FUBlilO LAWS.
Enacted Fkb’t" 186^*
AnAct fo Funi, rax~^
?v’TTnv 1 The OongreM Of the ConfeiieraU
^EoTJON 1 J
above the denomination of 9o,
•ball be aabjeot to • tox of per c«ot on «v-*
erj dollar promised on the ft.ce thereof',, said tax
to attach to said notes wherever oiroalated, and
said Lotesto be fundable and exchangeable for new
Treasury notes, as herein provided, sufijeot to
tb« dcdootion of said tax.
Sko 12 That any State holding Treasury
all Treastjrr , ,, (;he notes received before the times herein fixed lor
of Aprif 184, east of’ the Mississippi, to taxing said notes shall be allowed tiS the first
fund the same, and until the periods and at the
niaoes stated, the holders of such Treasury
notes shall be allowed to fund the sama in regis
tered bonds, payable 20 years alter their date,
bearing interest at the rate of 4 per oeuL per an-
day of January 1865, to fund the same in 6 per
cent bonds of the (Confederate States, payable 20
W or effects of a»y kiqj^ not enumarated n
tne procedin^jmragra]^, between the times
named therem, 10 pipr cent., in adxli;{on t^
tbe tax on such pronts as income, under the
act aforesaid.
UI. On the amount of j)rofits exceeding
25 per cenfc, made during either of tlie yoare
1863 and 1864, by ai»y bank or bankin|g
compAny, insurance, canal, navigation, im
porting and exporting, telegraph, express,
num, payable on the 1st of January and July of' ^ aloresaid, shall be held to have been received
each year. ! diminislied by the amouut of said tax. The dis-
Skc. "J. The •‘Secretary of the Treaaury is hereby j erimination between the uotcs 8iihjeot to the tAx
anthoriied to issue the bonds required for the ' those not so subjoot, shall be—
fuudinj? provided for in the preceding section, | 13. That Treasury notes heretofore issued
and until the bonds can be prepared he may issue * bearing interest at the rate uf 37 30 on the 8100
certificates to answer the purpose. Suoh bonds j P®*" annum, shall no longer be received in pay
years alter date, and the interest payable aemi- i ^Uroad, manufacturing, dry dock, or other
annually. But all Treasury notes reeoived by j^i^t stock £umpany of atiy description,
any State'aiter the time fixed for taxing the same whether incorporated or not, 25 j)er cent on
'sucU excess.
Sec. 5. The following exeniptiona from
taxation under this act shall bo allowed,
to-wit:
I. Property of each head o£ a family to
the value of $500; and for each minor child
of the family to the further value of $100;
of the 1st scetion of this act, shall, from and alter [ Seo. 14. That the Secretary ui the Treasury
the' 1st day of April 1884, cast of the Mississippi he, and he is hereby, authorized, in case the cxi-
river, and the 1st day of July 1864, west of the , gencics «il the Govcrnmeut should require it, to
Mi-ssi.ssippi, cease to be receivable in payment of pay the demand of any public creditor who.se debt
public dues, and said notes, if not so presented at ™ay be contracted after tiie passage of this act,
*^hat time, shall, in addition to the tax of 33i willing to receive the same a certificate of in-
ccnts imposed in the 4th scction of this act, be j debtednoss, to be issued by said Secretary in such
snbjeotod to a tax of 10 per oent. per month un-! form as he may deem proper, payable two years
til so presented; which taxes shall attneh to said ; after a ratification of a treaty of peace with the
lOtes wherever circulated, and shall be deducted ' Suited States, hearing interest at the rate of six
from the tmee of said notes wheuover prcsenfed I per oonr. per annuni, payablq scuii-annaally, and
$500.
n. Property of the widow ()f any officer,
soldier, sailor or marine, who may have
died or been killed in the military or naval
service, or where there is no widow, then of
the family, being minor children, ti> the
value of $10M).
Ill- Property of every officei*, soldier,
sailor or marine, actually engaged in th«i
inilitarj or imval service, or of as have
•*« »I.
tor payment or for fonciinR, and »aia noie» »liau j —ij n?uvi3eJ'"tlltrt‘‘ai™gfiSvVexum!?
ootiecxohMseabc lorthe ticw ol Tr.a-i rcKmatlon, to bo pr«onl,ca by the 8c-ret«, » I .j ^ a„v i«r80M. wlJe
jury notes provided for in this act
Sec. 4 That on all said Treasury aoton not fr"m taxation in principal and interest.
cut »l tux Ob at the Jatos l.j. The S.'orctHry of the Treat
the Trea-’Ury, and said certificates shall be exempt | shall n>t apply ^ any person, wiiose
j>ro})crty, exclusive ot household furniture,
tunded cr used in pi^’incnt
asury is au j assessed at a valur exceeding $1000.
