Chapter CXLVIII. *relating to the Time for finding Indictments in the Courts of the United States in the late Rebel States*
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CHAP. CXLVIII.— An Act *relating to the Time for finding Indictments in the Courts of the United States in the late Rebel States*. March 3, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Time for finding indictments in courts of the United States in the late rebel States for certain crimes, extended for two years from, &c. That the time for finding indictments in the courts of the United States in the late rebel States for offences cognizable by said courts, and which may have been committed since said States went into rebellion, be, and hereby is, extended for the period of two years from and after [the time when] said States are or may be restored to representation in Congress: *Provided, however*, That the provisions hereof shall not apply to treason or other political offences.
Approved, March 3, 1869.