjcct, shall b*—
8»o. 13. That Treasury notes heretofore wswd
bearing inlioropt at the rate of $7 HO on the $1*K)
per annum, Mliail no longer be received in pay
ment of puhe« auea, b^ shall be doomed aiid
consider^ bo*»o«( ot the Oonlbdorate StAtAS, paj ar
ble two years alter the ratiflcattoa ot » ^eaty rf
pen«)e with the United States, b««nn«; tne rate •#
intereet specified on their fao^, '••vrable l»t of
Jaihuy k each and every year.
. Sbo. 14. That the ^retary of ♦•w Treaswj
bo, and he is hwelw, aathoria^ i* "*«#e the e»a-
gencios of the Gk)vernmeot should - rapture it, to
pay the demand of any publio creditor whoM d«bt
xaa.f be contracted after the passage-of this a«t,
wiUing to rae«rve th« same in a e«rtiftoate of w-
debteaness, ta fc« issued. said Secretary in suih
form as he may aeem proper, payalAe two ycsrs
after a ratiScatiea of a treaty ot peaee with tho
United States, bearing intwaat at the rate of aix
per cent, per annum, payable semi-awn'oaUy, »ad
transferable only by special aodmeiMnt^ under
regulatioos to be preeoribed by the Seeretary of
the Treasmry, and said certifioates shi^ be MKCfnpt
from taxation in principal md interest.
Sm. 16. The ^retvy ^ Treasury is aa-
thoriied to i^orease the ntim]»er at deperitc^ioi so
as to meet the requirementB this a^ and wttb
that view to ^ploy suoh ef the banks e the a«v-
eral States as he aaay deem expedieDt.
Sso. 16. The Sswetary of the Treaeory -alMll
>f(u-thwith adverti«e tlds a«4 in sooh newspapan
published in the several 8twta, and snefa ot)»er
I. means as shall secvro immecitAte publioityj tod
the Secretary of War attd the Soentmrj of the
Navy shall eaoh cause it to be published in geuc^
ral order Ibr th^ Wbrmatioa of the army and
. 17 . The ■eodon of the aot fbr the
assessment ud eolleetion ^ taxes, improved May
1st 1963, is hereby repealed.
Sio. 18. The Secretary of the Treastiry is
hereby authoriced and required, upon the applK
cation of the holder of any call certifioato, wUeh,
by the first section of the act to provide fbr the
fandiog and further issue of Treasury notes, ap
proved March 23d 18^, was repaired to ^
thereafter deemed to be a bond, to issue to sach
holder a bond therefor tipon cIm terms provided
by said aet.
to lay additumal Txoe% for the
rno7i defenoe and rapport of Chvemtnmi.
Seo. 1. The Oougre« of the Oonfedemte
Statcis of America do «nact, That in ad ii-
tion to the taxee leried by the act “to lay
taxee for the commoa defence and to carry en
Uie Government of the Confederate Statea,”
apjMX)vod 24th of April 1803, there ahall be
levied, fn>m tht passa^ of this act, on the
Bulyects of taxation hereafter mentionad,
and collected from every person, ooparts^r
ship, ae&ociatioa or corporatioii, liable th«ire-
to,^ta^ as follows, to-wit:
BooaJ and mixed, of every kind and de»^p-
ti(«, not hereiBafter exempted or taxed aC a
different rate, 5 per eeat.: Provided, 'Dtal
from this tax on Ibe value nropertj eo-
plojed in agricnltare shall be aednct^ Ihe
valne of the tax in kind delivered ther^o«i.
as assessed nndet the law impoeuig it, and
delivered to th« €K>vemment: Provided,
That no cred>t shall be allowed beyond 5
per cent
n. On the value gold and silver wares
and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, 10
per cent.
HL The valne of property taxed under
this section shall be assessed oc tHe basis of
the market value of the same, or similar
IX. Of oonsjnraciea, or attempts to Hb«p-
ate priBonwrs ot war hokl by Ae Ooofederate
States.