' IV. That where property hai* been injured
and places prescribed in the Isr section ot tKis thoi ite;! ;o : sc.-ea rC t!u-uuinb« r ol‘depositories ko , i j i .
act, there shall be levied at said dates and. places to jueet the requiremoats ot' this act, and with j '>r lostroyeu by the enemy, or the owner
a tax of 33i cents tor every dollar prouiihed on '■iew t«) employ mieh of the banks of the sev- j thereof lias been temporarily deprived of the
the face of said Dutet.; s.-iid t.*x ehall atiach to said , cr»l .Staits si he luay dicin «!spidicnt | use or occupancy thereof, or of the means
notes whtTevi-r cirouiatfd, and siiiiU be collet ft-i id The Secretary of the Tnadury shall i of cultivating the same, by reason of the
by deducting the same at tlm treiu*iry, its deposi- j for^hwitk advertise this aot in sucL uewspapurs j presence or the proximity of the eueiivy,
lories and by tax oolleotors, and by ail Govern-j F’^blished in the several Stat»rs, and by suoti other | the Hssessiueut OU such property may be
ment officers recoiviug the sauio whene%’er pre- I n*eans as shall secure iuiuiediatf puLlieity^ aud ; reduced, in proportion to the damaue SUS-
seuted for payment or for funding, or in payment; the Secretary of War ai>d the Secretary of the owner, oV th,* tax assessed
ot Government dues, or tor postage, oi in ex _ N^vy shall each oause it to be published i8 gene-1 tber«on*iuay b« reduced iu th« bame ratio
Chance for new not^, as hereinafter provided a^ fur the intormati.u u. th. army j by the distnct collector, ou satisfactory •vi-
said Treasury notes snail be fundable in bonds as ; navy, 4 » i ; »
provided in the 1st section of this act, until the j Sxc 17 The section of hcc for the | submitted to hiru bv th« owner or as
1st day of January 1§65, at the r»te of cents ; a-^sessmcDt and cn]!cction .»f fjtXcs, approved May *iJS^or.
on the dollar; and it shall be the duty ot Che Seo- | Is^t 1863, is hereby repealed bKC. 6. Ihat ihe taXets on property inid
retary of the Treasury, at any time betweeu the' Sso 18. The Seohttary ut tlte Treasury u [ f*>r the year sluill Ije assessed us on
Ijt ot April and the 1st oi July, 1864, west of j hereby authorized and required, upuii the appli- dnv ut the pa.>tsage of this act, aud he
the Mississippi riter, and thclst of Jano’try 1865,1 cation of tho holder of any call ctrtifii*?iiti, which, dne and collected on the 1st day of June
to substitute and exchange pe^v Treasury notes by tiie first section of the act to provide for the next, or >-s Soon after jis practiixible, alluw-
for ihe sane at the nite of 661 cents on the dol- ; funding and further issue of Treasury c >t.j«, ap- in;; an eX' of 9iJ davs’ VV\*6t of the
lar:  That note? of the denomin»rion of ( proved March 2ild I8t>3, was required to be i Missijisip . . cr The add'itional taxes on
8100 .-hai! not te ontiticd to the priviioue >f said ' thereafter deemed to be a bond, to issuo to vjch incri'OF .‘.r -iM f.r tlu- v.-ip 1
A-W that th- ri^ht to boWer a bonj .here.br apon rho ,cru.= prcid.d hy thU act. Uaii he uiUli"u.d
;!ind o! v-Hid 1 if aaury note*, aftei* tUo Nt dav by act. , » i
-t lurthwith; ftnH thA taxe8. on incornes or pnv
fits fi>r the vcar 1 >64, shall be assessed and
collected accordint; to the provisions of the
tax and as^issment acts of l'sl63.
Sko. 7. So much of tjie tax act of the ‘i4th
day of A^ril 1863, as levies a tax on in
comes derived from pri)perty or efi’ects on
the amount or value of which a tax is levied
by thii; act, and also tlte 1st section of said
act, are sus}>ended for the year l'»tH, and
no estimated rent, hire or interest on pro
perty or credits herein tuxed ad valorem,
shall bo assessed or taxeI as incomeH under
th«* tax act of 18*J3.
Sto. S. That the tax imposed hy this act
on bonds of ti>e Confederate States hereto
fore issued, shall in no case exceeil the in
terest on the same, and such Iwnds, when
held hy or for minors nr lunatic#, shall l>e
exempt from the tax in all cases where tlie
intere^st on the same shall not exceed $1(X'H).
11-h*’ri4.j away: A >i*/pro-* —
, h,i -■ ’h- T^^lt i:nnn ail --uch Treasury rotes ' '' Taj^s for th^ gqth-
n..iv r.-ma:'n o’it,f iiiiin.r on^thc 1st day of. (hfenee itrul itnpf tort of Gmiernmeni.
Jacuarj i whi.-h may not be exchuni't-d 1. Tlie Oo^gress of Mih Confo*iwrate
tor ne# Treaiury n^tcci, -is h.:'rcia provided, a fax i States of America do enact. That In addi-
of Ino per ^nt. is hereby impo-ed ; tion to the taxes levieu by the act “to lav
Xpril next, taxes fV)r the common defence and to carrv oil
all authenty heretol.re given to thft Secretary of the Government ..f the Confederate States,”
L >h.ro.Lan bo
the Treist.rrr m»v :'.!! * Iev,ed, trum the pas.sa4r« of this act, on the
subjects of taxation liereatter mentioned.
