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 [Senate, No. 180.] 
 
 5?EXATE, February 2, 1865.— Read first time and ordered to 
 be printed. 
 
 [Bj Mr. Sehme3, from the Committee ou the Jadiciary. 
 
 A BILL 
 
 To amend An Act entitled " An Aot to prevent the procuring, aid- 
 ing and assisting persons to desert from the army of the 
 Confederate States, and for other purposes," ap- 
 proved January 22, 1804. 
 
 1 7hs Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, 
 
 2 That in all prosecutions for aiding or assisting any deserter 
 
 3 from the army to evade hia proper commander or to {irevent his 
 
 4 arrest to l)e returned to the service, or knowingly concealing 
 
 5 or harboring any such deserter, under the provisions of an Act 
 
 6 to prevent the procuring, aiding and assisting persons to desert 
 
 7 from the army of the Confederate States, and for other pur- 
 
 8 poses, approved January 22, 1864, when the fact is proved that 
 
 9 the person aided or assisted or concealed or harbored is a sol- 
 
 10 dier or officer in the military service of the Confederate States, 
 
 11 general representation that such soldier or officer is a deserter, 
 
 12 shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the fact of desertion.