LAWS
Hmjkjoaxt Fu*t 16s 1864.
4m Aet 10 JNi^df Tvus amd Limit ike Currmcy.
ilovioif 1. 7^ OoHffrtM of the Oonfederents
SUUm of ^KMrtoa do That the holders of
ail Tnuxury notes above the denomiaation of $5,
BOt bearing interest, shall be allowed nntil the
1st daj of April 18M, east of the MiMisiippi, to
fnnd the samei and nntil the poxioda and at the
pl&oos stntcd, the holders of all sneh Treasury
noceit nhali be allowed to fond the samv in regis
tered bonds, payable 20 years after their date,
beannjf interoBt at the rate of 4 per oent. per aa
Qoiu, p:;ya»>i;’ 00 the 1st of January and Joly ol
each jcar.
9®*’ ^ The of thf .Tr«^asurv is^ersi'v
•utlioriaed to issue th« Vnuia re^Jaited for the
funding provided for iu the preoeiiiag sc'i.ioa,
and ustii the bop(i0>-oaii be prepared he- may ia»!ue
eortifida^ to aaswar the p uiTpose. Stich bonds
and oertifioates shall be reccrivaHle without iator-
est in psyment of all Gk)ver'»pr***nt dues payable
in the year 1864. except export and import duties.
Sso. 8. That fill Troaaury notes of the denozni-
nation ot f 100, not bearing intorestj which shall
not be presented for funding under the provisions
of the 1st section of this act, shall, ttoni and afl«ir
the 1st day of April 1864, east of the Mississippi
river, and the 1st day of Juiy 1864, H«st of tue
Mississippi, ceacid to be receivable in payment ol
publio dum, and said notes, if not so presented at
that time, shall, in addition to the .tax of 334
oenta imposed in the 4th section of this act, be
•nbjeoted to a tax of 10 per cent, per oionth un
til so presented; wHoh raxes ehall att&oh to said
QOtes where licr circalsted, and shall be ?io*iGoVad
from the iaoe of t%id notw whenever pj"'on«i^
for payment or for fuadiag, *nd said
not be fiscbaogcable for ti*c new issud of Trea-
provided in this act.
4. That on all sa^d Treasury notes not
funded or used in p&yxaen> cf taxes at the dated
and piaees presoribe'd in the 1st section of this
•et, there shall be levied at said dates and places
a tax of 83| cents for every loliar promised on
the &C6 of said notes: said tax shall attach to said
notes wherever oirculat«d, and shall be collected
by deduoting the sanae at the treasury, its dsposi-
tories an(i by oolleotor*?, and by Govern
tneut of.'’cor^ r(»esivi«je the tame s'bene'^er pre
sented f payment cr for fundin»>;, ^ in payranai
of Q-overament dues, cr fur or in os-
ehange for new notee.a/^l.crtiijaltcr provided, and
said Tyfla^ttry notes mkail t>e fucdab^ in bocdb as
woTided in the 1st section of this act, until the
Lrt day of January 1865, at the rate of 66f centfc
on the dollar; and it shall bo the duty ef the Sec
retary of the Treasury, at any time between the
lat of April and the 1st of July, 1864, west of
the Mississippi river, and the 1st of January 1865,
to substitute and exchange new Treasury notes
fbr the same at the rate ef 6€f cents on the dol
lar: iVotmfW, That notes of the denomination of
9100 shall net be entitled to the privilege of Fud
ezahange: Provide further^ that the right to
fnnd anj of i:aid Treasury notes, after the 1st day
of Janaaf7 1865, ishere% taken away: And pro-
9%d^ fwrthkr^ That upon al^uoh Treasury notes
which may remain outstanding on the Jet day 'ol
January 1865, and which may uot bt ciuhaijgcd
Iftr new Treasiu'y note?, as herein provided, a tax
of 100 per oent. is hereby imposca.
8bo. 5 That after the first day of A^ril next,
all authority heretofore given to the Secretary oi
the Treasury xa uwue Treasury not^ sUall be, and
is hereby, revoked: Provid :!, the 81 n^cu. v 01
the Treasury may, after that time, iisne c.sw
Treasary aotetj, ia such form as he may pvosorib*^.
payable mq years aiter tte ratification cf a trc'i j
of peace nth the Uaited States, said new is*n ■
to be recoiv&ble in payment of all public d'j‘
axeeot ex^rt and import dancs, to be iii^aed tn
exchakiige for old noteij at ihe r^*e of 2 yf
.the new for 3 th's o!J i-wuM. whether ^iBid
aeeca be sarrotidercd tor exohaQK« by the L. -i;
thereof, or be rooei^ed rh’ Ts«*-.ary
the piOTi; .^0 ui t.tiir tikildi r oJ t'
new uotoo 01 O’ ^ .■ oiu . otco, ex■•;. » -c et the
tleaominauon oi HiuU, alter thzj are reduaed to
66f ecnts oa tiiu dollar bv the ux aioresaid, may
convert the same into call eertiffoatos bearing x?t-
ter^t at tho race of 4 per oent. per ansum, tad
payable two years after • ratification ^ a treaty
of peace with the United States, unless sOaser
®onverted into new notes. _ «
810. 6. That to pay the expcnsec- of the Qcv-
trament not otherwise provided for, the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby autboriiad to issue o
por bondd to an amount uot ezeceding dve
nn:id.’^jd miilioas of dollars, the priaeipai asd ia-
Ipr- ^ ’■'hereof akall be free from taxation, and
for the •i^ymont of interest tncreon tha entire net
receipts of any export duty hereafter laid on the
value of »ny ootton, tobaeeo, and naval stores,
whicn dhall be exported from the Oonfcderate
Seate-j, aad he net ptoeeods of th« import duties
now laid, or 90 much thereof as may be necessary
to pay aaauaiij the latcre-iit, ara hereby epeciaiiy
pledged: Provided, that the datios now laid on
imports are nereby pledged arfd shall hereaf
ter be paid in specie, or in sterling exohangc, cr.