and C'dlected from every }>erson, copartner
ship, as3'>ciatioti or corporatioti, liable there
to, taxes as follows, t>-wit:
I. Vpon the value of property, real, per
sonal and mixfcil, of every kind and descrip
tion, not hereinafter exempted or taxed at a
difl’erc t rate, 5 per cent.: Pp'vided, That
f'rom tills tax m the value of propertv «*m-
nd he holders of the ! ployed in agriculture shall be deducted the
the Treasury TOtiy, aher that timr, ifsuc new
Treasury notes. !n puch form as he may prcscrib#,
payable two years alter the raoiScation of a treaty
of peace w'th tho TTai;^ States, said new i^ae«
fo be receivable in r.ayajeui of all put»Iic duen,
except exnort an i imrMjrt duties, to be issued* iu
exchange lor o'd notes at the rate of 2 d*ilara of
the new i ;r " -f ‘L .-)ld L^sacs, whether paid old
notc.s he surrc.'iiJ'T i for exel^.ijre bv the holders
thereof, or te receiv.,d into the Treasury under
fhe pijTvsiona ut this ac^ snd he holders of the
new note.^ .jr the ,,;ri r,otts, .xcayt I'aoee of the valne ot' Jie tux in kind deli v'i«red therefrom,
acn?^. . ation ; «1 , af.er t.'. ;y ure re'inccd to 1 as assch.'^ed under the law imposing it, and
> -« on ii.oar v tV.A Government: Prorided,
That nt» credit shall be allowed beyond
per cent.
II. ^)n the value of gold and silver wares
and plate, jewels, jewelry and watches, 10
per cent.
III. Tl le value of property taxed under
this section shall be asseesed on the basis of
the market value of the same, or similar pro-
perty in tbe ntM^hborho->d wherea.ssessed, in
on 1,1*:- ii.-oar ' y the tax aioret>aid, may
convert the- aiU rertiScatf»i hearincr in-
f'.'ri -.t' 0? I TV5i»cer.!. {.?r aojiurn, ard I
r-.- y, fi r a r-itificiai n of a treaty i
t>t peace with th. rnited Stat^, unl«,-i sooner i
ojnverted into new n
Sep. 6 That to pay the >-xpeD-'\s of the Gov-
•.>rnmerjt not orhervfist provided for, the ?f'oi«?tary
of the Trea-i'iry is her.iby authoriBcd to issne «
pt-*r cen* boL Js to an aniiunt not ^x»?edinsc five
hundrrd milhoa.s, .i dollart,, the prin »pal and in- .
An Aci t/) ^luspcnd theprivU.ege of tht Writ
of Tlahens Corpus in certain iXLaes.
Whereas, the Constitution of the Confed
erate States of America ])rovides in Article
1, Section 9, Paragraph 3, that “the privi
lege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not
be sus}>ended unless when in case of rebel
lion or invasion, the public safety may re
quire it;’' and whereas, the power of sus
pending the privilege of said writ as recog
nized in said Article 1, is vested solelv in
IX. Of conspiracies, or attempts to liber
ate prisoners of war held by tbe Confederate
States.
X. Of conspiracies, or attempts or prepa
rations to aid the enemy.
XI. Of persons advising or inciting others
to abandon the Confederate cause, or to re
sist the Confederate States, or to adhere to
the euemy. »
Xn. Of unlawfull}’' burning, destroying
or injuring, or attempting to burn, destroy
or injure any bridge or railroad, or tele-
grapfiie line of communication, or property’,
with tlie intent of aiding the enemy.
XIII. Of treasr>T>ahle designs to im]>air
the military power of the Government by
destroying, or attempting to destroy, vessels
or arfns, or munitions of war, or arsenals,
foundries, workdhoj>s, or otjier property of
the Confederate States.
Sec, ii. The President shall cause proper
officers to investigate the canes of all })ersons
so arrested, or detained, in order tliat they
may be discharged if itnproperly detaineti,
unless they can be speedily tried in the due
course of law.
Sec. 3. That during the su-ipension afore
said, no milifary or otlier omcur shall be
compelled, in answer to any writ of habejis
c*orpus, to aj)j>ear in person, f>r to retnrn the
bod}’ of any ]*ei*son or persons detained by
him, by the authority of the President, i»e-
cretary of War, or the General ofHccr com
manding the Tcans-Mississippi department;
but upon the certificate, uudor oath, of tho
aHio»»r iiAviny char;;e of any one so detained,
:iat siKtn |)erson is uemineU 03’ turn as 1
prisoner for any of the causes hereinbefore
specified, under the authority aforesaid, fur
ther proceedings under the writ of habeas
corpus shall immediately cease and remain
suspentled so long as this act sliall continue
m force.
Sec. 4. T'liis act shall continue in force for
ninety days after the next meeting of Con
gress, and no longer.
THE MILlTAP.y BILL.
Section 1. That iVom an.l after the passage
of tfiis act all white men, reaidentti of the
Confedei'ate ^5fatea, between the ago.-* ot' 17
and 5U, shall be in the military service of
the Confeileiate States f'oi tiie war.
Sec. 'J. rhat h11 the persons afoietirtid, be
tWeen the ageti Of IS and 45, no\y in service, | this section, shall upon being duly convicted
shall Ihj letained during the present wai‘ I thereof, be discharged from the service.
