The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-06-20

of An Act Supplementary to ali Act
to consolidate, revise and amend the Pc
nal Laws of Pennsylvania" and read by
Judge White in his charge to the Jury
al the late session Of Court:
SECTION /. BE It eaoctea Jy the Sen
ate and House Of Representa- tres ct the
Commonwealth cf Htnasylcania IN Gen
eroL assembly met, and it Is hcreby en-,
ucted be- tie authority Of the same, That
if any person or persons belonging to or
residing within this State, and under the
protection Of It's laws, shall take a COM
mission or commissions from any person,
State or States, or other the enemies of
tthis Safe, or Of the United States Of
America, or who shall levy war against
this State or Government thereof, or
knowingly and willingly shall aid or as.
sist any enemies in open war against this
State CT the United States, by joining
their armies, OF BY enlisting, or procuring,
or persuading others to enlist for that pur-
pose, or by furnishing such enemies with
arms or ammunition, or any other articles
for their aid and comfort, or by carrying
on a t%raitorous correspondence with them.
or shall form, or be in anywiSe concerned
IN forming any combination Or plot or
conspiracy, for batrayiug this State or the
United States Of America into the hands
or power Of any foreign enemy, or any
organized or pretended government en-
gagged III resisting the laws Of the United
States, or shall give or send any intelli-
gence to the enemies Of this State or eff
the United States Of America, OF shall,
with intent to oppose, prevent or subyert
the government Of this State or Of the
United States; endeavor to persuade any
person or persons from entering the ser
vice OF this State or Of the United States,
or from joining any volunteer company
or association Of this State about being.
mustered into service, or shall use any
~tlr5ats or porsuasions or offer any bribe,
or hold out any hope Of reward, with like
intent 10 induce any person or persons to
abandon said service, or Withdraw from
any volunteer company or association al
ready organized under Tie laws Of this
Commonwealth, for that purpose; every
person SO offending and being legally con-
vioted thereof, shall be guilty Of q high
misacmoan0r, and shall be sentenced to
undergo solitary Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary, at hard labor, for a term not ex-
cceling ten years, and be fined in & sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars, Or
both, at the discretion of the court Pro
ridcd, That this act shall not prohibit
any citizen from taking or receiving civil
commissions for the acknowledgment Of
deeds and other instruments Of writing,
SECTION 2. That if any person or per-
sons within this Commonwealth, shall sell,
build, furnish, construct, alter or fit out,
or shall aid or assist in selling, building,
constructing, altering or fitting u any
vessel or vessels, for the purpose OF max
ing war or prlYateerlug, or other purpose,
to be used in the service Of any person
or parties whatever, to make war on the
United States Of America, or to resist by
force or otherwise, the execution Of the
laws Of the United States such person
or persons shall be guilty of e misde
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be sentenced to undergo solitary impris-
onment, in the penitentiary, at hard la
Der, not exceeding ten years, and be fined
in a sun not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars, or both, at the discretion Of the court.
SECTION 3. That every person hold
ing a commission as an officer in the vol
unteer or militia forces of this Common
wealth, shall within thirty days after the
passage of this act, be required to take
the oath Of allegiance to the State and to
this Uuited States and in case any per
son holding such commission, shall refuse
to take such oath, the Governor shall
have authority to revoke and annul the
commission Of such person, and supply
his Illce by appointment, until the va
cancY thus created shall be supplied, "a
provided for vacancies in other cases by
existing laws Of this Commonwealth /; the
said oath Of allegiance shall be admins
tered by the Adjutant General, or any
Judge of the Court Of Common Pleas.
and may be transmitted to the several
bGgadeinspectoro of this Commonwealth,
who shall in turn administer the same to
the officers embraced within the bounds
Of their respective brigades.
SECTION 4. No civil process shall is
sue, or be enforced against any person
mustered into the service Of this State Or
Of the United States, during the term for
which he shall be engaged in such ser
vice, nor until thirty days after he slal!
have been discharged thereffom Pro.
That the operation Of all statutes
Of limitations shall be suspended upon all
claims against such persons during such
terni.