PUBLIC liAWS.
ENAiTl'V.I' Fk*’\ 16,
An Act to i-Sind, 'ta r atuf Lfnixt il^ Curren, y
ScoriON I. Ihe (Joivjress ut th* Coafetlerale
States of Americfi do enact, Tbat i.he liOiiers i)f
all Treasury notes above the deoomination of S5,
not Oesriag interest, shall be allowed uiitil
Isl daj of April 18^, east of fiio Mis^issjipp^ /^
fand the Muac, and antil the periods
shall be s ihieot
>PV ' ■” t r.>-n;=n- •** f" *»*
to vh;;r. v.-r and
v^«il i.of* ■■*'* *”■ ' xc\)*ifr. a*>U»1 *r »»c»7
j rea.-*urv uu»'‘«, ^ Ucidu proviJ xl, subjcot to
tho dt’dnciion of said tax.
Sko. 12 Tl'at any State ht-.luing' Treasury
notct; rccoived I'efore the tiru(*a I'crf'in fixed for
taxing taid notea shall br »ii!»rT-jcl till tV.e first
day of Jf\nuRT^ 1865, to fund th*? rfame in 6 per
iir^U^^ThZ; o “?rr.nr, ce„t oU.. Oo.K.c,a,c S^«, p.,able..l
* u II u H J X 1. •» 1 . IB rm'io-i date, and the mteref;t pavabie s=3Uii-
ootcB shall be allowed to fund the 1 j ^ ^ , l..
tered bonds, payable 20 ycurs f.- eir diito,
bwiag interwt at the r»te o» 4 per coot, per an
BUm, payable on the 1st of 'Ff'nur^ry lud July uF
•Mk yaaik
8bo. 2. The ftjoTiStacy of the f’-.visuvv is U.
authoria«d to issue the boudd rmuirtul fo! U*'
fandinir provided for iu the pr«;cedisw sectiou,
and aotil the bonds oau be prepared he may istiu*
eert«fieatiii to answer the purpose. 8iieh bonda
and oertitioatcs shall bo n-coivable without inttsr-
est iu payment of all Uovemmont dues payuhle
ID the yojr 1^(,)4, execpt export and impoi I duticj*.
Skc. a. That all Tresjjury notes of the ‘Jenonii
aatioK ol flOO, not bcarinji intt?n;sf; which sb.iIJ
not bo presented for funding uadet Uio jirovisi«n5s
of the 1st section of this aot, shall, troi i .md riiU'r
the lut day of April east of tlic Mi;isissi}>pi
river, ,iiid the i^^t day of July }M>1, w 'nt of t .c
MiAMitwippi, •rase to bo recoiv:*I>io iu piy^funt of
public dutiA, aud .said uotes, if «of s,i pr.>. ntod =/
that time, nhall, in addition tt' tiie :hk ot >‘4
ns .ifi,
liu
I’tl trt >iliid ^
■».:UUCtv-l
iiOl 'Si ill.lll
ftannally. But all Troasary notv« rewivod by
•my State >ift^r the tiTae fixed f.T th-. name
us atorenai-i, shall be he’d to ‘jir.vs be? n r-jooivod
isinvtiialu'i by the amount ol’aaid tax The dis-
i-’-iiiH ntior. l. >; ;.vi 'T( ’J f'pa'ij.'' ' t?'-
atid ni‘i fTj^abjeot, »b:i!l b*' —
j;{. Th.»t r'roi.iiiry ;k»t ■ -'.nr^i.^tore issued
■■ .it fb‘- ra:“ Sf7 i-n ihv
per ar.nntn, .‘j'iaU ji" lont'o*’ b'^ iroi^ivod in pay-
inrtif i'uhlio dues, but shail b, di .'und utid’
(Xjnsiu ircd bf-nds ttl tbe C‘.i>f’deratt' SfjitctJ, pnya
ble two yo:irs iftor the ratiiieitioM of >i «rt’Hfy of
pea-!; witl^ *l:e llnitfd State's, bf;!)':!!^ t^u' rt't" oi
intrrovt .sp(>eilitd on t!icir ^ht; )ViyHbi!' l-f of
January of c>^eh and every year
8t:>' 1 1 "'f !»t the, Setlvetfiry uf t.ii*' Tr' >iry
I.*!, and h - i.s hereby, .m*horizoi, iu >•;>«• ' >e si
L' neitv * t the (trivi!r.ip_ic it -li mM ro»(uirc • t(»
p;iv ff: iJ.'W Ififl 'if ;i;:^ diror '.vli.:' '
1 if' >t {
to r IV
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eeRtfi iaijKwed in the 4th softioi: -i •'
snbji;cted to a t;iX ol 10 por p. r
til so presented; which tax«s .'ibalt.-»iti
notes wherever circulated, and .->h li. ■.
from the face of said notew wii. in v. •
k>i payiiont or for tundin;:, ;uu .■^ iid i,o! •!
not be exehaugcubie for tiio uew i.‘f ftva-
sury notes providod ft>r in tfii-s net
St:o. 4. That on ull itaid 'i'lea.'-ury lot
fundel or u.«ed in payiDt*ni jt it r* d.
and plfcoed prca»)r;bt>d iu the l.->t tco?.iei; •; f.i.'