VMth the L. S., in.the Sjime reyiments. brtt- Sec. 1*. That all laws granting exemp
tions from military service be, and the same
are, hereby repealed, and hereafter none
shall l>e exempted except the following;
1. All who shall be held unfit for milita
ry service, under rules to be prescribed by
the Secretary of Wai’. ^ .
2. The Vice President of the Confederate
States, the members and officers yf Ct>ngress
and of the several State Legislatures, and
such other Confederate and State officers as
the President, or the Governor of the re
shall be liable to be plaeed Jn service in t^^
fie^d for the war, as if he were between
a^s of 18 and 45.
Sec. That hereafter the duties of pro
vost and hospital guards and clerks, and of
clerks, guards, agents, employees or labor
ers in the'Commissary and Quartermaster’s
Departments, in the Ordnance Bureau, and
of clerks and empl >yees of navy agents, as
also in the execution of the enrollment act,
and all similar duties, shall be performed
by persons who jire within the ages of ,18
and 45 years, aud who by the report of a
Board of army surgeons shall be reported
as unable to perform'active service in the
field, but capable of performing some of the
above said duties, specityiiig whicli, aud
when these persons shall have beeu assigned
to those duties as far as practicable, the Pre
sident shall assign or detail to their j>erform-
ance sneh bodies of troo])s, or individuals,
required to be enrolled under the 5th sec
tion of this act, iis may be nee«led for the
discharire of such duties: Provided, that
persons between the age»4 of 17 and 18 shall
bo aRsigned to those duties: Provided fur
ther, that nothing contained in this act shall
be so consiruod as to prevent the President
from detailing artisans, mechanics, or j>or-
sons /!*f scientific skill, to perforni indis|>en
sable duties in the departments or bureaus
herein mentioned.
Sec. (♦. That any Quartermaster or As
sistant Quartermaster, Commissary or As-
sistjiiit Coiiiinisisary, (otlier than those serv
ing with l)rigadcs or regiments in the field,)
or ottJ>-ore in the Ordnance BureaU. or .Vavy
Agents, or I*rovost Marshal, or othc-er in
the ci^nscriiit service, who shall hereafter
emj>loy or retain in his employment any
person in any of their said departments or
bureaus, or in any of the duties mentioned
in the 8th sectioii *>f this act, in violation of
the provisions hereof', shall, on conviction
thereof by a court-martial or military court,
be’cashiered; and it shall be the duty of any
department or district commander, upon
proof, by the oath of any credible person,
that any such otticer lots violated this ]>ro-
visioti, immeiJiately to relievo such oflicer
from duty; and &aid commandei’s shall take
•j^rompt meariunfS to have liim tried for such
otfenw; ani any commander as afort^aid
failing to perform the tluties enjoined by
letained during the preheat war I thereof, be discharged from the servi
L. S., in.the s;ime regiments, bat- Sec. 1*. That all laws granting e
tauoiis aud companies, to which they belong
at the passage of this act, with the same or
ganization and officers, unless regularly
transferred or discharged, in accordance
with the laws and regulations for the gov-
eruuient of the army; Provided, that com
panies from one State, organized against
ihoir consent, expr«BMid at the time, with
regiments or battalioiw from another State,
shall have the privili^e of t>eing transferred
to organizations of troops, i^i the same arm
of file service, from the States in which said
Companies were raised; and tlie soldiers from
one State, in companies from another State,
skill i,o all..w«J ,t the.v^iie it, h trat.rfer | U. i t.e,w»en 45 aud 50 years of Me, ur tVui,, tl,.
to ojjranizations fiom their own States, iii o Kvery minibter of reli^^ion authorized to j urmy in the field, in all cases where, in his
})reach according to the rules of his church, {judgment, justice, equity and iiecessity re
aud who, at the passage of this act, shall be i (piire such details, and he may revoke such
provisions, to be delivered by sucli per?..,,,
a« aforeflilid at equivalent r;*roH.
3. Sucfi person shall furtlier bind hiius*,.,.
fo sell the marketable surplus of provioj,,,,,
and grain now on hand, and which he ina,
raise from year to year while liis exeuipti,,;
continues, to the Government or to iJje tku^
ilies of soldieis, at prices fixed by the (j.juj
missioners of the State under the iniprc-b.-
ment act: Provided, that .any persijn
enipted aforesaid, shall be eutitle.l t,j ^
cre«iit of 25 per cent, on any amount of mea-
winch he may deliver within three uio:iti]»
from the ))assage of this act: Proviijed lu;
ther, that persons ct>ming witkiu the :
sions of this exemption shall not he depriv*-.j
of the benefit thereof by reason of havirj.,
been enrolled since the 1st day of Feb.