X. Of oonapiraoiea, or uttemptB or pr^ft-
rations to aid the
XI. Of pwsons advismg or inciting ^«ra
to abandon the Confederate caii0e,ior to re-
si»t the Confederate States, or to adhra^ to
tho eoan^.
xn (X unlawfully baraing, deatroymg
OF injuring, or attempting to bora, destroy
or injure *auy 'bridge or railroad, or tele
graphic line of communicatioB, w |ux>perty,
witli the intent of aiding the enemy.
Xm. Of treasonable designs to impair
the military power of the Qovomment by
desti-oyin^ or attorapting to destroy, vessels
OP arms, ^r munitions of war, or arsenals,
f»>nn dries, Workshoj^s, or other ^roj>«ly of
t'tie CMifederate States.
' Sec. 2.; The President shall eauee proper
oiBcors to inveBtigate'the cases of all persons
80 arrcBted, or detained, in order that they
may be discharged if impropwly detained,
unloas they can l>e speedily taiod in t^ due
Course of law. ^
Sec. 3. Tliat during too siwuot^ion
said, no military or other omcer shall be
compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas
(yM'pus, to appear iu person, or to return the
bo(^ of any pflrrWn «r persooe detained by
Lita, by the authority of tha President, 8e-
of War, or the General officer QOfu-
,>iAadmg T^s Mississi]^! d#partnMut;
but «|H>n the certificate, aniaer oath, oi tl»w
utfder haviug charge of any oae so detained,
that sucli person Is detained by him te a
}jrismer for any of tiie causes I#reinbefOTe
sp^ided, under tho authority aforesaid, fur
ther piX)oeedings mider tiie writ of habeas
oorptiB slmll immediately cease and reaain
Buspeaded so long as this £kot shall cootinue
in loroe.
Sec. 4. This aot shall continue in force for
ninety days after tlie next meeting of Con
gress, and no lunger. *
on such property may be '
reduced,'^n proportion to the damage BUS-; * THE MILITARY BILL.”
tained by the owner, or the tax assessed i Section 1. That from aud after the passa^
thereon may be reduced in th?same ratio tbis act all white men, residents of the
by the district collector, on satisfactory ovi- lOonfederatO'Stato*, between the ages of 17
deuce snbinitted to l»im by the owner or as-1 and shall be in the military service of
seasor. the Coiifederato States fi^>4he war.
So. 6. That the taxee on proj>erty laidj Soc.>2. That all the persons aforesaid, be-
^ the year 1804, shall be' assessed as on ^ twecu the ag« of 18 and 45, now in service,
the dfcy of the passage of tliis act, aud be * be retained during the present war
tr or flfibcts of aap kind, aet enumerated u
^ preoediBi; paragraph, between the times
named tkereui, 10 per cent., in addition to
tike tax on such pr(^ta as income, under the
aot irfcMvsaid.
m. On the amotmt of profits exceeding
95 per cent, made daring either of the years
lSf{3 aad 1864, by any bank or banking
oompfuiy, iuaaranoe, canal, navi^tion, im-
pcHtuig and exportij^ telegraph, exprose,
railroad, mannlkotariag, dry do^, or other
joint stock company of any description,
whether inoorwrated or not, 26 per cent on
such excess.
8s». 5. The ii^lowiug exemptions from
taxatioa under this act shall oe allowed,
to-wifc:
I. Property of each bead of a taiuily td
the yaiue of $500; and for esich minor child
of tiie family to the further value of $100;
and for «i4(m sou actually eugaged in the
army or navy, or who has died or b«en
kill^ in the military or naval servico, and
who was a member of the family when he
entei^ ^e service, to the further value of
$506.
II. Property of the widow of any officer,’
soldier, sailor or marine, who may have
died or been killed in the military or naval
ftorviwi, where there is no widow, thou of
the family, being minor children, to the
valuft of $1000.
HL Property of every* offieer, soldier,
sailcH' or luariue, actually engaged in th
military or naval service, or of such as have
bMD disabled jn itncli swvice, to tho value
of $1000; provided, tliat the above exemp
tions shall not apply .to any person, whoso,
property, lexolusive of hdusehold furniture,
shall be assessed at a valne exceeding $1000.
