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Description:Excerpt from Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. Lane and John H. Leftwich, in Relation to Their Exemption, as Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Military ServiceThe return to the writ in this case states that Lane is a volunteer in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, a member of Company B, of the 18th battalion of Virginia volunteers, and that he is detained for duty under the orders of Captain Fallen.To this return the petitioner replies that he is a contractor for the transportation of the Confederate States mails, on Route No. 2521, be tween Keswick Depot and Columbia, in the State of Virginia, and that the route is thirty-one miles and a half in length, and that he is exempt from military service by virtue of the act of Congress approved on the [4th of April 1863, and entitled An act to exempt contractors for car rying mails of the Confederate States, and the drivers of post coaches 'and hacks, from military service which act is in these words: The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the contractors for carrying the mails of the Confederate States shall be exempt from the performance of military duty in the armies of the Con federate States from and after the passage of this act, during the time they are such contractors: provided, 820.Sec. 2. That drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying the mails on all routes where the weight of the mails requires that they should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States from and after the passage of this act, so long as they continue to be employed as drivers provided, &0.It is said by the counsel for Captain Fallen that the act above referred to does not discharge persons who were in service at the time when the contract was made, but only extends to those who had entered into con tracts before their enrolment: that if Congress had meant to release those who were already in service, the word discharged would have been used, and not the word exempt; which, it is said, is inappropriate in such a case.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. ... Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Mil. To get started finding Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. ... Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Mil, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. Lane and John H. Leftwich, in Relation to Their Exemption, as Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Military ServiceThe return to the writ in this case states that Lane is a volunteer in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, a member of Company B, of the 18th battalion of Virginia volunteers, and that he is detained for duty under the orders of Captain Fallen.To this return the petitioner replies that he is a contractor for the transportation of the Confederate States mails, on Route No. 2521, be tween Keswick Depot and Columbia, in the State of Virginia, and that the route is thirty-one miles and a half in length, and that he is exempt from military service by virtue of the act of Congress approved on the [4th of April 1863, and entitled An act to exempt contractors for car rying mails of the Confederate States, and the drivers of post coaches 'and hacks, from military service which act is in these words: The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the contractors for carrying the mails of the Confederate States shall be exempt from the performance of military duty in the armies of the Con federate States from and after the passage of this act, during the time they are such contractors: provided, 820.Sec. 2. That drivers of post coaches and hacks for carrying the mails on all routes where the weight of the mails requires that they should be carried in coaches or hacks, shall be exempt from military service in the armies of the Confederate States from and after the passage of this act, so long as they continue to be employed as drivers provided, &0.It is said by the counsel for Captain Fallen that the act above referred to does not discharge persons who were in service at the time when the contract was made, but only extends to those who had entered into con tracts before their enrolment: that if Congress had meant to release those who were already in service, the word discharged would have been used, and not the word exempt; which, it is said, is inappropriate in such a case.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. ... Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Mil. To get started finding Decisions of Hon. James D. Halyburton, Judge of the Confederate States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia: In the Cases of John B. ... Mail Contractors, From the Performance of Mil, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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