in coupons of said bonds. ^
8bo. 7. That the Seoretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorued, from time to ijme, as the
wants of the Treasury may require it, to sell or
hypothecate for Treasury notes said bonds, or any
part thereof, apon the best terms he can, so as to
meet appropriations by Congress, and at the eame
Ome reduce.and restrict the aaionut of the cir^u-
kuon in Treasury notes within reasonable and
sate limiti.
Sio. 8. The bondi aQtLariied by the 6th sec
tion of this act may be either registered or cou*
pm bondfly as the parties taking them may oleot;
aad they may be exchanged for each other under
■B«h regolaUoas as tn« Seorbtary o^ t^c Trmvurv
may prescribe. They slyill be for $100^ and sboU
ogether witii the coupons thereto attached, be in
.aoli form ani of such aathouticatioa as the Seo
retary of chtf Troaaury may proscribe the intorc9t
sfiall bo payable half yearly on the first of Jkn’j
and July in wh .year; the principal shall be paj
able not leea than 30 yeara from their datu.
Sbo. 9. All oall certificates ahall.be fundable,
aad iliall be taxed in all respects as is provideti
for the Treasury notes into which they are eon-
fertible. If converted before the time fixed for
taxing the Treasury notes, such -eortifioate^ ahail
from that time be« interest upon only 60| c>.tv
for evorj dollar promiBcd upon their face, tiod
shall be redeemable in new Treasury notes at
that rate; but after the pastiage of this act no call
oertiioi^ ehall bo iasned until aftor the firet day
of ApriL 1864. .
Sio. iO. That if any bank of deposit shall {^ve
ill depoeitors the bon^ aathorised by the firat
Mction ot tliis act, in exehange for their doponits
and speoifying the same os th9. bonds by some
iistinotive mark or token, to be agreed upon with
I le Seoretary oi the Treasury, then tjie ^d de-'
poaitor ahall b« entitled to reoieve the amount of
nid bonds ia Treasury notes, bearing no interest
and outstanding at the passage ot aet: /Vo-
viehdf the laid bonda are preflentod before tho
pciTii^ of funding said Kotoa at par shall oeaso
w kereia preearibed.
Sm. 11. That aU Treasnrj notes heirstofcso
i«ad of ^ denoaiiaation of $6 shall continae
|9 bo roodrable in p»meak public daw, as
ffwidad hj ImWf aaa nuadable at par undor the
ptmimM TZAtil tha first of Jolj, 1864,
pttftai aotiltlM ibrst Oetober 1864, weat of
pm dnt, ImH ^ thai tiBu tl«y
shall be .7T»bji5ot to a «z ef 834
ery dolla' promi^ on the fiwo ihereof, said tax
to attach to a^d notes wherever circulated, and
said notoi 4e bo fu!)d*ble and ezchaBgeable for new
Treasury notes, as herein proTidod, subject to
the deduction ef said tax.
8*0. 12. That any State holding Treasury
notes roce ved before tho times herein fixed for
taxing said notes shall be allowed till the first
day of January 1865, to fund the same in 6 pe?
cent, bonus of tao Coiifcdoratc States, payable 2 .>
years after date, and the interest payable semi-
auaually. Hut all TTeasur^ notes reseivfJd by
auy SUto iftor the'time fixed for taxing the »?ne
as aforesaid, shall be held to have been received
iliminiaiied by the amount of said tax. .The di«-
OTiuii;iatir»n between the not-as subject the bix
And those not so subject, ahall bo—
Si3. 1^^. That Traafinry. notes heretofore issu«d
bonrlng i-at^rest at the rr.tc of $7 SD on the S1*>0
psfr p.rnuTn. nhall no !pn;>er be receiv'ni in pt y-
mont of ppti'irt auea, but ^hall be de«Tned a id
coafiidfrnd bonus 01 the Gonfedoraf-c Stat^, pa’ a-
ble two years arter the ratificatioji ot >. treaty of
peaiie wish the United States, beanng ther'yate ti
intcroet specified on their fa^'o, ’'»%*abl« let of
Janusury of each and every year.
