Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Act be amended by inserting in the 5th line of Section 3, between the words "State" and "courts," the words "supreme" and "superior."

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall be in force from and after its ratification.

Ratified the 11th day of February, 1863.

Zebulon B. Vance, Governor
Richard S. Donnell, Speaker of the House of Commons
Giles Mebane, Speaker of the Senate

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State,
March, 1863.

I, John P. H. Russ, Secretary of State, in and for the
State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the forego-
ing are true copies of the original Acts and Resolutions on
file in this office. Given under my hand, this 20th Day of
February, 1863.

John P. H. Russ,
Secretary of State