IV. That whore property has been iuj ared
or destroyed by the‘ eneray, or the owner
thereof has been temporarily dej>rived of tiie
use or oocupancy thereof, or of the means
of cultivating the same,.,, by reason of the
presence or the proximity of the enemy,
the asse^m&it on such property may be
ioed.*n pr
to be pkteed in aervioe in
ar, aa lie were between tiM
Sbo. 7. ^at the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authoniod, from time to time M^h*
^ante of the Treasury may requi« K “u or
said bonds, or any
meet a^rop^Ss l^
Sxo. ^ The bonds aathoriied by the 6th see-
tioQ ^ act may be either registered or coa-
Kd taking Aem^y eleot;
and they ™ be exchanged for ea* ether under
soon regul^gnb as the Secretarj of the Treasurs
JSPbc payaW^^S^-®^ / ^ “Merest
able not V ^ prmcipal shaU be pay-
.;ss than 80 years from their date.
* .0. 9. AU call certificates shall be fudable.
'and shall be taxed in aU reepeots aa u provided
for the Treasury notes into which they are con
vcrtible. If converted before the time fixed fw
toxing tho Treasury notes, such certificates ^hall
j&om that time bear interest upon only 66f cents
for every dollar promised upon their fiMe, and
shall be rodeemaDle in new Tr«;Mury notes at
that ratej but after the passage of this act no call
oertificatew shall be issved until after the ftnt dav
of ApriL 1864. ^
Sbo. 10. That if ast ba&k of depont shall give
its depositors the bonds authorised by the first
sectioa ot this act, in exchange for their depesitj
and spaying the same on tUe bonds by Some
c^ctave oiark or token, to be agreed upon with
the SeoreUry of tho Treasury, then the wd d»-
pwitor shall he entiUed to recieve the amount of
said oondfl w Treaaury notes, bearing no interest
fridady the said bonds are presrated be^ 4m
pnvile^ wf fundiog said notes at par shaU eeMe
> J hOTein preooribed.
Sso. 11. Iliat all Treasury notes heretofore
issued gf the de«nnination of 96 shall oontinoe
Io be i^uoivable in Mpaent of publio dues as
provided by Uw, ^r wndabk at par imder’the
provisicas af aet, until the flnt of 1864
wmiiar inw-
perty in the aeighborhood where assessea, in
the year 1S60, except in cases where latid,
slaves, cottcm or tobacco have been pHr-
chased since the 1st of January Idltt,
ia which case the said land, slaves, cotton
aud bohaeoo so purchased, shall be assessed
at the price actually paid for the same bj
the ©wner.
Sec. 2. On the value of all shares or inter
ests held ia any bank, banking company or
association, canal, navigation, importUk|^,
exporting, insurance, manufacturing,
graph, express’, railroad, and dry-do^ cota-
pauiea, and ail ether joint stook compaHtes
of every kind, whether inoorpoa-ated or net,
“ Mr cent
^0 valne ef property taxad under tkis
section shall be aseeseod upon the basis of
the market value of such prorperty in ttte
neighborhood where assessed, in such o«r-
rwicy as may be in geaenU. uaft there, in tike
nurohase and sale of such jMX>porty, at t^
ume of assessment
Sec. 8. Upon the amo^t orf all gold a«d
ailver ooiuorold dust,TOid er-sHvor bullieo,
whether h^ bj tha baaka xn eihw oor^»>
rations or individuals, 5 pw cmi.; and u^m
all mone^ held abroad, or upoa tha aaiouat
of all bills of exchange^ drawn therefw mi
foreign eouiitries, a tax of 5 per orat: suoh
tax upoa money aU^Mwi to be aaseeeed and
oellected aoeording te the value tiitfeof at
Uie place wh^re the tax iajmid,
IL Upon the amount of all aolveat cre
dits, and of *11 bSnk Vuls and other pa
pers issued M cvrency, exoluBive of non-
mterest bearing Covtl^erate treasury ootess,
and not employ^ in a registered businem,
the income drived from which is taxed, 5
per cent
See. 4. Qpoa profits made in trade uid
bu^eiis, as follows:
t. Onidl profits made by buying Mid sell-
ilig spiritouA liquors, fioor, wheat, com, rice,
sugwr, UK^asses or sirup, salt, baecm, pork,
horn, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oat^ hay,
fodder, raw hides, leather, hones, mules,
boots, idloeB, cotton yarne, wool, wo^n, oo^
due and collected on the 1st day of June
next, or as soon after ^ practicablo, allow
ing an extension of 90 oays West of the
Miwissippi river Tlie additional tAxes ort
incomes or profits for tlie year 11^63, levied
by this aot, shall be assessed and collected
forthwith; and the taxes on incomes or pro
fits for the year 1864, ^all bo asf«e«^od and
collected according to the provisions of the
tax and assessmeat acts of 1863.