8ko. 14. That the Seoretary of t*ie Traaflui^
be, and he is hereby, authorieod, in 'we tjio • a-
srenoies of the Governiroot should r»*q%ire it, to
pay tho doTj'.and of any public creditor *vhose dfcbt
may be coatractcd aft-cr the patt**go of this a»t,
wiliiojj to r*'fyive the f»«t»ie in a ♦tt>»ti9oate of in
debtedness, t« i>b by said Sootetary in sn ih
form as he accm proper, payable two^e»js
siter a TaH^catros of a irraty of poaeo with the
Uni‘od State*!, i’^^i 3t ?.t iht ratC 'Of'six
‘oer ccpi. p.ir anauTja, pay&';lft eemi-annuGlly, and
traasffiable or^ly by specicl endorsement, under
rcf^nlaticQs to be pre^crib: d by the Seoretary of
tho Treasury, end szii oertjileatefl shall be exompt
fVom ta?:atioa in piucipal »nd interest
Sec. 15. The Seoretary ot tho Treasury is au
thorized to incre«)e the ntsnOer of dcpoaitorie? so
as to meet the rrquirenaente of this act, ^nd w tb
that view to employ Huoh of the banks ®t the b*jV-
eral States as ho may deem expedient.
8ro. 16. The Secretary of the Treasury sh-*ll
forthwith advertise thu acl in such newspap-i||p
published in the several 8ta.i«s, andby suoh otl ®r
tatanVa^ shall secure immevnate publicity^ and
the of ar awl the Seoretary of the
Navy II each ca\i«e it to b«^ubli!4iod in gene
ral order for th> iaformatioa of tiM army and
*rf.
8*0. 17 The 42d seontn ef the act fbr the
assesamcnt and collection of taxes, approved May
1st-1863, ia heioby repealed.
8*0. ?8. The Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authoriied and required, npon the appli
cation of the holder of any^call ceraScate, which,
by tho first section of the act to provide for the
funding aad further issue of Treasury notes, ap
proved March 2Jd 18G3, was rc(juired lo be
thereafter'deemed to be a bocd, to issue to each
holder a bond therefor upob the terms provided
by said ac.‘.
An Act to l^:»y additio*%ai Tae^s for iKe cmnr
Tfxon Stfe'iyQ'e. ^nd s^{pport of Q-iynemmfmi.
60C. 1. Tho C/i>Qgro&a of tho.Oonfevierhti;
Sifttca of Ainerica do «nact, Tliat in ad ii
tioii to the taxes levied by the act “to Uy
taias lor the co’nraon dofonco and to carry on
the Govornmont of the Confederate State®,”
I approved 24th of April 1863, there shall be
!tr It' \ fruJji rl.o of this act, on the
euK:M'*5, o,‘ Lnrrftior boicafler iv>entioQ»id,
and coluxrvJ from ovor person, copartD.ar-
eh'p, asa.Kjia ' Jii or wr-x ’-ation, liable there-
f . taxos tlilloTfa, t>Tftit:
I. U]>>n tlifi value 0/ pro|>erty, raal, p»r
lai and luixoJ, ol ovafy kind and deecj
» .t hor4M:>.^jVr ©xemvtod or taxed *ta
■; ? rate 5 p'>i ^eut.: Provided, T;i»i
>. t
rate 5
Ut.x on vtti’ij^of property fm-
■ in ai'rif.Di'J..r« shall be dediioteJ 'iIh
= .. f t'tbe V x n nnd deHvered theretro-n^
ftf. nii.2essea un»Un law impoeinsrIt, i»nd
djt:>ered to th*, (i^ovemraent: Froriciod,
TliSit no bt allc^#*d b«yoi..' 5
por cent.
n. On the cf gold and silver wares
and plate, jc\?ela, jewolrj and w^atchee, 10
per c«?nt.
III. The valn'3 of property tAsed nn?er
this eoijtion BhiJl bo asso^isod on the baais of
tne nip.r’ret (^f the eatne, or similar po>
party in tl’e uc'g!;'-!»rhood where aaeoBaoa. in
the y^ar IS^O, cxcopt in caseH where lai-.d,
siavoB, cotipn or tot;r»ceo^ have been p;ir-
■chafod ainc#? v’*=?j 1st day of January 18r^,
in which
and to
at the prico actiiAil# paid for th© same by
tho owacr.
Sec. 2. (’n 11k* vakia of ail shares or int»>r-
Gdts hdd m any baak, banting company w
asijociaiion, can-J, navigation, itnportii g.
exportincr, iirourjiac©, uiaaufactaring, te.e-
grapi*, espiesti, ~aiu' a-vi ami dry-dock co n-
paaioB, and all other jv»jui -j‘ock oompaa^ea
of every kin% whpai^r ia«or>^ rafced or nv>t,
•5 per cent.
The valne of property taxed under tMe
seeliSn aUail b-j ■ 'Ho I npon the basis ol
tuo market valae* ot such property in the
noi,yhborhood whora aesG38ed, m sneh cur
rency as may be in- general use there, in the
purchase and sale of auch^ property, at tiae
time of aasoaamcnt.