aei, (hero ahaii bv, icvit»d at said datis aw l ['iai-. 'r-
a taiL of 38i cents tjr evury dollar prui':i.s i*
the faoe of said note^; >aid tas sballatuicb f
notcfi wbsrever cireuiat*;.i, and dl h - -m'.
by dcdactiog^hc same at tUt; trea.iur^ u
toriee and by tax v^olLcJurs, u;: i ? •
UiOiit oiiioer^ iecc;,'itj^ tbe sauii- .vbi ri ■■ i r.- -
^cQt«d for pay.'^i.rnt or't'or I'undir.;., or i’’ aj? ■
of (ioverniaent duos, a/ tor pah=tAj?c, m ia cx-
uhaoge for new note;;. a« hiToinafter pruvidci,
said Treai^utj^ n^tea .shall be lundable in !■ -i: -x-.
provided iu the Ii»t aeotiou of tbi.-* >ict, v-'stil the
let da^' of January l*fi5, at tUe r « cfn .;
on th« dollar; and it bh>>ll be the duty o> f ..■ c-
retary of tht Tr ;Hfury, .d any tLur ‘h .•
1st of April and the Ist.^af July, K''f>4. we.’( . t
the Mississippi river, "ind the 1st of J.i-iu >■>
to substitute and esoh^nge uew Treas;ii} ni> ’-s
tbr the same at the- ratj u( »’tSi ccnto uu tl.' li d-
lar: /Vopu^ed, That uotea of the deiiOiaiiiufior • 1 t
8100 shall not be entitlsd Xo the privi! ’re o- .-u*-!
oxchanga; I^ovidtd /urfkrr, that the ritrht lu
fund any of said Treasury nolo?!, niter 'he l.^tday
of January 1865, is hereby taken awa.y: .Ijur p*
cuied further, That upon ail such Treasury notos
which may retaaia out^taniiiDg on tiie ] %t iiiy of
Jaauaxy 1S65, aud T)»ieh Eiay not he I'xch j-v.'cd
for Taa# Treasury aotet>, as herein pr vi led, ^i. :=x
of 100 per eent is hereby iiuposcd.
Seo. 0. That after the fir^t day ot Ay ii nest,
all authority ii«n>.‘vf:rc ^iv^a to th* S'ior-jiriry i l
the ltHa,sury to Treatury cote-j .sliail be. and
is hereby, revoked: Provid>^d, the Secret,»ry
Trca:,ury luay, after that txtne, isoue aew
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• 'vr jst. l to uiei .'u e i Ue uuujb*-■ } d; . o
;i f-- Tncc' bt* requirrniint.s ot tbi-' aet, '.i’d with
th.s,i vipw : j e'opJoy Muob of jJ e L«tik - of tb,‘s-'V-.
: -.a! Stjfe- hi- uiay dreiu cxpedi int
Hkc 1) r'ru> Seei*:t;»ry ot the 'i’l ‘asury fnail
{•I. liwitb adVb'-tihe tbL** HOt in KTi.b u'wiT'iperb
V i’.li bed :o “OVCTui uisd by tr
- iL- ii^ii H-'cUic i'.uait-diat^ pubhc'if.y; aud
■■e Steietiii-v t>t War 'nd the :S*-er‘;nirv »f th;
.Vi ,vy - cacii CAU^■ o ’u be piofi^b^'d in ione
rat order (bi t:ie iufoioiatio^ .‘f the a.i;*y and
D»vy.
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b-ri IjV
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>f;i-
fid section o*‘ 'ho ;vet
•.ibctioi- o*, taxof-, ij>pro\ d >? ,y
■iiy repealed
.^( ■;rrf'ry of fh; Tr--Htiry
•5 :rjd rt|airi--'l, upon the »p]t*i-
■‘•'r ■>! ,itj , certili ■•aF ', whiub,
by the first s;jf'(vou of the act to provide for thii
‘uridi'ifrT.nd fnrtlier isf.n- of Tica«ur; no^'s, «p-
'•rov ; ’ >l tro’i •1^G•1 tvOri reqaired to lo
t.i.-r a!t>T uiieui-'d to be a bond, to ij-siir to such
ddor a boi.d iheroibr upon rlie term' provido*!
by a:d ncf.
tao
Treasury notae, iu such form a?; he may [•ri'seribe.
payable two years after the ratitieation of ^ tr-aty
of pmcG with the United States, said new i>siie-
to be receivable in p »yaiant of aU nublio da??-,
exccpi CXpoT*; anfl iKsncd in
exoh&uee for old note.-^ at the rate ot2 doU-ir.-i oi
the Dew for 3 of the old issues, whether ?a.id dd
BOtef* be sun'endered for eiciiuu^fi' by th?* hold-T.^
tliereof, or be reoeived into th> Tr. .tsur.' andor
Au Act to lay additional 'Jax€« for tlhc cone-
rnon deftnee rind 'ivpport of Umei'-nmmt.