Sbo. 7. Bo much .the tax act of the ‘i4th
day of April 1863, aa levies a tax on in
comes d«nved from property or effocte on
the amount or value of which a tax is levied
by this act, and also the 1st section jf said
act, are suspended for the ^ear 1^64, and
ua estimate rent, hire or interest on pro
perty or credits herein taxed ad valorem,
shall be assessed or taxed as incomes under
the tax aet of 1863.
Sbq. 8. That the tax imposed by this act
OQ OOUUB VI too vwyiiicqpi /icroTV*
for% issued, shall in no case exceed tho in
terest on tho same, and such bonds, when
held by or for minora or lunatics,^hall be
exempt from the tax in all cases where the
interest on the same shall not exceed $1000.
with the U. S., irijthe same regiments, bat-
tnl^ous and companies, to which they belong
at tho pnGPago of this.act, with tho same or-
gani^tion aitd oilicers, unless regularly
transferred or discharged, in accordance
with the laws and regulations for the gov
ernment of tho army: Provided, tliat com-
Tianios from one State, organised against
their consent, expressed at the time, with
regiments or hAttali«.ms fh>m anotiier State,
shall have the privilege of being transferred
to orgAuizHtions of trooi>s, iu tho Mine arm
of the servLco, from tlie States in which said
conipftriieb were raised; and tho soldiers from
one State, in comi)ftnie8 from another State,
shall be allowed, if they dosire it, a transfer
to organixations fron> their own States, in
the srune arm of the service.
Sec.,3. That at tlie expiration of six months
ftx>m the first day of April hext, a boimty
of $100 in a six per^iguit Government bpnd,
j Ta woTXJ-y tnil^F^
by uuthurised to issue, shall be pwd to eve
ry non-coinmissioned officer, musician and
private who shall tlien be in service, or in
the event of his death previous to the period
of'such payment, then to tlje person or per-
saus who woiild be entitled t® receive by law
the arrearages of his pay; but no one shall he
entitled to the bounty herein provided who
shall at ariy time, during the period of six
ton or mixed dpths, hftts, wagons, harnesa,} the
An Act to tuepend the privUeye of the Wt'ii
Hai>ta» G&rput in certain ca»Ot.
Whereas, the Oon8titntio#pf the Confed-
erate SUtes of America proTide. in ArtiolaJ "a
1 a nD uo*ii. u*.u • % monttis next arxer the said first day ot April
1, Seobou 9, Parittreph 3, that “tho pnvi!'
lege of the wnt of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended unlees when in case of rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety may re
quire it;” and ij^ereas, the power of sus
pending the privilege of said writ as recog
nised in said Article 1, is vested solely in
the Congress, which is the exclusive judge
of the aebessity of such suspension; and
whereas, in the opinion of the Congros^ the
public safety requires the suspension of said
writ in the existing case of the invasi^ni 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 inforuied Congress of conditions of
public danger which render tho Bus}>ensior>
of the writ a measure proper for tho public
defence against invasion and insurrection;
BOW, ther^ore,
The Congress of 4he Confederate States of
America do wiact, That during the present
lavaeioQ of the Confederate States, tlie priv
ilege of the writ of habeas corpus be, and
the same ia hereby, suspended; but such sus-
peatton shaU apply only to the cases of per-
•ons arrested or detained by order of the
President, Secl^tary of War, or tlie General
Officer oommanding the Trans-Mississippi
Military Department, by the authority and
mader the oontrol of the President It ia
Vamh^ ^4«filared th^t the purpose of Con-*
gr» m the.passam of this act is to provide
more effectually for the public safety by
suspending the writ of habeas c(H*pus in the
following eases and no other
L treaeoQ, or treasonable efibrts or
oombiaationa to subvwt the government of
the Confederate States.
