Chapter LX. to prevent Correspondence with Rebels
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Chap. LX.— An Act to prevent Correspondence with Rebels.Feb. 25, 1863. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That if any person, being a resident of the United States, or being aCorrespondence written or verbal, with rebel government or agents or persons therein, how punished. citizen thereof, and residing in any foreign country, shall, without the permission or authority of the Government of the United States, and with the intent to defeat the measures of the said Government, or to weaken in any way their efficacy, hold or commence, directly or indirectly, any correspondence or intercourse, written or verbal, with the present pretended rebel Government, or with any officer or agent thereof, or with any other individual acting or sympathizing therewith; or if any such person above mentioned, not duly authorized, shall counsel or assist in any such correspondence or intercourse, with intent as aforesaid, he shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, on conviction before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not less than six months nor exceeding five years.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That where the offence is committedIn what court offence to be tried. in any foreign country, the district court of the United States for the district where the offender shall be first arrested shall have jurisdiction thereof. Approved, February 25, 1863.