4. In addition to the foregt»ing exeiup
tions, the Secretary of War,‘under the i:
rection of the President, may exempt ..j'ri,*
tail such other jn'raons as he may be SHtis-
fied ought to be o*tempted on accjunu
public necessity, and to insure the }»r.diH
tiyii of grain and other provisions for the
army and the families of soldiers. Fie mHv.
also, grant exemptions or det^iils, on sucli
terms sis he may prescril>e, to such over
seers, farmers or plar^ters as he may he gat
isfied will be more useful to the country ni
the pursuits of agriculture than in the miii
tary service; Provided, that such exemptiot,
shall cease whenever the farmer, planter
overseer shall fail diligent!}’ to employ it.
f?ood faith, his own skill, oapital and labo:
exclusively in the production of grain arid
provisions, to be sold to the Government auij
the families of soldiers at prices not exceed
ing those fixe«l at the time for like artidcs
by the Commissioners of the State undtj
the imi>ressmertt act,
5. The president, treasurer, auditor and
su|>erintendent of any railroad coiflpai,v bi,
gaged in transportation for the G^jveruiijciit.
and such officei'S and employees thereof as
the president or superintendent shall certits
on oath to l>e indisponsable to the etiiciern
ojteration of said railroad: Pftvided, that
the number of persons so exempted by ttua
act on any railroad shall not exceed one pur
Son for each mile of such road in actiuil iise
for military transpoi'tation; and said exeinjjt.
shall be reported ijy name and descripiioii,
witli the names of any who have left tue
employment of said company, or who luav
cease lo be indispensable.
ti. That nothing herein contained siiaii
l>e construed as repealing tlie act appr^vad
April the 14th 1863, entitled au act to ex
empt contractors for carrying the mails ot
the Confederate States, and the drivei-s ot
post coaciies and hacks, from military ser
vice: Provided, tbat all the exemptions
granted under this act shall only continne
whilst the per&^)U8 exempted are actually
eny^aged in their respective pursuits or oc-
cupations.
*Sec. 11. Tliat Uhj President be, and he is
spective States, may certity to be necesbary [ hereby, authorized to grant details, under
for tho proper administration ot the Con- j general rules and regulations to be issued
federate or State Governments, as the case j from the War Department, either of persotis
which shall be exported from, the Co&lederate
State?, aud the net proceeds of h« im|K>rtf duties
now laid, or so much thereof aa may bo neochsary
to pay annually the interest, are hereby specially
pledged; I rou 'dcd, that the duties now laid on
imports are bere% pledged and shall hereaf
ter bte paid In specie, or in sterling exchange, or
in coupons of paid bonds.
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorfied, from time to time, as tbe
wants of the Treasury may require it, to sell or
hypothecate for Treasury notes said bonds, or any
part thereof, upon tho best tcrm.^ he can, so as to
meet appropriations by Congress, and at the same
time reduce and restrict the amount of the circu
lation in T’-eaaury notes within reasonable and
sate limits
Sec. 8. The bonds authorized by the Gth sec
tion of this act may bo either registered or cou
pon bonds, aa the pardes taking them may elect;
and they may be exchanged for each other under
such rejrurationa as the Secretary of the Treasury
may prescribe. They shall ho for SlOO, and shall
together with the coupons thereto attached, be iu I
such form and of such authentication .■« the Sec
retary of the Treasury mav prescribe; the interest
shall bo payable half yearly on the tirst of Jau’y
and July io each year; the principal shall be pay
able not le.'if. than iiO years from their date.
Sbti. 9. ah oaU certificates shall be fundable,
and shall b; t-jxed iu all respects as iw provided
for the IVctfury notes into which they are con
vertible. if converted before the time fixed for
taxing the Treasury notes, .such certificates shall
from that time bear interest upon only ti6^ cents
for every dollar promised upon their face, and
shall be redeemable in new Treasury notes at
that rate; but after the passage of this act no call
t A M.. 1 _1! I • • y, - * •
certificrites : liall bo issued until aftf-r the firatdav
of Aprii, IStU. ’ ^
SKr 10. '^tiat if any bartk of deposit ahall pive
Its depof-uor.4 tfia bonds authorieed by the first
Bocticn ct-t'.is HCt, in exohao'e for their deponitfl
ifid specifyinjp tde same on the bonds by some
IS incti'To tnari or token, to be agreed upon with
the Secre^a-y oi the Tretxsury, then the Wid de-
posi r ,«ina ^cnti},?''d to rroioro the amount of
"ury not''!;, b-'^-.rin? no Jntcr-^st
•' 'hi? aot:
- - I .before • •
n; ijt r.„
said boi ds i i
■lid tr
u/ /f /
pr:v '
ip
1 .
M V. ..
provxJc.-
Viv. >f g'
-v-ont f
and tobacco so }>urchiu.ed, :shall be assessed
at the price actually paid for the same by
the owner.
Sec. 2. On the value of all bhares or inter
ests held in any bank, banking company or
association, canal, navigation, importing,
exporting, insurance, manufacturing, tele
graph, express, railroad, nnd dry-iock com
panies, and*all other .joint Bt>ck companies
of every kind, whether incorporated or not.
o per cent.
The value of property taxed under this
section shall be assessed upon the basis of
tlie market value of such property in the
neigh"borhood where assessed, in such cur
rency us may be in general use there, in the
purchaiwi and Rakj of Bucfi pioportjr. at the
time of assessment.
Sec. 3. Upon the amount of all gold and
silver coin, gold dust, gold or silver bullion,
whether held by the i»anks or other coyjo-
ratiojis or individuals, 5 per cent.; and npon
■ill monevs held abroad, or upon the amount
of all bills ot exchange, drav/n tlierefor on
foreign countries, a tax r>f 5 per ceut.; such
ta.x. upon money abroad to be assessed and
collected according to the value thereof at
tlie place whore die tax is paid.