IL Of oonspiraoies to overthrow the gov-
wnment, or c(^piracie8 to resist the lawful
apthoriW of the Clonfoderate States.
UL Of combining to assist^the enemy, or
of oommunicati^ intelligence to the enemy
or him aid and comfort ’
iV. Ot ooi^piraci^ preparations and at
tempts to incite servile insurr^tion.
V. Of desertioos or encouraging »doser-
tioBS, of harboring deserters, and of attempts
to avoid military service: Provided, That in
caee of palpable wrong and oppression by
My Bubordmate officer upon any party who
does not legally owe military service, his
m>enor officer shall grwit prompt relief to
coal, iron, steel or nails, at any time h»-
tween the 1st of January 1863, and the Ivt
of January 1866, 10 per cent, in additio:^
to the tax on bu(^ profits ae iaoma» under
the **act to lay taxes for the oommim defence,
and carry on the Qovemmmt of the Coo
federate Statee,** approved April 2^ 1863.
XL On all profits made by buying and
Belling money, gold, silver, fondgn exohange,
■looka, nolH, Mta, mditii or obfifirtioiii
owre^ party, and tiie subordinate
shall be dismis^ i^m office.
TL W spies uid other onaissaries of the
eaemy.'
Vu. W hiding correspondence or inter
course with the enemy, without necessity,
and without tho permission of the Ooni^e-
ra^' P^Atef.
VI L Of uultrrftil trading with the ene-
d ether oG^oeB against the laws
BisdOT^te Biatw, eneeied Io pion9li
cxw
be aljueut from his commaud without leave.
Sec. 4. That no person shall be relieved
from the operation of this act by reason of
haviug bpon heretofore discharged fwm the
army where no disability now exists; nor
shall those who have furnished substitutes
be any lonror exempted by reason thereofi
Provided, that no person, heretofore exempt
ed on acccnint 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
Sec. 5. That all white male residents of
the Confederate States, between the agos of
17 iiiid IS^ and 45 aud 60 years, shall enroll
tli«mselvos at such times and places, and
under siKsh regulations, as the 'President
may prescribo, the time allowed not being
less than 30 dayji for those east, and 60 days
for thoee west of the Mississippi river, and
any person who shall fail so to enn^l him-
seli, witliout a reasonable excuse therefor,
to be judgod of by tlie President, shall be
placed in service in the field for the war, in
the same manner as though they were be
tween the ages of 18 and 45: Provided, that
tho pursoDs mentianed in this section shall
constitute a reserve for State defence aaci
detail duty, and shall not be required to
perform service oat of the State ^ which
th^ reside.
" 6. That all penous required ij Sb
6th section of this act to enroll thems^ves,
may'Within 30 days after the passa^^e-there-
ot, east of the Mississippi, and \nthin 60
days, if west of said river, tbrm themselves
into voluntary organizations of companies,
battali»B or regiment^ and dect their own
c^oers; said orgamiatione to eonforni to the
existing laws; anl, haviog so oi^aniae^ to
tender dieir services as volunteers during
the war to tho President; aud if such o£gan-
izations sliail furnish proper muster rolls, &s
now organized, lud deposit a copy thoreof
with the enrouing officer of their district,
which shall be equivalent to enrollment,
they may be accepted ae minute men tor
>)^’^ce in such State, but in no event to be
t^on out Tiiose who do not so volun-
t^r aud organize, shall enroll thenaselves as
before provided.; and may, by the President,
be required to assemble at oonvenient pla
ces ot rendesvouB, and be formed or organ
ized into companies, battalions and r^-
ments, under r^ruladcms to be prescribed
by him; and sh^l have the right to. elect
their company and r^imental officers; and
all troops organized under this act for State
defence, shim be entitled, while in actua^
service, to the same pay aad allowance as
troops now in the field.