Sc-c. 1. Thu Cuiiirress of the Con find enite
States ^>f Aniorica vlo eii>u-t, Tlint in rtd«li
tioTi !•> tiio taxes levied by the act “to lay
t;i\es for tiie ci»iujin»n ilefeiict) ami to currv un
ta*- V tf Vi-rnutfht .>f tho C.>ntcdorute Stutes,”
iiT.jir. ‘il-th t)t' A|>;il lStj8, there shivl! ho
levied, from tlit pfissjiyre of tbi-i act, on the
subjects of tiixntion horcHfler mentioned,
and collected frutu every person, co|»Rrtuer-
shiji, associHtion or eorpuration, liHble tfiei*e-
to, ta.xes us f^)ll(nvH;, to-wit:
I. rj>on the value of property, real, per
! •K.-ivvl cvt.ij » v«i1 , L-iri.t on.^ ilitcnrip.
tinn, iif>t hereinafter exempted or taxed at a
ditlVrent rate, 5 per c«nt.: Provided, That
roin tlii? tax on t!ie vtiUio of oropertv eni-
the provisions of this actj and he holders of the jdoved in Jigriculture (‘hail bo deducted tfie
new Dotes or of the old notes. except thc^e cf tbe
denozoination of $100, aft«r ihey are reduccd to
m cents on the dollar by the tax aluiuj?»id, m,''y
convert tho same into call certificate.^ bcarini^ in-
tereit &t the rate ®f 4 per cent, per annum, and
payable two y^ars af>er » ratificition of a treaty
of peace with the United States, unless :-;ooner
converted into new notes.
8bo. 6 Tbat to pay tno oxpcases ol tii^ -v-
ernment not otherwise provided for, »he Secrct*ir}
if the Tresuiury is hereby authorized to i^HDc 6 '
per cent, bonds to an aniouni uot exccedin j' fi, r
hundr^'d ir;iliions of dollars, ri., pri . -i.-d iu \ in- I
tcrest whereof shall be free from !ai-?tie: , - ..j !
for the payment of iiitere.-jt tb('r‘;ca t!;e entire ui t '
receipts of any export duty her. «rt.n hiia on J,e |
value of any ootton, tobaee--. aud r.-«wj ■ j
which shall t.p exported fruo l’>e !
States, and the ott proceftd- of tb- 'niroi t Ju;'-|
now laid, or so muuh thereof . uii,y :.e ii- ce-^v* (
to pay annually the interest, are hereby ^.pcciaily
pledged; f r>jvuM, tbat the duties uow i.iid or
import*5 ire her-by pledged and sf li horeaf
ter ue puic in spneie or in sterling excl;«- •■■o or
in coufKjn.-i oi said bond,- ' ’
Ssr. 7 Thif, r,hr Sccr/'tarv ># tbc Trea«;:)rv is
b'lxeby ani'^ ri: d ' . r^ „ .
•aafa r.f tVc Tr-:^nry n,ay ro.juir.
uypotlloiAle for T.- ;a3ury set.. j.
part theriMf upon tho :>ebt ...
ineet srpropriations by fr. ■ , -i j
tim* nsdu^ an-> thj'a; - l.r
latlon Tr.-a-;,r- (.Qf..,
safe li'/jit _ ^ '
Sue. 8.^ The bonds autboriznd hv the ii!h
faon of tbiH act may he either re-h tered or c-.j-
pon bondx, as the parties takinj^ them rsvy , i...
ana they muy be e1.chan.4cd for or.nl-, miJr
such rcgul-Ations as the He'retRry of l-ho Tr**asr—
may prescribe. They shall bo fori^iiKi .
, nnitt
sutti ,orci -^U'i ot 8uoh authentication a.s the ; - cj-
rotary of the 'l’r*!asury way pre>scribe; tlie ihicr>.'^t
shall be payable half yearly on the first of -jan’y
and July in «aoh year; the principal shall be pay.«
able o»t less than 80 years from their date.
8ic. 9 All call certificates shall ^>e funduWc
and shall bo taxed in ail resy.ot. r,. ia provid.^d
for the Treasury notes into -vhini> ihvv are con.
vertible. If converted before the tirn« fixed for
certificates shall
IhalUe^rS" proaii8.Ki upon tbei'r face, and I
th^ TT- Tre^aury notes at
of Ak>U861 “““’‘5
Seo. 10. That if my bank of d«po.-dt shall ?ive
e^mtors the bonds authorized by the first
® 1*^ exohanee f' r their deposits
specifying the saxoe on th - bonds by sjme
♦if* mark or token, t.. ue a^^eed apiu with
tho Secretary of the Treasury, then t- s..i,l Ue-
entitled to r. tiev^ the amooj)- of
*ud borids ia Treanur" notes,
wid outjitandii./ -.f ti,.
*vl*d, tho said, h . .
value r-f the t.ix in kind delivered therefrom,
as u-vH!='-id under the law inj})ortlii^ |t, and
deiiveff.d to the Government: Piovidad,
That rui crodit ehall be allowed beyond 5
per cent.
II. On rJie value of ^old arul silver wares
and {)hit**, jevvelh. jewelry and watche.“, 1>
per cent.
