any army or band of men hostile to, or in rebellion against this State, or the United States, or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid or assist any enemies in open war, or persons in rebellion Against this State, or the United States, by joining their armies, or by enlisting or procuring or persuading others to enlist for that purpose, or by furnishing such enemies or persons in rebellion with arms, or munition, or provisions, or any other articles for their aid or comfort, or by shipping, sending, or carrying to such enemies or rebels, or their agents, any arms, ammunition or provisions, or other articles for their aid or comfort, or by carrying on a traitorous correspondence with them, or shall form or be in any wise concerned in forming any combination, or plot, or conspiracy for betraying this State, or the United States, or the armed forces of either, into the hands or power of any foreign enemy, or of any organized or pretended government engaged in resisting the laws or authority of the government of the United States of America, or shall give or send any intelligence to any such enemies or pretended government, or their forces for that purpose, every person so offending shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the State prison for any term not less than two nor more than twenty-one years, and be fined in any sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. Every person who shall within this State build, construct, alter, fit out, or shall aid or assist in building, constructing or fitting out any boat or vessel for the purpose of making war or privateering, or other purpose, to be used in the service of any person or parties whatsoever, to make war on the United States of America, or to resist by force the execution of the laws of the United States, or for the purpose of privateering under authority of any organized or pretended government, shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the State prison for a term not less than two nor more than twenty one years, and be fined a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
SEC. 3. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, therefore, the game shall be in force from find after its passage; and the Secretary of State is hereby required to have the same published in the Indianapolis Daily Journal and the Daily State Sentinel.
[Approved May 9, 1861. For legislature action thereon see pages 8, 10, 54, 55, 56, 61, 76, 84, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, &c., of these Reports.]