6^ 7. That any person who shall fail to
att^d at the place of rttidesyona as required
bf the aothori^ of the FMndflat, witbott
shiUl be liable
field for Hie war
ages of 18 and 45,
Sec. 8. That hereaffcw tibe dmties of pro
vost and ho^tal goarda and ckueks, aka of
c1m4cs, guaras, a^nts, employees er labor
ers m ^ Commissa^ and Qoartermaater’s
Departments, in the (^dnance Bureau, and
of deriu aad employees nttfj agents, as
also in the ezecatioa oi the enroUmeot aet.'
and all similar duties, shall be p^rformAa
by persons who are within the agee of >18
and 45 years, and who by the repMt of a
Board of ^rmy sorgeons s^all be reported
as unable to perform active serviee lu the
field, but capable of performing some of the
above said duties, specifying which, .and
when these j^ersons sliall have been asaijsrned
to thoee duties aa for as practicable, the Pre
sident shall assign or detail to their perform
ance such bodies, of troops, or individuals,
required to be enrblled under tlie 5tli sec
tion’of this act, as may be needed for the
discharge of such duties: Provided, that
persons between the ages of IT and 18 shall
be assigned to tliose duties: Projided f^r-
tlier, that nothing contained in this act fahall
be so construed ^ to prevent the President
from detailing artisans, mechanics, or per
sons of scientific skill, to perform indispen
sable duties in the departments or bureiaiis
herein ineationed.
Sec. That ^7 QuarfcermeBte^ or As-,
sistant Qaartenhaster, Conpaaissory or Am
sistant (^ifemissji^, (other Jban eerv-
i{kg with hiigad^ or regiments iiiHbe field,)
or officers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Na'^^
Ageats, or Provost Marshal, or officer in
the eonscript service, who shall hereafter
employ or retain in his employment any
person in any of their said departments er
bureaus, or in any of tiie duties mentioned
in the 8th seetloB Mils act, in violation of
the [^visions hereof, shall, on coavictioa
thweof by a oonrt-ma^al or military court,
be cashiered; aad it shall be the duty of any
department or district coraraander, upon
pi^f, by the oath any credible per^,
that any such officer has violated this pro
vision. immediately to relieve suoh officer
from duty; and said eommaaders shall take
]H^>mpt measures to have him tried for such
offence; and any commander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upon being duly convicted
thereof, be discharffed from the service.
Sec. 10. That all laws wanting exemp
tions from military service oe, and the same
hereby repealed, and hereafter, none
are.
shall bo exempted except the following^
All who shall be held unfit for milita
ry service, under rules to be prescribed by
the Secretary of Wfur.
2. The Vice President of the ConfcderaSie
States, the rrfembers and officers of Congress
and of tlie several State Le^latures, and
sach other Confederate and otate officers as
tho Pr^ident, or the Qoveriior of the re
spective States, may certify to^e neccssary
for the proper administration of the Con
federate or State Govemmenta, as the ca^
may be.
8. Every minister of relirfon authorixed to
preach according to the rmes of his church,
and who, at the p^issage of this act, shall be
re^larly employed in the discharge of his
ministerial duties; superiatendeats and phy-
aiciaus of aeyluma Tor itie d«af and dumb
and blind and of the insane; Mie editor -for
each newspaper being published at the time
of this aet, and such emf^oyees as said edi
tor may certify, on oath, to be indispensable
to the publication of suoh newspaper; the
publio printer of the Confbderate and State
wvemmentB, «id such ioumeymen print
ers as the' said public' printer snail certify,
on oath, to be indispensable to perfons t^
(^mblic printing; one skilled apothecary *in
each apothecary store, who was doing busi
ness as such on the 10th day of Oct’r«ld63,
and has continued said business, withaut
intermission, since that period; all physi
cians over the age of 30 years, who now are,
and for the last 7 years have been, iu the
aotual and regular practice of their profes
sion, but the term phyuician shall npt in
clude dentists’ all president aud teachers
of colleges, theological seminaries, acade
mies and schools, who have been re^arly
engaged as such for two years next oefore
tlie passtvge of this act: I'rovided, that the
beu^t this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only wnoeo schools are com
posed of 20 students or more. All superin-
teudeuts of nftiblic hosj^itals, established by
law before tnS passage of tliis act, and such
physicians and nurses therein as such su-
perintondenta^shall ceotify, on oath, to bo
indispensable to the proper and efficient
manujmmeut thereof.
