THE CODE OF ALABAMA...WITH HEAD NOTES AND INDEX BY HENRY C. SEMPLE. PUBLISHED IN PURSUANCE OF AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, APPROVED FEBRUARY 5, 1852.
Montgomery: Brittan and De Wolf, State Printers, 1852. xviii, [2 blanks], 795, [1 blank], [2] pp. Occasional light spotting, but a generally clean text. Bound in modern cloth, Very Good.
Alabama's first Code, revised in 1867. It is a comprehensive code of laws, beginning with the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Alabama's Constitution, and Federal Acts pertaining to Alabama. The Code presents material on the organization of the State, Municipalities, and Counties; police and sanitary regulations, commercial statutes, education and religion, a detailed code for slaves and free Negroes, civil procedure [blacks and Indians barred from testifying, "except for or against each other"], proceedings in chancery and criminal cases, jails and punishments, an Appendix of forms and rules. A very detailed index and a table of contents are included.
I Harv. Law Cat. 24. Ellison 833. Sabin 57632. Not in Cohen or Marke. Item #28581
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