A. W. BRADFORD, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

that the following be enacted and inserted in said
Code in lieu thereof, to wit :

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202. If any person shall levy war against this
State, or shall adhere to the enemies thereof,
whether foreign or domestic, giving them aid or
comfort, within this State or elsewhere, and shall
be thereof convicted, on confession in open court
or on the testimony of two witnesses, both of them
to the same overt act, he shall suffer death, or be
sentenced to confinement in the Penitentiary, for
not less than six nor more than twenty years, at
the discretion of the court.

Levying war
against the
State, &c. —
penalty.

Sub-Sec. 2. If any person shall provide or pro-
cure money, goods or other property or effects
(other than munitions of war) to be used in the
levying of war against this State, or in giving aid
or comfort to the enemies of this State, within this
State or elsewhere, and be convicted thereof, he
shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the common
Jail of the county or city wherever he may be con-
victed, for a term not exceeding six months, or to
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, at the
discretion of the court ; and if the property or ef-
fects, so provided or procured, consist in part or in
the whole of munitions of war, the person so pro-
viding or procuring such munitions of war shall,
on conviction thereof, be sentenced to confinement
in the Penitentiary for a term not less than six
months or more than two years, or to a fine not
less than one hundred nor more than five hundred
dollars, at the discretion of the court ; and in any
and every case the money, goods, property or ef-
fects, so provided or procured, shall be forfeited to
the use of the State.

Procuring
money, muni-
tions of war,
&c., to be used
in levying war
against the
State, prohib-
ited — penalty
prescribed.

Sub-Sec. 3. And whereas, Experience has shown
that evil-minded persons are disposed to commit
the offences specified in this sub-section, for the
purpose of promoting rebellion or war against
this State ; therefore,

Preamble.

Be it enacted, That if any person or persons
shall, wilfully and for the purpose of promoting
rebellion or war against this State, burn or destroy

any bridge, viaduct, culvert, structure, rails, ferry-
boat, or other property belonging to and being
part of any highway or railroad within this State,
or engine, car, vehicle or property belonging to or

Bridges, &c.;
heir destruc-
ion punisha-
ble by confine-
nent in Peni-
entiary or
fine.