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 I Person* dosiring to have more than one male adiflt o« heir stock 
 f-uma'uuder the provisions of the law allowing one person k eac 
 heTofe.ttlo.will be required to make affidavit that such numb, ol persons 
 H absolutely necessary to take proper care ot ilia stock. I 
 
 II Enrollments for particular regiments, squadrons, baahons and 
 companies in service on the 16th of April 1862, may be ma. by officers 
 de a edio he pur^se by the Com* leneral of ad „,„,,.„ or 
 aa^myintheneldfbut such officers must report to the Co hmndant o 
 Oonscripte in their respective Slates, receive insti lotions fri him, and 
 wsemble their conscript at such points as he Wy dcsigna* Co 
 
 enrolled without reporting to suofa commandant, wiU be deem to - 
 
 Sued for general service, and shall at an., time be transferred, 
 ..pplieati.m, oron the application, of commandants ol c|rps needisfconsenpts, 
 l.i BUch eorp.-. / 
 
 Ji<ricnds y DunkarHs, Xazan aes and Mi 
 
 TH All persons of Utf-above denominations, In regular licmhership 
 
 ilhnent, 
 
 u to which the party bi iig forth distinctly thi' not that the 
 
 party on ttie 1 1 1 li day ot October, 1865 was in regul uli such 
 
 denomination. The aliftivit must be taken and ccrtlSed by a Jkjtiec of the 
 Peace, or other ollicfr appointed by the law of his State to adiniii-tgr oaths; 
 iind his authority to administer oaths must be certified by the C'Ufk of a court 
 of record, under the seal of the court.. 
 
 All Assistant Quartermasters, to whom the said tax is tendered™ ili receive 
 and receipt for it, anil pay the same into the Treasury ol the Confederate 
 States, without unreasonable delay,. The enrolling officer will receive the 
 receipt and forward it to the Commandant of Conscripts, by whonit will be 
 forwarded to the Quartermaster General, who will charge the Assistant 
 Quartermaster with the amount received by him. 
 
 Provision against Extortion. 
 
 IV. When application for exemption is made by any shoenker, tan- 
 ner, blacksmith, wagonmaker, miller, "'ill engine -r or millwrigh not in the 
 employment of any oompany "r establishment, bin working (I himself, 
 the party seeking exemption shall state in writing, under oat , thai he 
 is skilled and actually employed in his said trade ; that he is i ibitually 
 engaged in working Par tlio public ; that the products of his h tor, while 
 exempt from military service, shall not be sold, exchanged oi bartered 
 for a i ; ling the cost of production and seventy-five r>er cent. 
 
 profit thereon, and that he will nil by any arrangement, shif or con- 
 trivance, evade the law, or receive a greater price or rewai.1 than it 
 allows. 
 
 Where application is made to exempt superintendents ai 1 opera- 
 tives hi wool ud en 1 1 on factories and paper mills, and stipoi inien oils and 
 ling inv. 'lines, shoemakers, tanners, blM^smith**. 
 ,rA£ >-. or unit wi it tg i . 
 
 but in ihe employment of some com^my or establishment, 
 the president or some director, if the company be incorporate, if cot, 
 the proprietor of the business, or if i here be a firm, soma parto-r there- 
 in, shall make oai It in writing that the said superintendents, operatives, 
 managers or mechanics, as the case may be, are skilled and aotially cni- 
 1 vocations; that they are habitually worklOt for the 
 public; that they arc absolutely necessary for the successful prosecution 
 of the buei toss of the concern; that the product! thereof shal not be 
 sold, or exchanged, or bartered, during the said exemption, fjl a price 
 
 aud 
 Jtion. to 
 
 hiiv time 
 
 .ne pi 
 
 exceeding the oost of production and feventy-five per cent, profit there- 
 on ; that no shift, contrivance or arrangement shall be made to evade the 
 law, or to secure a larger return or profit than it allows; and that ex- 
 emption is not sought for a larger number of persons than is absolutely 
 n-y tor the successful prosecutions of the business of the concern. 
 
 The foregoing affidavits shall be made before some Justice of the 
 Peace or other person authorized by law to administer oaths, and if such 
 Justice or other person be not personally known to the enrolling otlicer 
 to be what he purports to be, his official character and his right to ad- 
 minister oat: s must ue certified by the Clerk of some court of record. 
 under the seal of his court. * , 
 
 Tile affidavits shall be returned nmandaul of I on-cripls, and 
 
 exemptions shall be grained by the enrolling officer. If, however, h 
 su-pect false swearing or inislakJBie shall refuse the xempt 
 refer 1 , li.r hi.st enrolling the names of parties 
 
 Ore Commandant ConsCI shall dispose of it . II 
 
 the enrolling offic to suspect false s wcirin«TJk-«staUe 
 
 to %<»1r. "■" ;i ' ,;i ' 
 
 , hi the law all. 
 root by . ,1c. me enrollment 
 
 ujuu the said atfidaviUfJB 
 
 Details. 
 
 V. Citizen employees and mechanics who are employed in establish- 
 ments of the government, or by contractors with the (jovernmetil in (he 
 manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnance stores, and other miinili 
 war, saddles, harness and army supplies, will be enrolled and returned to 
 their work : provided the Chief of the Ordnance lieaureau, or some ord- 
 nance officer authorized by him for the purpose, shall certify that the 
 number of operatives required by the officer in charge of such establish- 
 ment, or by such contractor for government work, is reasonable, and not 
 excessive. Such certificate will be presented to the enrolling officer, who 
 will thereupon make the detail of the men specified for a period ant ex- 
 ceeding sixty days, and return the certificate to the Commandant of Con- 
 scripts At the expiration of such detail, the officer In charge of the 
 government shop, or the contractor, in whose employment sai 1 conscripts 
 are. shall cause said certificate to be renewed, or return the eonscripis to 
 the nearest camp of instruction. If the certificate be not renewed, or ihe 
 conscripts be not relumed, no-other detail shall he granted to Such eetab' 
 lishment or contractor. In all cases of details for contractors, the 
 requesting the detail shall make affidavit that the persons so detailed will 
 not be employed on any other than government work, which affidavit 
 shall be returned to the Commandant of Conscripts; and if it be found 
 that at any time suoh detailed conscripts are employed by said contract- 
 ors upon work for private individuals, Ihe detail shall be cancelled by the 
 Commandant of Conscripts. 
 Para ;n»ph '. Qenara! ' 
 
 Volunteering. 
 
 VI. All persons liable to conscription may. before enrollment, vol- 
 unteer in companies in service on the liitb of April, lSiiJ. But after en- 
 rollment, they cannot volunteer, nor can they at any time volunteer in 
 companies received into service since the 16th of April, 1862. 
 
 VII All persons subject to enrollment for military service, may be 
 enrolled wherever found, whether within the State or oounty of their resi- 
 dence, according to an act of Congress, approved Sept. 1!7, 1862. 
 
 J. P. FLEWELLEN, 
 
 Major & Com'dt Conscripts. 
 
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