III. Tiie vaine of ,')rop«rty taxed tinder
•ills Hoction shall be aniees-sed on flio bjisis (»f
the market value •>} flu* same, or Hiiriilar pro
perty wi ihe )ieii;hbi*rb‘>od when'as=es.seit, in
tht! year lHt>», except mi cjw»es where land,
shtves. cotton or toh:icc> liave been piir-
.since the 1st lay of January 1SU2,
-I wiiirh case th« -aid ianl, slaves, cottui
.Ki'i t' iiHCCt* -o piiTiilia.Sud, shall !>»■• iisrie."5se«l
it t/ie )>rice actually paid for the Maine by
Uieowiicr.
i>ec. ()') tui; >t .ill shares or iuU^r-
estJ liehi in aiiv bank, bankin-c comj.any or
aHs-K-iatioii, -.anal, navi;;atlon, importing-,
elipiirtiii;;, inf;nr;‘,ru*>, maT)ufac1 iiriii;;, tcle-
i,'ra}dj, express, railroad, and drv dock con,-
pan’" M?id all -itiicr jo Mt -tock -)mpanie?^
>! ^iVi-ry Ki.'id, whether i'iC'ir;iorRt» i >r
>ev cioif. •
1 *;• vahio J propeity' taxed under
siiali bi! as.s»:.srted npon the ba.«is of
'h; • \ it' iJiicb jnopert.3' in tiie
■'‘•i;^Uo.ir!,iH*d wheri- as.si'sscd, in such cur
roncy an may I io Lronunii \isk- there, in the
j'Urciiji.^e an I . ale -.i 8iicb pr->per'v, at ll
‘iiiKi of asfiet'^ment.
Sec. 3. ITpo’i tli(*. jimoiint t»f aii ^old and
BU v-,-r eo;ri,}ro]d diiiji, jrohj or .• iI vei* billii(»n,
llmt; iiL‘h^,, by. ,i/Hiiks or otfior corpo
all moneys iield abroad, or np**n theamounl
ol ai! biiis of exclian^^o, dravvn tii^refor on
h-reign countries,*a ta.v of o per eent.; bucii
fa.\ U}>on ntoney al»road to i)e assessed and
Collected accordini^ to the vaine thereof at
the ]>lace wher' the ta.x is paid.
il. LTpon tiie amount of all Solvent cvc-
'iilK, and of fill bank bills and »ill other jta-
peio isaited ad currency, e.xclusivo of non-
ititciest b'oariii^ Confederate troiiHury noteSj
p.iid not employed in n registered I)usines3,
the incouie »lerived from which i« taxed, 5
ty or effects of auy Idod, not enumttratod n
the preceding paragraph, l^tween the time*
named therein, 10 per cent., in uddition to
t^‘ lax on Buch profits as income, uudorthe
jict aforeeatd.
III. On tl\M atiiount of profits exceeding
26 per cent., made during either of the years
1803 and 1804, by any bank or banking
company, insurance, canal, navigation, iui-
}K>rtinr and o.xporting, telegraph, express,
railroad, tuanufactnring, dry dock, or other
ioint stock company of any description,
whether incorporated or not, 25 per cent on
buch excess.
Sko. 5..Tho tullowing exemptions from
tiix.ition under thiei act shall be allowed,
to-wit:
1. Property of each head of a family to
the value of $500; and for each minor child
of the family to,the further value of $100;
and h>r eacii son actually engaged in the
armv or navy, or who has died or beeu
killed ill tiie military or naval service, and
who was a member of the family when he
ontereil tlu-* ^«*rvice, to the further value of
li. l'ropi«: !v of tlie widow of auy (tfficer,
soldier, sailor 01 marine, who may have
iiied or he' . in the military or naval
i-orx (CO, o! wluTc there is no widow, then of
the family, boin^ iiinor cJiiidreu, to the
rtiue of ~ •
111 Peopertv of every officer, soldier,
.'^aiior Of niai ific, aclnaliy engaged in tho
miUliirv «*r naval e>ervico, or of such as have
bt-eii disabled in such service, to the value
ofij;l(iO(); proviiied, tliat the above oxeinp
rion^ -hall not apply to any person, whose
piopi-i’fy^ e.vclnsive »)f lioUHchold turniture.
Biiafi ue aise-sscu Hi a vuiue exceean»m)U^n>.
I V I'hat ’-vhere }*roperty luw been injured
or destroyed by tfie enemy, or the own«r
thered'hii8 t>een teuip»rarily depriveii of the
u^e or occupancy thereof, or of tlie means
of cult) vating tho same, by reason of the
pivience or tho ^)roximity of the onomy,
tiie H^.'^e6smHtit on such property may be
reduced, in proportion ♦-) the damage sn*-
tained by the owaer, t>r the tax assessed
thereon may i»e reduced in tho same ratio
by the district c»dlector, ou satisfactory «vi-
denoe submitted to him by tho »»wner or as
Ressor,
Sso. ti. I’liat tlie taxe» on property ^aid
f-*r the year 1^64, shall be ju>seswid as i»n
the (lav ot the passage M' this act, lUid l>o
due and collected on th« 1st day of Juno
next, or as stH*n after as praeticable, allow-
iui» siu oxtent>iv*n \>f yo days West of tbo
Mih.sissipjd riv-r The additional taxes on
iiicomes or protits for the year 18t>8, levied
by this act, shall be as*ie8Sed and collected
forthwith; and tiie tiues on incorneft or {»ro-
lits for the year 18t>4, shall bo assessed and
collected according to the proviiions of tho
ti4A and anjicst-ment acts of 1S(>S,
Sko. 7. So much of the tax act »f the 24th
day of April lKn?{, as levie* a lax on in
comes derived from property or effecta bn
the amount or value «.d’ which a tax is levied
by this act, and also the 1st section of said
act, ure suspe.*ided for the year H04, and
Mo estimated rent, hire or interest on pro
perty or credits heiein taxed ad valorem,
shall be asbos.sed or taxed a» incomes under
the tax act of 1863.
