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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December Id, 1863.— Read 
 first and second time, referred to Judiciary Committee, and ordered 
 to be printed. 
 
 [By Mr. FooTK.] 
 
 ^ BILL 
 
 To be «ntitk<l An Act to prevent trading with the enemy or with 
 persons resident in the United States. 
 
 1 Si.( . I . Th>- Cnn'grefis of the Confederate States of Aiatrka di) 
 
 2 mart. That ail trndin^; or commercial intercourse with the enemy, 
 ;J or with citizens of the United States beyond the territorial 
 
 4 limits of said Confederate States, in goods, wares, or merchan- 
 
 5 disc of any description whatever, except for the use of the Gov- 
 G ernment iselt, shall be illegal ; and all persons oftending against 
 
 7 this act shall shall be subject to criminal prosecution, and, if 
 
 8 convicted, shall be fined in the amount of one thousand dollars, 
 
 9 and imprisoned for the space of three months.