[House Biix, ^lo. 113 — Secret.] 
 
 HOUSE OF KEPRESENTATIVES, February 4, 1864.- Read 
 the first and second times. February o, 1864. — Engrossed, read the 
 third time, and passed. A. R. LAMAR, Clerk. 
 
 SENATE, February G, 1S64 — Read first and second times, con- 
 sidered, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday 
 next, at 12 o'clock, and ordered to bo printed. 
 
 A BILL 
 
 To suspend the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus, in certain casee. 
 
 1 Skction 1 . The Congress of tfie Confederate States of America dt 
 
 2 enact. That during the present invasion of the Confederate 
 /5 S^tatos, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall be 
 1 suspended; but such suspension shall apply only to the cases 
 o of persons arrested or detained by order of the President, 
 
 6 Secretary of War, or the General officer commanding the 
 
 7 trane-Missiseippi military department. It is hereby declared 
 S that the purpose of Congress in the passage of this act is 
 !) to provide more effectually for the public safety, by the re- 
 
 10 straint of persons, even when the proof is not complete, and 
 
 1 1 when the ordinary process of law is insufficient for the public 
 1 3 safety, in the following cases, and no other : 
 
 13 I. Of treason, misprision of treason, and insurrection. 
 
 14 II. Of conspiracies to overthrow the Government, or resist the 
 
 15 lawful authority of the Confederate States. 
 
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 16 111, Of conspiracies, preparations and attempts to incite ser- 
 
 17 vile insurrection. 
 
 18 lY. Of desertions, of harboring deserters, and of attempts to 
 
 19 avoid military service. 
 
 20 V. Of spies and otlier emissaries of the enemy. 
 
 21. YI. Of holding correspondence or intercourse with the enemy, 
 
 32 without necessity, and vrithout the permission of tlic Confederate 
 
 23 States. 
 
 2-t YII. Of iinlawi'ui i mding uith the enemy, and other offences 
 
 2o against the laws of the Confedcratie »States, enacted to promote 
 
 20 their success in the war. 
 
 27 YIII. Of conspiracies, attempts to liberate prisoners of war 
 
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 28 held by the Ccnfederate States. 
 
 20 IX. Of conspiracies, attempts and preparations to aid the 
 
 30 enemy. 
 
 31 X. Of persoji? advising or inciting others to resist the Con- 
 
 32 federate States, or to adhere to the enemy. 
 
 1 ' Sec. 2. The President shall cause proper officers to investigate 
 
 2 the cases of all per:^ ous so arrested or detained, in order that they 
 
 3 may be discharged if improperly detained, unless they can be 
 
 4 ■ speedily tried in the due course of law. 
 
 1 Sr.c. 3. This act shall continue in force for sixty days after the 
 
 2 next meeting of Congress, and no longer.