Bfic. 3.-* Upon the amoimt of all gojd aud
•ilver coin, gold Ju'jt.sc.id «r cHver bullion,
wkether hehl oy the bauks or other corjK>-
rafciona or iadividuals, 6 per cenj;.; and upto
aU moneys h^' 1 r.bro^d, or the amount
01 Hi. AXriiRns'e, ^rawn iLaretor on
loreign yoojitr.ets . t 5 per cent.; such
tax npon tnon«!V abria f to oe asseuaed and
^obected r,cc'rdhig to tna v!tlne ther^jof at
L*i‘j , where ^lie is paid.
U. *j . ,v ,iic ait'ount 01 ail solvent cre
dits, (,f- all .;iL‘s und all othor pa-
pjra M ’arrency^ ei;clusiTe of nou-
J>G-»,rhift C.’-> ^j^iorat.i treasory notefS,
and not a»u.r»J' ve«.l in ' regiijtered busing,
the inoujuo don ^ ^d t in whieh ia taxed, 5
per cent. “
8eo. 4. 0'On nronis m&de in trade and
on^ineaa,« ff'Uowa:
L UniLw ^ tP ado by buying and sell-
mi? snint- nb ...rujix, iionr, wheat, oom, rice,
Bugar, or sirup, aelt, l?^n, pork,
ho^, beej or bcex oaiilo, sheep, oats, haj,
fodder, raw hide?, leatuor, horeos, mtiloB,
boots, ehoes, oott-in y-vnB, w xjI, woolen, co^-;
toji or liiiscd clotn3, hii^, wftgonc, hamoee, |
eoal, iron, steel or naik, at any time be
tween the 1st of Janiiary 1863, and tho 1st
of Jaanary 1865, 10 per cant., in suiditiou
to the tax on sjic’i prs^ta aa inoouie under
the “act to lay tazsa i^r tho common dofonoe,
and cp.nj oa tiio GoY9niment of tho Oon
federate States,” approved Aprii~84,18C3.
IL On all •proEta made by buying and
•elling money, gold, sUver, foreign exchange,
tr or effects of any kind, not eaumerated n
the preceding paragntph, between the tiqies
namVd therem, 10 per oent, in addition to
the tax on such profits as income, under the
act afor^aid.
m. Oa the amo«ni oi profits exceeding
25 per cent, made during eitW of the years
1863 and 1864, by any bank or banking
coi^any, insurance canal> navigation, im-
poi^ng and e^roorting, telegraph, express,
railroad, manuacturing, dry dock, or other
joint stock company of any description,
■wrhether iBco»T3orated or not, 25 per cent on
-such excess.
Sko. 5. The following exemptions from
taxation nndor this act shaU be allowed,
to-vrit:
I. Property of ei^h head of a family to
.the valne of $500; and for each minor child
of the faiwil^to the fnrther value of flOOj
and for *«ach son actually enga^d in the
army or na^^^y, or who has died or been
killed in the i^itnry or naval servioe, and
who was a member of the family when he
entered ^^e oervics, to the forthM* value of
$500.
II. Property of the widow of any of&cer,
soldier, «ailor or marina, mHio * may have
died or been killed in the military or naval
service, where there is no widow, then of
the family, 4>eing Bsdner children, to the
valn^ of flOOO.
ni. Proper^ of eyeiy offiier, toldiQr,
sailor »r mariTie, actuary ^figaged in the
cTiilitarv or naval service, or ot such as r.ave
baen disabled in such servicc. to the value
of 6100|[’; provided, that the above exemp
tions stall net apply to any - person, whpse
property, e:iolusive ot hauaehold ftirniture,
shall be assessed at a value exceeding $1000.
IV. That where property has been injured
br destroyed by the enemy, or the owner
thereof has been temporarily deprived of the
use or occupancy thereof, or of the means
of cultivating the same, 1^, reason of the
presence or the proximity of the enemy,
the assessment on such property may be
reduced, in proportion to the damage SttS'
tidned by the owner, or the tax aaaessed
thereon may be-reduced in the same ratio
by tbe district collector, on eatisfactory evi
dence submitted to him. by the owner or as-
^seesor.
8bo. 6. That the taxes oa property l^d
for tho year 1864, shall be aegessed as on
the day oi the passage of this act, and be
due and collected en the 1st day of June
next, or ao soon after as practi3able,.«llow-
ing an extension of 90 days Weat of tho
Mississippi river The additidnal taxes on
inoomea or profits for the year 1863, levied
by this act, shall be assessed and collected
forthwith'; and the taxes on incomes or pro
fits for the year 1864, shall be assessed and
collected according to the jjrovisions of the
tax and aseeosment acta of 186-3.
Seo. 7. So mnch of the tax act o^the 24th
day of April 1863, as levies a tax on in-
comee derived from property or effects on
tho amount or value of which a tax ia levied
by tb^ act, and also the 1st eectionof said
act, are enspended .for the .^ear 1864, and
no eet)4tiatQa rent, hire or interest on pro*
pertT or credits heroin taxed ad valorem,
ail all bo aseeesud or taxed as inc.omes nnd»^
the tax act of 1863.