Sec. 8. Tliat the tax imposed by this act
on bonds of the Confederat'e States herctc>-
fore issued, stiall in no case nxcc«d the in
terest on the saaij, and such bonds, when
held by or for miuors or lunatics, slmil be
exempt from the tax in aii cases wh«re the
interest ou the saiii* shall not oxw^ed if 1000.
u4u A ol in ntbirpend the privU^je of ihe Writ
of IliJ^/eaa Ctrrpm in certain cmm.
Whereas, tho Constitution of the Confed
erate States of America provides in Article
1, Section 9, Paragraph 3, tbat “the privi
lege of the writ ol hal^eas corpus shall uot
be suspended unk^tis when in case of r«bel-
lion or invasion, the public safety may re-
(!uire it;” and whereas, tho jiower of sus
pending the privilege of said writ as r«cog-
nize«l in iraid Article 1, is vested solelv in
the (Jongro.*^', which ia the exclusive judgw
ut the necessity of sucli t^iispension; and
whereas, in the opinion «d‘the Congress, the
pnl)lic Ra^*;ty rejuire« the suspension of said
writ in the Cxis»ing case of the invasion of
the^e States by the armies of the United
States; and whfreas, tlie President has asked
^or the busj>ension of the writ of habeas cor
pus, and informed Congress of conditions of
public datiger whirh render tho sns})en}iou
of the writ a measure ]>roper for the public
tlefence against invasion and insurrection;
now, t^
Tl'if ’ .a, 1 of the CiMjfedorate SfAti^s of
Am'
JLX. Of c)n8piracioH, or attempts to liber- j shall be liable to fie placed in service in the
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!ii? ! invHr*ioij o.
of
^'^aTin^: un in?.:rrv.t
P«W]-?;». ;J,i8 „cf. p,,
_ • .. ... • *"'■ v*r( :i'\’::x*d b'.’fore
privilege of S . Mi,.
*8 herein rtrf
n rr^ncMTT, . L . r
I.,-.,.. ..,io;'ory-'*’
w> be ree ' ‘
provided ^ .h
^rovisionp 1^^ t’
»t, and uutil
n.t^.pR a! ♦ t-r sb>'.]l i -'n.*
con nue
per cent.
Sec.-4. Upon j.roiltH made in trade and
hnsincas, as foliow^:
I. On all profits made by buying and sell
ing sj.iritous liqnoi-s, tlour, wheat, corn, rice,
sugar, molasses or siruj), salt, bacon, pork,
ii>gs, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay,
fodder, raw bides, leather, hordes, multis,
boots, fciioes, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cot.-
ton or mixed cloths,.hat3, wagon.s, hsirness,
coiti, iron, ateel or nail^ at ariy time be-
t’.ycon th?i 1st of Januarj^863, and tiie 1st
ot January 1865, 10 [>er ceut., ia addition
to the tax on eucl» profits as income under
the ‘‘act to lay taxes for the common defence,
1 carrv on tho Government of the Con-
ao(
■1 luae.”b ’ ^1' I States,” approved April 24, 1863.
fi-t 0'.Mober 1X04 foreign exchange,
Mj.^«w.sippi livor, but after that Ume tb credits, or obligations
‘“ey ot any kind, and auy merchaad|ize, pr9p%r>
on act, Tliat during the prea«nt
' (/Onfederate States, tho priv
ilege of the 'V'-f of liabeas corpus be, an.d
the same is here >y, .'■nsjiended; but silch ans
perii^iori shall apply ojily to ihe cases of per
sons arresteii or detained by order of tbo
President, Secretary of War, or the General
Officer com.nanding tho Tmns-Mississipp:
Ifilitury Department, by the authority and
v; uler the contnd of the President. It is
hereby dtsciared that the purpose of Con-
more eflecluany for the public'safety by
tU8pei!diT»g the writ of habeas corpus in the
fbllowing cases iwid no other:
I. Of treasm, or treHs«»nable efforts or
combinations Uy subvert the government of
the Confederate States.
il. Of consjuracies to overthrow tho gov
ernment, or con^}>iracies to resist tlSe lawful
authority of tiie CMifederate States.
ill. Of combining to assist the anomy or
of communicating inteliig;encu to tlie enemy
or giving him aid and comfort.
coiispiracies, preparatious and at*
ui2m)t8 to incite servile insurrection.
V. Ot desertions or e:iconraging deeer-
tious, of harboring deserters, aiKlV attempts
to avoid military service: Providod, That in
case ol palpable wrong and oppression by
iny subordinate officer upon auy party who
does iK>t legally owe military service, his
superior officer shall grant prompt relief to
the oppressed party, and the subordinate
snail be dismissed from office.
VI. Ot spies and other emissiaries of the
enemy.
V^ll. Ot holding corrospondeiice or iuter-
c(»!irse with the enemy, without necessity
and without the permission of the Confede
rate States.
