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solutely neutral shall be respested so far as circum-
stances can allow of it ; but they shall not be en-
titled to any active protection.
" ART. 35.—N0 NEEDLESS WASTE.—The need-
less waste or destruction of any useful property or
article by five, throwing open of fences, fields,
buildings, or needless killing of animals, or injury
of either, shall not be tolerated at any time or place
but shall be promptly and peremptorily punished.
"ART. 36.—PROPERTY CONFISCATED—The entire
personal and real property of all persons known
to be acting either directly or indirectly with or for
the enemy, or found in arms with them, or found
wilfully holding slaves, shall be confiscated and
taken whenevel' and wherever it may be found, in
either free or shve States.
"ART. 37.—DEsErmoN.—Persons convicted on
impartial trial of desertion to the enemy, after be-
coming members, acting as spies, or treacherously
surrendering property, arms, ammunition, pron.
sions or supplies of any kind, roads, bridges, per-
sons, or fortifications, shall be put to death and
their entire property confiscated.
" ART. 38.—VIOLATION OF PAROLE OF HONOUR.
—Persons proven to be guilty of taking up arms
after having been set at liberty on parole of honour,
or after the same to have taken any active part with
or for the enemy, direct or indirect, shall be put to
death, and their entire property confiscated.
" AnTs. 39, 40, and 41 require all to labour for the
general good, and prohibit immoral actions.
"ART. 42.—TILE MARRIAGE RELATION,SCIIOOLS,
THE SABBATlL—Marriage relations shall be at all
times respected, and families be kept together as
far as possible, and broken families encouraged to
reunite, and intelligence-offices shall be established
far that purpose. Schools and churches shall be
established as soon as may be, for the purpose of
religious and other instruction, and the first day
of the week shall be regarded as a day of rest, and
appropriated to moral and religious instruction and
improvement; to the relief of the suffering; the

nstruction of the younm and ignorant ; and the en-
couragement of personal cleanliness ; nor shall any
person be required on that day to perform ordinary
manual labour, unless in extremely urgent cases.
"ART. 43.—T0 CARRY ARMS OPENLY.—AiI per-
sons known to be of good character, and of sound
mind and suitable age, who are connected with
this organisation, whether male or female, shall be
encouraged to carry arms openly.
" ART. 44.—N0 PERSON TO CARRY CONCEALED
WEAPONS.—No person within the limits of con-
quered territory, except regularly appointed police-
men, express officers of the army, mail carriers, or
other fully accredited messengers of the Congress,
the President, Vice-President, members of the Su-
preme Court, or commissioned officers of the army,
and those under peculiar circumstances, shall be
allowed at any time to carry concealed weapons,
and any person not specially authorised so to do
who shall be found so doing shall be deemed a sus-
picious person, and may at once be arrested by any
officer, soldier, or citizen, without the formality of
a complaint or warrant, and may at once be sub-
jected to thorough search, and shall have his or her
case thoroughly investigated, and be dealt with as
circumstances on proof shall require.
" ART. 45.—PERSONS TO BE SElZED.—Persons
living within the limits •f territory holden by this
organisation, and not connected with this organisa-
tion, having arms at all, concealed or otherwise,
shall be seized at once, or be taken in charge of by,
some vigilant officer, and their case thoroughly in-
vestigated, and it shall be the duty of all citizens
and soldiers, as well as officers, to arrest such par-
ties as are named in this and the preceding section
or article without formality of complaint or war-
rant, and they shall be placed in charge of some
proper officer for examination or safe keeping.
"ART. 46.—THESE ARTICLES NOT FOR TIIE
OVERTHROW OF GOVERNMENT.—The foregoing
articles shall not be construed so as in any way to
encourage the overthrow of any State Government
or of the general Government of the United States,
and look to no dissolution of the Union, but simply
to amendment and repeal ; and our flag shall be the
same that our fathers fought under in the revo-
lution.

ART. 47.—N0 PLURNLITT OF OFFICES.—No
two offices specially provided for by this instru-
ment shall be filled by the same person at the same
time.

" ART. 48.—OATIL—Every officer, civil and
military, connected with this organisation, shall,
before entering upon the duties of office, make a
solemn oath or affirmation to abide by and support
the provisional constitution and these ordinances.
Also every citizen and soldier, before being recog-
nised as such, shall do the same.
" SCIIEDULE.—The president of this Convention
shall convene, immediately on the adoption of this
instrument, a convention of all such persons as shall
have given their adherence, by signature, to the
constitution, who shall proceeed to fill by election
all offices specially named in said constitution, the
president of this Convention presiding and issuing
commissions to such officers elect ; all such officers
being hereafter elected 'in the manner provided in
the body of this instrument."