Seo. 8. Tb2.t t^-; t^x imposed by this act
on bond* of tiie Gonfederato Slatea herato-
(V’rtj irr''s«d, eb*H fn «m» osu»a tha in
terest on the eamc^and such bonds, when
held by or for rDiT/^)rs or lunatiea, ehall be
exempt from the tax in all cases where tho
interest on the same shall not exceed $1000.
An Act to the prim^i of tha WrU
Hahtaa Corpus in certain cases.
Whereas, the Oonstitution of the Confed
erate States of Amarica provides in Article
1, Section 9, Par^raph 3, th.'it “the privi
lege of the writ 01 habeas corpus shall not
be suspended unless when in c»«9 of rebel-
liMi or invasion, the public safety may re
quire it;” and whorefw, tho power of sus-
pendir^ tho privilege of said writ as recog-
nixed in said Arti^e 1, is veUod solely in
the Congress, which is the exilusivo judge
of the necessity of euch siilpenaion; and
wher^, in the opinion of theCongresa, the
ch 0^59 the sfiid iMid, elavcb, cott m public safety reqnircs the Bnstension of-said
hnc'^ o 80 "nr.b :,: ed, 8';all be asaesMd. writ in th© existing case of ae invasion of
these States by the armies 0^ the United
States; and whereas, the Preaicent has asked
for tha suspension of the writof habeas cor
pus, and intprmed Congress o' conditions of
public danger which render the suspension
of the writ a measure proper for the public
defenoc againsj; invasion and insttrroction;
now, therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of
Americ-a do enact, Thftt during the present?
invasion of the Confederats States, the priv-^
ilego of th# writ of habeas corpus be, and
the same is hereby, suspendad; but such sus
pension sljall apply only to th« cases of per
sona arrested or detained by order of the
President, Secret^ of War, or ihe General
OfiS'jcr commanding the TVans-Mississippi
Military Department, by the aapority and
under the control of the Prosi(][ont It ia
hereby declared that Ihe purpdbe of Con-'
grass in tho passage of this act is tO provide
more effectually lor tfie pu-bQc safety by
suspending the writ oi lianas 0arp>0B ia the
following cases and ao other:
L Of treason, or trsasonable efforts or
combinations to subvert the govttniment of
the Confederate Stated.
IL Of consplraoies t® evertbiTow tho goy-
ernment, or conApiracloB to redst the lawful
anthority cf the Uonfederate States.
ILL Of combining to asiiiit fehe enemy, or
of communicath^ intelUgenco to the enemy,
or kim aid and oorafprt -
fv. Of conspiraci^ preparati'dna and at-
teB^ts to iii>.ute servile lasurrection.
V. Of aesertioDs or encouraging deser
tions^ of harboring dederters, and of attempts
to avoid miHtai^ service: Provided, That in
case oi palpablo wrong suid oppression by
any subordinate efficer upon any pa»ty wfio
does not legally owe nulitarj service, his
aperior o*^;»r shall grant prompt roli^ tc^
the oppretfcod party, and the suboi^iiiiato
shall be disaussM ofiloe.
YL Of spies and ether emisc^ee ci the
enei^.
ViL Of holdkig correspondwce or J^tor-
ooTirae witii the enem/, without &eo(^^^,
and ^'tbout Uiq pamaiyifla of
rate ^latei.
IfilL Of anlawfol trftdini^ ^tb. thft en«>
_ _ . n-* d otUar oflbncei M^cst tiue I'MW of
stocks, notea, debts, credits, or obligation the Oo^ederate States, en^ ted te prpiaot«
of ftBf kind, ftad aay Hwebsadiie, tkiox ffiinew 1e tiit wtr*
£L ^ eonspiracieB, or attempts to lib«i^
ate prisoners 01 war held by the Confederate
States.
X Of conspiracies, or attem]»li or prepa
rations to aid the enemy.
XL Of persens advismg er indtu^ eifers
to abandon the Confederate cause, er to re
sist the Confederate States, ar to adhere to
the enemy.
(m unlawfully bumin|L deirtrojnng
or injuring, or attempting to bum, desftpoy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele
graphic line of communication, or property,
with the intent of aiding the enemy.
XIIL Of treasonable designs to impair
the mmtary power of the Government by
destroying, or attempting t© destroy, vessels
or arms, or munitions of war, er arsenids,
foundries, workshops, or other {property of
the Confederate States.
Sec. 2. The President shall cause preper
officei'S to investigate the cases of all persons
GO arrested, or detained, in order that tkoy
may be discharged if improperly detained,
unless they can be speedily tried in t>»o due
course of law. ,
Sec.. 3. That during the suspension afore
said j no military or other officer shall be
compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas
corpaa, to appear* in person, or to return the
tK)dy of any person or persons detained by
him, by the authority of the President, Se
cretary of War, or the General officer com-
ixanding the Trans-Mississippi department;
but upon the certiiicate, unaer oatU, ef tke
oS^r having charge of any one so detaiaed,
lhat such pennon is detained by him as a
prisoner fbr any of tho causes hereinbefiare
specified, under tho authority aforesaid, fur
ther proceedings under the writ of habeas
corpus ehall immediately cease aud remain
suspended so long as this act skall continue
in force.
