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 An act to provi 
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[House Bill, No. 4.] 
 
 HOUSE, September 22, 1862. — Read first and second times and 
 referred to Military Committee. September 24., 1862. — Reported 
 back with amendment, rules suspended and amendments agreed to, 
 postponed and printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Bell.] 
 
 -A^Isr A.CT 
 
 To provide for the temporary organization of forces for the 
 Provisional Army of the Confederate States in the States 
 and parts of States invaded and occupied by the forces 
 of the enemy. 
 
 1 Section 1*. The Cofigrcss of tlw Confederate States of 
 
 2 America do enact, That in the States or parts of States 
 
 3 within the Confederate States which are now, or may 
 
 4 hereafter be, invaded and occupied by the forces of the 
 
 6 enemy to such an extent as to render impracticable the 
 execution of the laws for raising provisional forces for 
 
 7 the Confederate army, it shall be legal for any portion of 
 
 8 the male white inhabitants thereof voluntarily to rise in 
 
 9 arms, organize themselves into companies, battalions or 
 10 regiments by choosing tlieir own officers and proceed to 
 
11 iittack any of the forces ot* the enemy roiiiid uj)oii llie 
 
 12 soil of tlieir own State : and shall, from the tmie of 
 18 assuming hostilities, be entitled^to and receis^e protection, 
 
 14 in case of capture by the enemy, in like manner, and in 
 
 15 all respects as officers or soldiers regularly mustered into 
 
 16 the service of the Confederate States. 
 
 1 Sec. 2. All sucli organizations or bodies of men shall. 
 
 2 as early as practicable, report themselves for duty to the 
 
 3 commanding officer of the department in which said 
 
 4 companies or bodies of men may be raised, and shall 
 
 5 then be subject to the general laws, rules and regulations 
 
 6 made for the organization, control and government of 
 
 7 the Provisional Army of tlie Confederate States. 
 
 1 Sec. 3. This act to take edect and be in force from and* 
 
 2 after its passage. 
 
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