VIll. Of unlawful trading "with tho ene-
my, and other offencca against the Jaws of
the Confederate States, ©nact€fl to promote
their AUQOQes ia th« war.
ate prigon«rs ot war lield by the Ounfederate
States.
X. Of conspiraciuA, or attctnpts or prepa-
ratiouB to aid the enemy.
, XI. Of persons advising or inciting others
to abandon the Oonfodentte cause, or to re
sist the Confederate States, or to adhere to'
tho enemy. *
XII. Of unlawfully burning, destroying
or injuring, attempting to burn, destroy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele-
gra])hic line of comtnmiication, or jiroperty,
witli the inttint of aiding the enemy.
XIII. Of treasonable designs to impair
the military power of the Ooveriiment by
desti'oying, or attempting to destroy, vessels
or arms, or munitions of war, or arsenals,
foundries, workshops, or other j>roperty of
the Confederate States.
Sec. 2. The President shall cause proper
officers to investigate the cases of all persons
80 arrested, or detained, in order that they
’may be discharged if iinproj>erly ietained,
nidesa they can be speedily tritid in the due
c-jnrse of law.
Sec. 3. That during the susi>onsion aforo-
saiil, no military or other ofncer shall be
compelled, in answer to any writ of habeas
corpus, tt» apjKiar in person, or to return the
luKiy of an}' person or persoiw detiiined by
him, by the authority of the President, Se
cretary i>f War, or the General officer ct»m-
manding the 'I'rans Mississippi department;
but upon the certiticate, under oath, of the
dHcer having charge of any tniO so «letained,
that such person is detained by him as a
prisoner for any of the causes hereinbefore
«r)eci(ied, under ihft authority afore.said, fur-
lller j*i oceeUliigts tl*o Trrit wf hnt>c»o
corpus shall imiaxjdiately'cea-se and remain
sus|>etided so long iis this ;u;t shaU wnitinue
in force.
Sec. 4. This act shall continue in force for
ninety days aft'r the next inciting of C«-»n-
gress, and no longer.
THE MlidTAKY KILL.
(Section 1. That irom and after the [>assage
of this act all white meii, residents of tike
Confetlerate States, between the ages of 17
and 50, shall be in the military service of
the Confederate States for tJie war.
Sec. li. That ail the persons aforesaid, be
tween the ages of IS and 45, now in service,
shall be retained during the pre.sent war
with tb« U. S., in the eanie regiments, bat
talions and companies, to which they belong
at the ]>assage of this act, with the same or
ganization and officers, ludess regularly
transferred or dischai’ged, in accordance
with the laws and regulations for the gov-
ermnent of the army: i'rovided, that com
patiies 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 organiz;itioii6 d‘ lrt>o])s, in tlie same arm
»jf tlie s»*rvice, from the Statcj^ in which said
com}>anies were raised; and the soldiers from
one State, in companies from another State,
shall be allowed, it they desire it, a transfer
to organizations from their own States, in
the same arm of the service.
Sec. 3. That at the expiration of six months
from the first day of -\pril next, a bounty
of filOO in a six }»er cent. Government bond,
which the Secretary of the Treasury is here
by authorized to issue, shall l>e paid to eve
ry n/U'Cc»mmissioned officer, musician and
private who shall then be in service, or in
the event of his deatli previous to the [>eriod
f>f such payment, then to the person or per
sons who would be entitled to receive by law
the arrearagesof his pay; but no one shall l»e
entitled to the lH>unty herein provided who
shall at any time, during the period of six
months next after tlie said first day of April
be aliaent from his command without leave
Sec. 4. That no person shall be relieved
from the operation of this act b^* reason of
having been heretofore discbargel from the
army where no dfsability now exists; nor
shall those who have furnished substitutes
l)e anv longer exernpteil by reason thereof:
Provided, that no person, iieretofore exempt
ed on account of religious opinions and who
has paiil the tax levied to relieve him from
service, shall be lequired to rentier military
service under this act.
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
themselv^jd at such times and places, and
under such regulations, as the ^President
may prescribe, the time allowed not being
less than 30 days for those east, and 00 day:
tbr those west of the Mississippi river, and
any person who shall fail so to enroll Irim
self, without a reasonable exctise tberefoi'
to be judged of by the President, shall be
placed in service in the field for the war, in
the same maimer as though thoy were be
tween the ages of 18 and 45: Provided, that
the persons mentioned it) this section shall
constitute a reserve for State defence and
detail duty,_jand shall uot b^i required to
perform service out of the State in which
they reside.
6t^j*8ec^^ L.iftrilus acTto ear^nnem3elv',ia
field for the war, as if he were between the
ages of 18 and 45.