Soc. 4. This act shall continue in force for
ninety days after the next meeting of Con
gress, and no longer.
1 THE MILITARY BILL."
Section 1. That from and after the passaj
of this aet all white .men, residents of t
Confederate States, between the ages of 17
and 50, shall be in the military service ef
tho Confederate States for the war.
Sec. 2. *niat all the persons aforesaid, be
tween the ages of 18 and 45, now in service,
shall be retained during the present war
with tha U. S., in^the same regiments,' bat
talions and companies, to which they belong
at tho passage of this>act, with the same or-
.ganizatipn and ofiicers, unless regularly
transferred or discharged, in accordance
with tho laws and regulations for the gov
ernment of the army: Provided, thaf com
panies from one State, organized against
their consent, expressed at the time, with
regiments or battalions from another State,
shall have the privilege of being transferred
to organizations of troops, in the same arm
of the service, from the States in which said
companies were raised; and the soldiers from
one State, in cojnpaniee from another State,
shall be allowed, if they desire it, a transfer
to organizations from their own States, in
the same arm of-the service.
Sec. 3. That at the expirationof six months
from the first day of April next, a bouaW
of $100 in a six per oent Government bond,
which the Secretc^ of the Treasury is here
by authorised to issue,*ahall be paid to eve
ry non-commis9ioned officer, musician an^
private who shall then be in service, or in
the event of his death previous to the period
of such payment, th^ to the person or per
sons who would be entitled to receive by law
the arrearages of his pay; bat no one shall be
entitled to the bounty heroin provided who
shall at any time, during the period of six
months next after the said firat day of April,
be absent from his command without leave.
Sec. 4. That no person shall be r^ieved
from the operation of this act by reason of
having boon heretofore discharged from the
army where no disability now exists; nor
shall thoso who have fiiruishod substitutes
be any longer exempted by reason thereof:
Provided, that no person, heretofore exempt
ed on account of religious opinions and wno
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 Stat^, between the ages of
17 aud 18 and 45 and 50 years, shall enroll
themselves at such times and places, aud
under such regulations, as the ^President
may prescribe, tho time allowed not bekig
less than 30 days for those east, and 60 days
for those westrof the Mississippi river, and
any j>er8on who shall fail so to enroll him-
seu, without a reasonable excuse therefor,,
to judged of by tho President, shall be
placed in servico in the field for the war, in
the same manner as though they we're be
tween the ages of IS. and 45: Provided, that
the persons mentioned in this section shall
constitute a reserve for State defen6e and
detail duty, and shall not be required to
perform service out of the State ia which
th^ reside.
6. That all persona rGaoired by the
5th aecticHX of this W e*a>oll alte—ieti
may within 30 days after tho passage there
of, east of the Mississippi, and within 60
days, if west of said river, form themselvea
into volnnt«ry organizations lof companieB,
battalions or regiments, an*& elect their own
officers; said organizations to conform to the
existing lavTs; and, having so organized, to
tender dieir services as volunt^rs during
the war to the President; and if such ojgan-
izations sliall furnish proper muster rolls, as
now organized, vid dep^t a copy thereof
with the enrolling officer of their district,
which shall be equivalent to enrollment,
tiiey may be accepted as minute men for
service in suoh Stc>*;e, but in no event to be
taken out ot it Those who do not so yolim-
teer and oiganize, shall enroll themselves as
before provided; aad may, by the President,
be required to assemble at convenient pla
ces ox rendezvous, and be formed or organ-
iied into oomp^es, batt^ions and f«gi-
ments, under regulations to be prescribed
by hixa; and shall have tlTe right te ^eot
fchw eompanj aad regimental officer^ and
all troops ortfaniicd under this act fer State
dtftnce, ahjJl be entitled, while in aotoal
seryioe, to the same pay and i^ewaaoe as
troops now iii the Hold.
7. That any person shail to
attend at the place of rwdesyoua aa iMuired
by the aathorily of th« Pninldmitejiftbuul
a ■iSsieat miie to be jidsed Xby hi*.
shaH.bt liable to be placed in service ia the
field for the war, as if he were between the
ages of 18 and 4A.