II. Upon the amount of all solvent cre-
d|t.s, and of all bank bills and all other pa
pers issued as currency, exclusive of non
interest hearing Confederate trea-sury notes,
and not employed in a registered business,
the income derived from vvliich is taxed, 5
per cent.
Sec. 4. Ujw)n profits made in trade aud
business, as follow.^:
I. On all profits made by buying and sell
ing g^)iritoud liquors, flour, wheat, corn, rice,
sugar, molasses or sirup, salt, bacoti, pork,
hog.s, beef or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay,
fodder, raw hides, leatfier, horses, nniles,
b(X»ts, shoes, cotton yarns, wool, woolen, cot
ton or mixed cloths, hats, wagons, harriesg,
coal, iron, steel or nails, at auy time be
tween the Ist of January 1863, and the 1st
Oi January 186.5, 10 per cent., in addition
to the tax on such profits an income under
tlie.“ let to lay faxes for the comrnou defenc«,
uspen
writ in the exi.afing case of the invasion of
these States by the armies of the United
States; and whereas, the President has asked
for the suspension of the writ of hal>ea8 cor
pus, and informed Congress of conditions of
public danger which render the suspension
of the writ a measure proper for the public
defence against invasion and insnrrection;
now, therefore, ’
The C«mgres8 of ihe Confederate States of
America do enact, Tliat during the present
invasion ot the Confederate States, the priv
ilege of the writ of habeas corpus be, and
the same is hereby, suspended; but such sus
pension shall apply only to tiie cases of per
sons arrested or detained by order of the
pu'
'• c jtjfir>ijr I •'Uid carry on the ^4overn imut of the Oon-
'0 d««», ,u, io 'eraie '^tates,” approved April 24, 1863.
er the, II. On ail protits made by buving aud
aut thr'first of Jnlv u uy uuying auQ
thev *5^ aebta, credits, or obligations
ot ftny kmd, and any mdrchaqdize, propw*
PmideiU^Secre^v of W^tf. or the General
Ufhcer commanding the Trans-Mississippi.
Military Department, by the authority and
under the control of the President. It is
hereby declared that the purpose of Con
gress iu the passage of this act is to provide
more eflectually for the public safefy by
suspending the writ of habeas corpus in the
following cases and no other:
I. Of treason, or treasonable efi'jrts
combinations to subvert the government of
tho Confederate States.
II. Ot conspiracies to overthrow th_
ernment, or consoiracies to resist the lawful
authority 5f the Confederate States.
III. Of combining to assist the enemy or
of communicatiu^ intelligence to the ene“my
or giving him aid and cotufort.
IV. Ot couspiraci^, preparations and at-
tempts to incite servile insurrection
. desertions or encouraging deser
tions, of harboring dei;erter8, and of attempts
to avoid military service; Provided, That in
case of palpable wrong and op])ression by
any subordtn officer upon any party who
does not, v owe military service, his
oupcnor officer -iall grant prompt relief to
^'le oppressed party, and the subordinate
shall be d’.sinissed from office. • '
VI. Ot spies and other emissaries of the
enemy.
VII. Of holding correspondence or inter
course kvith the enemy, without necessity,
and Without the permission of the Oonfe(£^
rate States.
VUL Of unlawful trading with the ene
my, and other offences against the laws of
the sanu: arm of the service.
Sec. 3. That at the expiration of six m»nths
from the tii-st day of April ne.xt, a bonntv
of $ lOf r ill ni N |.r-i ««-i i).  to wt't > I tieil ( ln>ntj,
which the Secretary of Hie Treasurv is here
by authoi’ized to issue, shall be paid to eve
ry !)on-C'»mmissioned ofiicer, musician afid
private who shall then be in scrvice, or in
the^evefit of his’death previous to the peri(»d
of such }*ayment, then to the person or per-
sjfis who would be entitled ti.» receive bv law
the arrearages of liis pay; but no one shall be
entitled to the bounty herein provided who
shall at any time, during the period of six
moutns next after the said first day of April,
be absent from his command without leave!
Sec. 4. Tiiat no person shall be relieved
frotn the operation of this act by reason of
having been heretofore discharged from the
army where no disability now exists; nor
Bhall those who have furnished substitutes
be any longer exempted by reason thereof:
Provided, that no poi-son, heretofore exempt
ed on account of religious opinions and who
has paid the tax levied to relieve him from
service, shall be required to render military
service untfer thiB act.
regularly employed in the discharge of his orders of details whenever lie thinks j)ropt;r
intnfstcrjal duties, superintendents and pliy’- i*rovitied, tliat the pt>we?' herein granted t.
sicians of asylums for the deaf and dumb the President to lyake details and exemp
Sec. 5. That all white male residents of
the Confederate States, between the a»^9s of
17 and IS and 45 and 50 years, shall enroll
themselves at such times and places, atic
under such regulations, as the ■'President
luay prescribe, the rime allowed not hein;,
less than 30 days for those ejist, and 60 days
for those w*est ot the Mississippi river, and
any person who shall fail so to enroll him-
8elt, without a reasonable excuse therefor
to be judged of by the President, shall be
placed iu service in the field for the war, in
the same manner as though they were be
tween the ages .>f 18 and 45: Provided, that
the persons mentioned in this section shall
dofeuce and
Getail duty,_aiid shall iu»t be required to
perform si.*rvice out of the State in which
they reside.