Sec. 8. Tliat hereafter the duties of pro
vost aud hospital guards and cl'jrks, asid of
clerks,’ guards, agents, einployees or labor-
tm} in the Commissary and Quartermaater’s
Departments, in the Ordnance Bjireau, and
of clerks and emj)bye68 of navy agents, as
also in the execution of the enrollment act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who are within the ages of 18
and 45 years, and who by the report of a
Board of army surgeons shall l)e reported
as unable to perform activc service in the
lield, but culpable of performing some of tl^
above said duties, specifying which, and
when these perfi»>ns shall have been assigned
to those duties fis far as practicable, the Pre
sident shall assign or detail to their perform
ance such lK»dies of troops, or individuals,
required to be enroUed tinder the 5th sec
tion of this act, as may lie needed for the
discharge of such tiuties: Provided, that
persons between the ages of 17 and 18 shall
be assigned to those duties: Provided fur
ther, that njthing contained in this act shall
be so construed as to prevent the I*resident
frojii detailing arti.sans, meclianics, or per
sons t)f scientific skiilj to perform indispei^
salde duties in the departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Sec. That any Quartermaster or A.
sistant (.Quartermaster, Commissary or As
sistant Commissary, (other than those serv
ing with brigades or regftnents in the field,)
or olfi*ers in the Ordnance Bureau, or Nuvy
provisions, to be delivered by such p*;rui
as aforesaid at equivalent ratei^
3 Such person shall further bind liinud.
to sell the !i:»rk*ta>de >urolu.i of pr>»viisi.jii
and grain now on hand, Kud which he i!.?,
raise from year to year while hi? exeiuj tio
continues, to the Government or to the Uui-
ilies of soldiers, at prices fixed by the Coin
missioners of the State nuder the imprvv-
ment act: Provided, that any person
empted as aforesaid, shall bo entitled to ;i
credit of 25 j>er cent, on .viny amount of inoar.
which bo may deliver within three nioiitii^
from the passage i)f this act: Provided fu..
ther, that ’>ersons coming vvitiiin tlie pr^,
sious of this exemj>lion r^!l»ll not be d«';-r: .
of the* beiiMUt thereof by reason of iKivii,
been enrciliod .-^inc'; the 1st d.13'of Fel> lyr,^
4. ‘In addition to the foregoing exetnj»-
tions, the Secretary of War, under the di-
recfSon of tiie Pi e-ident, may exempt or ile-
tail sucli other persons as he ;nay he
fied ought to bo exempted on acoou.it of
public necessity, and to insure the j'roduc-
tion of grain and qther provisions for li^;,
army and the families of soldiers. He inav,
also, grant exemptions or details, on siicb
terms as he may i»re8cribe, to such over
seers, farmers or planters iip he may be sat
islied will be more useful to the country ir.
the pursuits rf agriculture than in the miii
tary service: Provided, that such exemptioii
ah.il! cease whenever the fanner, plantei
I if.’ 'ihall fait diligently to employ i:
i ; .1 fnitli, his own skill, ca{>ita! and b!>..;
e.-^ch:>i"oly in the production of grain
[)r .visions, to be 8ohl t'^lhe Government ac.
f i
Agenta, or i’rovi.st MArshal, or otKeer in I ihe famUi»-'B of soldiers at prices not exceed
the .conscript service, who shall liereaftiiT j i/ig those lixed at tiie time for like aiticleb
:\oa
may witnin 30 days at\er the passage there
of, east of the Ajississippi, and within 00
days, if west of said river, ibrm themselves
into voluntary organizations of companies,
battalions or regiments, and elcct their own
officers; said organizations to conform to the
existing laws; and, having so organized, to
tender their services lis volunteers durint*-
tho war to the President; and if sucli orgar”
izatioUB shall furnish pro\)er muster rolls, as
now oi^anized, and deposit a copy thereof
with tlie enrolling officer of their district,
•which shay bo equivalent to enrollment,
they may be accepted as minute men for
service in such State, but in no event to be
taken out of it. Those who do not so volun
teer and organize, shall enroll themgelves as
before provided; and may, by the President,
be reqnired to assemble at convenient pla
ces of rendezvous, and be formed or organ
ized into companies, battalions and regi
ments, under regulations to be prescribed
by him; and shall havo the right to elect
their company and regimental officers; and
all troops organized under this act for State
defence, shall be entitled, while in actual
service, to tho same pay and allov^auce as
troops now iu the field.
Sec. 7. That any person who shall fail to
oiuj)loy or retain in his employment any
person in any of their said departments or
l)ureaiLs, or iu any of the duties mentioned
in the 8th s!ctio«i of this act, in violation of
tho provisions hereof, shall, on conviction
thereof by a court-martial or military court,
ije ca^hicrel; and it shall be the duty of any
department .»r district commander, upon
proof, by the oath of any credible person,
that any such officer has violated this pro
vision, immediately to relieve such officer
from duty; and said commanders shall take
prfunpt measures to have him tried tor such
ofience; and any commander as aforesaid
failing to perform the duties enjoined by
this section, shall upjn being duly convicted
theretd', be discharged from the service.
Sec. 10. That all laws granting exemp
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 by
the Secretary of War.