Sec. 8. That hereafter tiie duties of pro
vost and hesmtal guards and elerks, and oi
cler^ guar^ awta, employees or labor
ers in the Commiflsair ana Quartermaster’s
Departments, irj the Ordnance Bureau, and
of clerks and employees of navy agents, as
also in the execution ef the enrollment act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who are within the ages of JlS
and 45 years, and who by the report of a
Board of army surgeons shall bo reported
as unable to perform active service m th©
field, but capable of performing some of the
above said djaties, specifying which, and
when these persons shall have oeen assi^ed
to those duties as far as practicable, the Pre
sident shall assign or detail to their perform
ance such bodies of troops^ or individuals,
required to be enrolled under the, 5th sec
tion of this act, as may be needed for the
discharge of such duti(»: Provided,.that
persons between the ages of 17 and 18 shall
be assigned to those duties: Provided fur-
tlier, that nothing contained in this act shall
be so construed as to preve^nt the President
from detailing artisans, mechanics, or per
sons oi scientific skill, to perform indispen
sable duties in the departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Seo. 9. That any Qrwrtormaster or As
sistant .Quartermaster, Coramisaary or As
sistant Commissary, (other than those serv
ing with brigades or reginxents in the field,)
ot officers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Kavy
A^nto, or Profroet MarshaL or* officer in
the conscript eervim, who snail hereafter
employ er relsdn in hiS* employment any
person in any of their said departments or
bureaus, or ia any of the duties mentioned
in the 8th section of this act, in violation of
the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction
thereof by a court-martial or military court,
be cashiered; and it shall be the duty of any
depajftment or district commander, upon
proof, by the oath of any credible ^rson,
that any such offiow has violated'this pro
vision, immediately'to relieve such officer
from duty; and said commanders shali take
prompt measures to have him tried for such
offence; and any cOn^mander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upon being duly convicted
theJeof, be discharged from the service.
Sec. 10. That all l«ws wanting exemp
tions from military service to, and the same
are, hereby repealed, and hereafter none
shall be exempted except f^e following
1. All who shall be held unfit for milita-
nr service, under rules to be prescribed by
the Secretary of War.
2. The Vice President of the Confederate
States, the members and officers of Congress
and of the several State Legislatures, and
such other Confederate and State officers as
the President, or the Govecnor of the re
spective States, may certify te be necessary
for the proper administration of t^e Con
federate or State Governments, as the ease
may be.
3. Evory minister of reliwon authorized to
preach according to the rmes of his church,
uid who, c,t the passage of this act, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge of his
ministerial duties; superintendents and phy-
liciauB of asylums for the deaf and dumb
and blind and of the insane; bne editor for
each newspaper being pnblished at the time
of this act, and such employees as said edi
tor may certify, on oath, to be indispensable
to the publication of such newspaper; the
pubUc printer^of the Confederate and State
Government^ and such journeymen prmt-
era aa the aaid puUic printer ahall certify,
on oath, to be indiapenSable to perforna the
public printing; one skilled apothecfuy in
each ajj^thecaij store,* who was doing busi
ness as sn^ on the 10th day of Oct’r 1862,
and has continued said business, withont
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 physici«n shall not in
clude dentists: all presidents and teachers
of college theological seminaries, acado-
mies and schools, who have been regularly
engaged as such for two years next before
the passage of .this act: Provided, that the
benefit ot this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only whose 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 nurses therein as such su-
perintendents'^shall cestify, on oath, to be
indispensable to the proper and ^cient
mianagement thereof.
4. There shall be exempt one person as
owner or si^culturist on each farm or plan
tation upon which there are i¥>w, and were
on the 1st day of JanV last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands, iMtween the agM of 16 and 50,
upon the f(^owin^ conditions: *
1. This exemption shidl only be granted
in cases ia which there is ao white male
iRlult On the farm or plantation notj^ble to
military seryice, nor oaleis person olaim-
axedsuptien was on fhe 1st day «i
Jan’y 1804,
or overseer of said plantation, but in no case
shall more than ene pers(Hi be «zempt«d for
one £u*m or jdaAtatioa.
2. Such person shall first execute a bond,
payable to the Confederate States ef Amer
ica, in such form, aad with sneh security,
and in such penalty as the Secretary of War
may prescribe, odnditioned that he wiU do*
liver to the ^vemment at some railroad
depot, or such other place or places as may
be designated by I the Secretary of War,
within 12 months netzt ensnii^, 100 ponmda
of bacon, or, at the election of the Govern
ment, its equivalent in pork, and 100 lbs. of
net berf (said-beef to be delivered on foot,)
for each able-bodied slave on said farm or
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 GoyemmQnt at the prices fixed
by the CommissionerB ef the State nnder the
improBsment act: Pioyided, that when the
peiBoa thus exempted shaU prodaoe satis-
&ctoiT eyid^ee tnat it has been impowible
for him, by tho exerciso of proper diligeaoe,
to furnish the amonnt of meat thus contract
ed for, aad leave an adequate iupplj for the
Bubdatstm of those living on the said fiurm
or plantation* the SeereAaiy of War shall
direoka eomiantatioii of the same, to the
provisioiu^ to b®
I VAIATIl
as aforesaid at hi^
8. Such person
to s^ the marketaUe sur^n^
and grain now on hand, ™
raise from year tP Jwr
continues, to the wv«rnment or
ilies of ^diers, at pnces fixed byt»
"fiiissioners of
ment act: Provide^ a
cmpted as Voresaid, shaU be enlaM to
credit of 25 per cent on any am^t
which he may doUver withm
from the passage of this act: Provided ^
ther, that persons coming i
sions of this exemption shall not be
of the benefit thereof ^ , iff
been enrolled since tho 1st day of Feb. 1^-
4. In addition to the foregoing
^ns, the Secretary of War, under «•
rsction of tlie President, may exempt
tail such other personal as he may be
iaed ought to be exempted on aceon^ «
public necessity, and to insuM the
tiou of grain and other^ provisions fw^ws
army and the families ot soidiers. He
also, grant exemptions or details, ^
terms as he -may prescribe, to sneh
seers, farmers or planters as he may ww-
isfied will bo more useful to the coun||p M
the pursuits of agriculture than in thejBpi*
tary service: Provided, that such oxeDM*oo
shall cease whenever the farmer, plan^ v
overseer" shall fail diligently to emplll^Bi
good taith, his own skill, wpital «ad Wpv
exclusively in the production ©f grainy
provittons, to be sold te the GovemmLeni^
the families of soldiers at prices not exr
ing ♦•>one fixed at the^time fpr 19es arl
by ti»a Ooramissioners of the State uaAw
the ii^iressment act
5. The president, troMurer, auditor aad
superintendent of any railroad eoa^>auy ek*
gaged in transportation for the Govemmenl,
and such officers and employees thereof as
the president or superintendent shall certfl^
on oath to be indispensable to the efficisNitf
operation of said railroadi Provided, that
the number of persons so exempted by
act oa fmy railroad Sdi&U not exceed one per*
son for each mUe of such'road in actual tfte
for ouUtary transportation; and s^d exempli
shiia be reported by name and descriptaoM,.
