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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 19, 1863.— Read 
 first and second times, placed on the calendar and ordered to be 
 printed. 
 
 [By Mr. Hilton, from Military Committee.] 
 
 A. BILL 
 
 To be entitled An Act in relation to Substitutes in the Army. 
 
 1 Section 1 , The Congress of the Confederate States of America do 
 
 2 enact, That so much of An Act, approved 16th April, 1862, as 
 S provides " that persons not liable for duty may be received as' 
 
 4 substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may be 
 
 5 prescribed by the Secretary of War," is hereby repealed, 
 
 1 Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases where persons 
 
 2 not liable for military duty have been received as substitutes for 
 
 3 those who were, in which such substitutes have deserted or shall 
 
 4 hereafter desert, the obligation of the principal himself shall 
 
 5 revive upon the desertion of the substitute being established and 
 
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 6 attested, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
 
 7 Secretary of War. 
 
 1 Sec. 3. Be it further enacted^ That in all cases where, under 
 
 2 existing laws, any substitute would be liable to enrollment for 
 
 3 military service, if he were not already in the army, his princi- 
 
 4 pal is hereby declared to be subject to such enrollment.