Chap. 12.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 4th section of chapter
1a) of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in relation to Ofleneves against the
Sovereignty of the State.

Passed February 9, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fourth
section of chapter one hundred and ninety of the Code of
Virginia for eighteen hundred and sixty be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows, to wit:

Ҥ4. If any person shall conspire with another to incite
the colored population of the state to make insurrection, by
acts of violence and war, against the white population, or to
incite the white population of the state to make insurrection,
by acts of violence and war, against the colored population,
he shall, whether such insurrection be made or not, be pun-
ished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than five
nor more than ten years.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 12.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 4th section of chapter
1a) of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in relation to Ofleneves against the
Sovereignty of the State.

Passed February 9, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fourth
section of chapter one hundred and ninety of the Code of
Virginia for eighteen hundred and sixty be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows, to wit:

Ҥ4. If any person shall conspire with another to incite
the colored population of the state to make insurrection, by
acts of violence and war, against the white population, or to
incite the white population of the state to make insurrection,
by acts of violence and war, against the colored population,
he shall, whether such insurrection be made or not, be pun-
ished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than five
nor more than ten years.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.