bee. 0. 1 jiat all persons re|uired bv the
5th section of this act to enroll tliemselvos,
may within 30 davs after tiie j>assage there
of, east of the Mississippi, and within 6u
days, if west of said river, form themselves
into voluntary organizations of companies,
battalions or regiments, aud elect their own
otiicers; said organizations to conform to the
existing laws; and, having so organizeil, to
tender their services as volunteer.-i during'’
the war to the President; and if such orgati-
izatious shall furnish jiroper muster rolls, as
now organized, and deposit a copy thereof
with the enrolling officer of their district,
which shall bo equivalent to enrollment
they may be accepted as minute men for
service iu such Suite, but in no event to be
taken out of it. Those who do not so volun
teer and organize, shall enroll themselves as
before provided; and may, by the President,
be required to assemble at convenient pla
ces ot rendezvous, and be formed or organ
ized into companies, battalions and regi
ments, under regulations to be proscribed
by him; and shall have the right to elect
their company and regimental officers; aud
all troops organized uuder this act for State
defepce, shall be entitled, while in actual
service, to the same pay and allowance as
troopa now in the field.
Sec. 7. That auy person who shall fail to
attend at the place of rendezvous as required
the Confederate States, enacted to promottl ^7 authority of the President, without
their suooeM in the war. 1 a anffioieat excuse, to be judged oi hj him^
and blind and of the insane; one editor for
each newspa|)or being published at the time
of this act, aud such employees as said edi
tor may certify, on i>ath, to be indispensaMe
to the publication of such newspaper; the
public printer of the Confederate and State
Governments, and such journeymen print
ers as the said public prifiter 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 the 10th day of Oct’r 1.S62,
and has continued said • business, without
intermission, since that period; all physi
cians over the age of 30 years, who now are,
and for the last 7 years have been, in the
actual and rejjyilar pnicticc of their profes
sion, but' the term physician shall not in
clude dentists; all presidents and teachers
of colleges, theological fehiinaries, acade
mies and schools, who hjive been regularly
engaged as such for two years next before
the passage of this act: l*rovided> that the
benefit of this exemption shall extend to
those teachers only whose schools are com-
po.sed of 20 stildents or more. AU superin
tendents of public hospitals, established by
iaw l>efore the passage of this act, and such
physicians and nurses theiein as such su-
perintendents'shall certify, on oath, to be
indispensable to the j>roper and efficient
management thereof.
4. There shall be exempt one person as
owner or agriculturist on each farm or plan
tation upon which there are now, and were
on the 1st day of Jan’y last, 15 able-bodied
field-hands,-between the f^es of 16 and 50,
uuon th^ following conditions:
1. This exemption shall only be grauted
in cases in which there is no white male
adult on tbe farm or planta.tion not liable to
military service, nor unless the person claim
ing the exemption was on the 1st day of
Ji\n’y 1864, either the own^‘ afid manager
or overseer of said plantation, but in uo case
shall more than one person be exempted for
one farm or plantation.
2. Such person shall tirst execute a bond,
payable to the Confederate States of Amer
ica, in' such form, and with ‘such security,
and in sudv penalty as the Secretary of War
may prescribe, conditioned tliat he will de
liver to the Government at some railroad
depot, or such other place or places as may
bo designated by the Secretary of War,
within 12 months next ensning, 100 pounds
of bacon, or, at the election of the Govern
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 pork and beef shall be paid
for by the Government at the prices nxed
by the Commissioners of the State under the
impressment act; Provided, that when the
person thus exempted shall produce satis
factory evidence that it has been iifipossible
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
or plantation, the Secretary of War shall
direct a .oominatatioa of the same, to the
ojcteat oftwo*Uurdi th^oof in grain or othor i
exemp
tions shall not be construed to authorize the
exemption or detail of any contractor for
furnishing supplies of any kind to the Gov
ernment, by reason of said contract, unless
the head or secretai y of the department ma
king such contract shall certify that the per
sotial services of such contractor are iudia-
pensable to the execution of said contract:
Provided further, that when any such cou
tractor shall fail, diligently aud faithfully,
to proceed with the execution of such con
tract, his exemption or detail shall cease.
Sec. 12. That in appointing local boards
of surgeons for the examination of persons
liable to military service, no member com
posing the satne shall be appointed frooi the
county or enrolling district in which they
are rei,uired to make such examination.
Post Oflloej Fayetteyille, N. C.,)
October 3, 1863. )
Sckfdhle of the Arrival and Departure of the MaUt 0t thu
Office.
RALEIGH vift AVERA8B0R0’, &o.
Arrivea daily, except Sunday, at P. M.
Dspartd duly, except Saturday at 6 P. M.
RALEIGH via 8DMMEKVILLE.
l^partt! Tuesd*y and Friday at 6 A. M.
Arrives Wednesday and Sundaj at 9 P. M.