4. There sKall be* exempt xie peraoR as.
owner or agriculturist on eaoh farm or plan
tation upoa which, there are i^ow, and were
on the 1st day of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands, l^tween the figes of 16 and 50.
upon the f(^owin^ conditions:
li This exemption sliall only be granted
in cases in which there is no white male
a^fdt or pUiUatipa.jBot iiable ]k>
militaiy servioe, nor iwess the pers(m claim
ing the exwnptiea was ^ the 1st day of
Jaa’y 1864, either the Qwuer'and manager
or overseer of said {^antatioii, bat in no case
shall mcMre than one person Ira exempted for
one form or plaafialion.
2u Such person shall first execute a bond,
payable to the Confederate States ef Amer
ica. in such form, and with suoh s^nrity,
and in such penalty aa the Secretary of War
may prescribe, conditioned t^t ];^ ^ill de
liver to the Government at some railroad
depot, or such other place or places as may
be designated by the Secretary of War,
within 12 months aext ensuing 100 poonds
of bacon, or, at the Section of the Goyera*
ment, its e]^uivalent in pNrk, and 100 lbs. of
net b^ (said beef to be deUvered on foot,)
fen* each able-bodied slave on said farm (h*
plantation, within the above said ages, whe
ther said ^ves in tilie field or not, wMch
said baocxi or pork and beef shaU be.paid
for by the Govemment at the prices fixed
by tho Conumssi(mers State under the
impressment Al: Proyided, tluit wh«i tlie
j>erBon thus exempted shall produoe satia-
liu^o^ eyidence that it has been impossible
for hin^ by the exercise of prop^ dyigeaoe,
to furnish the lunount of meat thus contraot-
ed for, and leave an adeqtu^
subffistence of thoee Hying m the said £urm
or plantatioai, the Seoreti^j oi 'War shall
draft a ao—mtatloo of tM aanuk to tlM
previsleiML, to be d^ivei^ ky sodf
as aforesaid at equivalent ral^
8. Suoh pessoa shall fturther'hiBd
to sell the marketable surplas of:
■®|d grain aow on hand, aad whic
raise from year t(^ear while his exem,
continues, to the Gfovenunwit or to the _
iHes of soldiers, at prices fixed by the Ooii^
miMioaers ef the State under the impress
ment aet: Provided, that any jmtsoki wc-
emp^ as aforesaid, shall bo enutied to a
credit of 25 p>er cent, on any amomnt of meat
which he may deliver within three months
from the passage of this act: Provided far
ther, that jpersoua coming within the provi
sions of tltis exemption shall not be deprived
of the benefit thereof by reason of having
been enr«*iied biuc-e the ist day of Feb. 18®*.
4. In addition to the foregoing exenrp-
ti/HJB, the Sec retary of War, under the di-
rtciior of the Pre.siden't, may exempt or de
tail such other persons uo ho maj be satis
fied oQght to be exempted on aocount of
pubUc necessity, and to insure the prodoo-
tion of grain and other provisions for the
army aitd tiie families of soUliers. He may,
also, grant oxeuiptions or details, on such
terms as he may prescrilj©, to sudi over-
seers^ fariBers er planters as he may be sat
isfied wiM be more useful to the country in
the pursuits 0/ agriculture than in the mili
tary servioe: Provided, that such exemption
sh^ oease whenever the farmer, planter or
overseer shall fail diligently to employ in
geod fiuth, hie own skill, capital and labor
exdusively in the production of grain and
provisions, to be sold to the Government and
the ikmilies of soldier^t prices not exceed
ing H««e fixed at the time for like articles
by t«ui Oommissioners of the State, under
the iq|9Kxfisment aot.
5. l^e president, treasurer, auditor and
snpertatendent of any railroad company en
gaged in transpcHTtation for the (^vemment,
and Mch office wid employees thereof aa
the i^^ident or superiut^Ment shall Certify
on oath to be indispensable to the efficient
operation of said railroad: Provided, that
the number of persons so esempted by this
act 0% any railroad shall not exceed one per
son far each mile of such road in actual use
fok* Tv^altary tranu>ortation; and said exempts
shistoi be reported by name and description,
with the names of any who have Iw the
employment of said company, or who may
e»Me to i>e indispensable.