wi!ji the names of any who have len UBt
employment of said company, or who may
eeuse to be indispensable.
6. That nothing herein contained sh^
be construed as repealing the act approv|l
April the 14th 1863, entitled an act t^ ea?-
empt contractors for carrying the mails si
the Confederate States^ and the drivers St
poet coaches auH hacks, from militaigr ger-
vice: Provided, that all the cxomptioM
granted under this act shall Hily continns
•whilst the p^ons exempted are actus%
..engaged in their reopMtive pursuite or sb-
cupatioBS*
Sec. 11. That the Presid^t be, and ^ v
hereby, authorized to grant details, milff
general rules and reguiationil to be issu^
from the War Department, either of persooQ
between-45 and 50 years of age, or ^m &s
army in the field, in all pases where, ia his
judgment, justice, oquitj and necessity ce-
quire such detaili^ and he may revoke sa^
orders of details whenever he ftiinks proper:
Provided, that the power hesein granted to
Ihe President to make details and eseow
tions shall not be construed to ant^orixe tAi
exemption or detail of any contraotor ^
fumis^g supplies of any Mud to the Got
emment, by reason of said contract, unlsM
4he head or secretary pf the department ma
king such contract cnall Certify that the
sonal services cf such contractor are iimib-
pensable to the execution of said oontracb
Provided farther, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and £uthfoU|r,
to proceed with the execution of such eea*
tract, his exemption or detail shall oease.
Sec. 12. That in appointing local bosf4i
of surgeons for the exsyinination of persona
liable to mUititfy service, no member com
posing the sajne shall be appointed from tkm
county or enrolling district in which th«f
are reiuired to m^e such examinatioa.
Post Offloei Fayettevilie, IV. Ci,
OorpBxa 3, 1869.
cf the ArriotU aitd Btpartmre of Mt0k
OfUt,
SALSieH via AYEBASBOBO', *a. .
Jnives daily, exoept Sanday, ai 4| A.
except BstorcUy at 0 P. IL
RALEIGH via SUMMSBVILLB.
De|>«rt8 Tuesday at • A. M.
Arrivw Friday at 2 P. M.
WABSAW via CLiir'TOR.
Arrives dsily esMot Sonday, st 6 P. M.
Eoparts at 2 P . H. v
CA&IHAai. ^
Anrivee Ta$nds7i Thoredsy ud Satordsj at 7 P. M
Departs Moadair, Wednevday and Pridaj at 1 F. 117
CHSBAW, S. 0.
Arriveg Taa^iay, Thursday and 8r.-;arda7 at 0 a! M.
Depart! fioaiay, Tuesday and Thorsdaf at 1 P4
PAUL BLUFF via LUMBSBTOH. ■'
Arrives Suadsy, Wedaesdsy sad Fridaj.«t S A, %
Departs Monday, Wednesdsy »nd Friday at 1 P. ■.
BOBSSON’S vU ELIZABETHTOWN.
Departs Moaday, Wednesday and FrUaf at IA Mt
Arrives Tuesday, Tbiur^y aad Satnzday at S 1. £
SLIZABBTHTOWN via TlSBBBlmS.
Arrifti Maaday at 6 A. M.
Depart* S a.. II. ^ *
acAondlui^^ cnrpBJMs osiBB.
AsrivM Tnetdfty at S P. If.
Departs same day (Tuesday) at a| t. K.
8WUT ISLAND tia M0NTB08V(X»fI||fTO||
.PeWXLLTON.
Ar|v6S Tuesday * 6 P. M. -
. Departs Wedneeda;fat 11 A. M.
SWIFT ilLAND vU tSOV.
Arrives Tuesday at iP. U.
Departs Wedae^y a> 11 A. II.
ing before at 9 P. M. AI lettert ta bt aset off
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sentbf mauL AUdrep UtHCs akouUba r**T-mH te
2 oeat Btaaps. -
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