2. The Vice President of the Confederate
States, the m^nbers aud officers ot Congress
and of the several State Legislatures, and
such other Confederate and State officers as
tiie President, or tho Governor of the re
spective States, may certify to be necessary
for the ]iro}>er administration of the Con
federate or State Gov*rnments, as the case
may lie
3. Every minister of religion authorized to
preach according to the rules of his church,
and who, at tho passage of this act, shall be
regularly employed in the discharge of his
ministerial duties; superintendenta and phy
sicians of asylums for the deal* and dumb
and blind and of the insane; one editor for
each newsjvaper being published 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
public printer of tlio Confederate and State
Governments, and such journeymen print
ers jis the said public printer shall certify,
on oath, to be indispensable to perform the
public printing; one skilled apothecary in
each apothecary store, who was doing busi
ness as such on tho 10th day of Oct’r 1862,
and has continued said business, without
intermission, since that period; all physi
cians over the ago of 30 years, who now are,
and for the last 7 years have been, in the
actual and regular practice of their profes
sion, but the term j)hyi'-ician shall not in
clude dentists; all presidents and teachers
of colleges, theological boniinarios, acade
mies aud schools, who have been regularly
engaged Jis such for two years next before
tho passage of this act: iVovided, that the
benefit of this e.xemption shall extend to
those teachers only whoso schools are com
posed of 20 studentfi or more. All superin
tendents of public hospitals, established by
law before the passage of this act, and such
phj’sicians and nurses therein as such su
perintendents shall certify, on oath, to be
indispensable 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 wliich there are now, and were
ou the 1st da}’’ of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands, between the i.ges of 16 and 50,
upon the following conditions:
1. This exemption shall only be granted
in cases iu which there is no white male
adult ou tho fai'in or plantation not liable to
^ilifory Rflrvico- iior uiiless the person claim
ing tile exenijTrioii waa uij t.11^ xt»i, uay
>y the OoiuTuiasioners of the State, unui-
the impressment Jict.
5. The president, trea-surei , auditor ;c! i
superintendent of any railn>ad comp;iny en
gaged in transjwtation for the Goven.iuout
and such officers and employees thernot
the president or superintendent shall certit\
on oath to ITe indispensaole to the elScit;:!'
operation of said railroad: Provided. t\«
the number of persons so exempted by tLv
a«t ou any railroad shall not exceed one pe'
son for each mile of such road in actual \im
for military transportation; aud said c> euj}**.
shall be reported by name aud dtsciiptloj,
with the names of auy who liase K-i- t'
employment of said company, or who ihh,
cease to be indispensable.
0. That nothing herein ctfiitairied s.’ia :
be construed as repealing the act i;i)})rovt>.j
April the 14th 18G3, entitled an act ejk
empt contractors for carrying tlie :uaili ■:
the Confederate States, and tiie drivers or
post coaches and hacks, from militciiy »es
vice: Prcrvided, that all the exemptiviis
granted under this act shall only eoutiaue
whilst the persons exempted are aciuaily
engaged in their respective pursuits ;,>r oc
cupations.
Sec. 11. That the President be, arui iie is
liereby, authorized to grant details, uiider
general Yules and regulations to be ' ued
from the War Department, either '
between 45 and 50 years of age, or . . tin.
army in the field, in ull cases w heK . »a his
judgment, justice, equity, and neceoaity rc
quire such details, and he uiu> revoke sucb
orders of details whenever he tiiiuks proper:
Provided, that the power iiercin granted to
the President to make details and esemp
tions shall not be construed to authorize tie
exemption or detail of any contractor for
furnishing supplies of any kind to Ihe (4ov
eminent, by reason of said contract, unlegs
the head oi- secretary of the department mx
king snch contract shall certify that the per
sonal services of such contractor are indi;'
pensable to the execution of said contract:
Provided furtlier, that when any such con
tractor shall fail, diligently and faithfully,
to prcKjeed with the execution of such c( H
tract, his exemption or detail shall ccabe.
Sec. 12. That in appointing local board#
of surgeons for the examination of )K*r60iip
liable to military service, no member com
posing the same shall be appointed from tlie
county or enrolling district in which thev
are required to make such examination
Jan’y-1864, either tho owner and manager
or oversoor 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, ia such form, and with such security,
and in such penalty as the Secrettiry of War
may proscribe, conditioned that he will 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 montlis next ensuing, 100 pounds
wf bacon, or, at the election ot the Cfovern-
ment, its equivalent in pork, and 100 lbs. of
net beef (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 jx>rk and beef shall be paid
for by the Government at the prices fixed
by the Commissioners of the State under the
mpressment act: Provided, that when the
person thus exempted shall prodace satis
factory evidence that it has been impossible
for him, by the exercise of proper diligence,
to furnish the amount of meat thus contract
ed for, and leave an adequate supply for the
subsistence of those living on the said farm
Post OfBce, Fayetteville, N. C.,)
OCTOBEH 3, li^O.'i j
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WARSAW via CLINTON.
Arrivea daily at 12 noen.
Pep&rtA ditily At F. M. •
CARIHAaE.
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Depart '?onJ»y, We lu^e.3ay and Friday w 1 P. M.
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l>cp«rt3 Wednesday at 11 A. M
Aii mails leavia ; befor* 7^ I , ar* daaad ewn
lOp before ftl. 9 P. •' \11 i«'.. .rs •-.> by Kant oil Ir^is
th?8 offio'’, o^her t.iiiti by mu?;t h“ p^ii fti if
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attend at the place of rendezvous as required [or plantation, the Secretary of War shall
by the authority of the President, without j direct a commutation of the same, to the
la aaffioieat excuse, to be judg«d of by him, lextent of two-thirdg th&nofia gndn or oth«r
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!;9 year or for ive years for two thirds tkeir Taiue.
All losses are paootoally paid within 90 days after
atisfaotory proof irf presented.
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Agtntfl of th* Company ia all ptrts c ihe dtate, and t«
R. H. BATTLE, dMretarj, ftaieigli.
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