4. That nothing herein contained shall
be co;istrued as repealing the act approved
April tho 14th 1863, entitled an act to ex
empt contractors for carrying the mails ot
tha Confederate States, and the drivers oi
poet coaches and hacks, from military -ser
vice: Provided, that all the exemptions
granted under this act shall cmly continue
whilst Uie persons exempted are actmUly
enga^d in their respective pursuits, or oc-
cupatioaa. ^
Sec. 11. That the President be, and he is
hereby, autliorixed to grant details, under
^neral rules and regabtions to be issued
from the War Department, either ef persons
between 45 and 50 years of or from the
army in the field, in all oases where, ia his
judgment, j'ustice, equity and necessity re
quire such detaiU, and he may revoke such
orders of detcdls whenever he iiinks preper
Provided, that the power hMein granted to
the Preaideat to make details aad exemp
tions shall not be construed to authwiae the
exemption or detail of any contractor for
ftimisaing supplies of any Idnd to Uie Gk>y-
emment, by reason of said contract, unless
the head or secretary of the departmrat ma
king such contract saall certify that the p«r-
sonal services of such contntbtor are indis-
g)usable to the execution of said contract:
royided further, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully,
to proceed with the executiou of such coi|-
tract, his exemption or detail shall cease.
Sec: IS. That in appointing local boards
of surgeons for the examination of persons
liable to military service, no member com^
posing tho same shall be appointed from the
county or enrolling district in which they
are required to m^e such examination.
1
Post Offloe, Fayetteville, N. C.,
“ OOTOBXB 3, 1863.
Sefuditk of the Arrtpal and Dtpar&tr$ a/ tK* MwUt at
Ofiee.
BALEIQH via AV£aA8BU&0*, ftc.
Arrivee daily, exe«pt Sandav, »t M P. H.
Deperts daily, except Batarday at o P. M.
RALBIOH via SUMMEBYILIA.
Departs Tuesday and Friday at 6 A. M.
Arrivea Wednesday and Sanday at 9 P. M.
tfARSAW tU CLUfTOH.
Arrivca dully at 12 now.
Departs daily at'l} P. M.
OAATHAOB.
ArriTea Taesd&y, Thursday and Satardfy at 7 F. fii.
Departs Monday, Weda^ay and Friday at 1 P. M.
CSgRAW, 8. O.
Arrivee Tuesday, Thuraday iutd Satiirday at 6 P. M.
Departs Saaday, Tuesday and Tkureday at 1 P. M.
FAIU ULUFF via LUHBEBTON..
ArriTee Tue»i«y, Thursday and Satoriay at 6 A. M.
Departs Buntl-ty, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M.
ROaESON’8 vU BLIZABETHTOWN.
Departs Mond«y, Wedaoeday and Friday at 6 A. M.
Arrivoe Tuesd^, Ihucday and Saturday at 2 P. II.
ELIZABEf SXOWN IBftlUUKTH.
- arC«Mi aonoay at« p. *. ® "
Depafis sai£» (Moaday) at 6 P. ME; *
• UAQNOLlA^C^ilBSS OBEK.'•*
Aniveft Tuesday at 2 P. M.
Dep^ same thj (Tuesday) at» P. If.
dWIFT I8LAHD via MONTBOSB, OOVIKOTOII iw4
PeWBLLTOH.
ArItw Tuesday at 0 P. M.
Departs We|peaday at 11 A. M.
SWIFT iSLAin) via TEOT.
Arrives Tuasda^ at S P. M.
Departs Wedne^y at 11 ▲. 11.
AU mails Wriiig before 7t A. Bf , are eloeed tke eves
ag iK^Mre at .9 P. ftl. All letters to be sent Ot tmm
uiis (^loe, other t^aa by mail, must be paid fw tl
sent by aaU. AU drop lettm should be me-pald by
2 oent stamps.
The 0^ ®“ »o»4ay firoa 8| to M ▲.
lit, awl flfom 4} to 0| P. M.
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grofwing eapital and firmer hold mraa puUie oe»>
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