WARSAW via CLINTON.
.Arrives daily at 1:2 noon
Departs daily at 1^ P. M.
CARTHAGE
Arrives Tuesday, Tburaday and Saturday at 7 P. M
Departs Moaday, Wednesday aad Friday at 1 P. M.
CHERAW, S. C.
Arrives Ta*sday, Thursday and Saturday at 0 P. M
Departs Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 1 P. M.
F.41R BLUFF via LUMBERTON.
ArrlTea Tuesday, Thursday aad Saturday at 6 A. M.
Departs Suaday, Tuesday and Thursday %t 1 P. M
, ROBESON’S via ELIZ.\BETHTOWN.
Depc^a Monday, Wednesdaj and Friday at 6 .M,
Arrives Tuesday, Thurday and Saturday at 2 P M
ELIZABETHTOWN via TEREBINTH
Arrives Monday at 6 P M.
Depart.^ same 4j^y'(Moudaj) at 8 P. M.
.MAGNOLIA TiaCY'PRESS CREEK
Arrires Tuesday at 2 P. M.
Departs s.aoie day (Taesday) at 2^ P. M.
SWIFT ISLAND via MONTROSE. COVINGn>N ana
PDWELLTON
.\rrivea Tuesday at tf P. M
Departs Wednesday at 11 A M.
SWIFT ISLAND via TROV.
Arrives Tuesday at K P. M.
Departs Wednesday at 11 A M.
All mailti leavia oafor^ 7^ A M . are closed the even
•nn l)eforc at 9 P. vf AM ieUirs to be sent off from
this clBae, other tb*n by mail, loasl be paid for aa If
sent by mail 'U drop letters shouM be pre-paid by
2 oeut stamps
Tbe office will be opi*n on Sunday from to 9* A
M , aod from 4J to 5^ P. M.
JAS G COOK, P M.
TBE OIXIE: PRI»eR,
the L!t’.!f Fo'trt  'arllter supply at wBOl«»aU
•* '- ~ : -f * T' » '’OW
THE iirORTH C>%^ROE.l]«A
flurriL uric issdbanck covriNr,
NOW Ib the tenth year of suooesaful operation, wiih
growing oapital and firmer hold upon publio oon-
fidenc«, continues to iusuro the lives of all healthy per
sons from 14 60 years of age, for one year, for seven
years, and for life—^1 life members sharing in the profits
AU slaves from 10 to 60 years of age are insu^ fbr
one year or for tve years for two thirds their valne.
■All losses are pu^oally paid within 90 days after
sati»fi*etory proof is presented.
For further information the pnbli'' is referred to
A.|^nts of the Company in all parts a.' /^he State, and to
&. H. BATTLE, Seoretary, Raleigh.
fi. J. HALB, A^nt at
Jm’jt 18M. fayyUnllt,.J. C
ttlaok W^urraqtflmlA for tbii Office
VOl
PRINTED
RDWA
EDIT
Prije for the 8e
advance.
Por the Weekly 
advance.
ttr“ADVERT:
of 16 lines for ti
ceeding publicati
half square (eigh
for eash succeed!
t)uested to state t
■ hey will be conti
-ngiy.
Advertise Dients
vertisemeuin.
From un « I
will be eni«re»i
tbe paper be sent
rhan is paid for.
Such of oir old
per on this system
remittances.
irvtf.
Att
Fa
WILL attend ti
Cumberland,
tijp. Promi>i
alaims entrusted t
i>ct. 17, 186^.
GEO. W.
%Vholet«ale
AND IMF
Hardware an
HAY s
July 2, 1861
J o
Urocer and
FAYl
Jan’y 10. 18r,g
■ O WOUTH.
WOJ
Commissloa an
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Oct. 16, 1863.
THUS. J.
General Conimiss
WIl
I^ROMPT attentio
A our hands. Oo
T. J. JOHNSON,
of Fayetteville,
Jan’jr 8.
2,500
Persons having
the highest Cash pr
at the Merchant Mi
hor at his old stand
Nov. 6. lSti2.
AR-H
I AM prepared to
Harness for Arn
five good bargain-*,
orders to me as th(>;
lieut of in quick dis
Goldston P. 0., 0
Ihn. ii)
Oct. 16.
1 on ®OXES VI'
X«7U for gale on
May 28.
rayettcville, or at
FeVy 16. isai
Waut
WESTERN RAI]
Bank Notes;
Geld and Silvc
Nortli Oarolini
Oouniy of Cun
Town of ('ayet
GreeosKoro’ ti
Confederate 7
Coupons of $1
ui' XO'
of Old
Oct. JVJ, J8«3-
O!
Lead w.^nted
Department P
tities iriil please ap|
POWDER for I'J pot
69-tf
Palma
The subseriber #i
•n; quantity of
Ff.TsttsviD«. (>«L
I WILL pay the
of good COW HOI
Cows; also, BRIAR
ie lao.
Fayetteville, Fob’
rhe
sociatioi
eomtort of oar brav
the oounty and towi
Peas, Potatoes, Drie
lo be packed in box.
the Army ¥y Dr Wai
loh, ^-^ident of
CiilOTCM ai
I desire to purcl
Gloves and 10,C
he thankfully reoeiv