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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0677 and id is 1 raw text is: 175 1868.
SEc. 22. The General Assembly of the State shall
provide the ways and means for the payment of the Pay provided
Alabama volunteer militia when in ictive service, and for.
may at any time amend or repeal this ordinance.
Sic. 23. It shall be the duty of the Governor, in or- Distribution
ganizing the militia of the several counties into regi-of militia.
ments, brigades, and divisions, to so distribute the sev-
eral commands as to ensure the public safety.
SEC. 24. The fbllowing shall be the apportionment
to the several counties ot inilitia
To Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Clay, Cherokee, Clehurne,
0 oilVe, Coneculh, Coosa, Covington, Dale, DeKalb, Apportion-
aanklisin Jefferson, Marshall, Marion, Morgan, St. Clair,menlot.
Volker, Washington, and Winston, one compalny each.
To Autauga, Bntler, Calhoun, Chambers, Clark, Cren-
haw, Elinore, Henry, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone,
lonroe, Pickens, Randolph and Shelby, two companies
ach.
To Bullock, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Lee. Macon,
Ike, Russell, Talladega, Tallapousa and Tuscaloosa,
bree companies each.
To Barbour, Madison, Sumter and Wilcox, four com-
)anies each.
To Marengo, Perry and Dallas, five companies each.
To Montgomery an( Mobile, seven companies each.
Passed, November 30, 1867.
No. 23.] AN ORDINANCE
Relative to marriages between freedmen and freed-
Women.
WHEREAs, During the existence of slavery, the usage
of the country permitted many thousands of its people
to live together without the binding obligations of law- Preamble.
ful marriage, and in many instances these connections
were forced to suit the wishes and interest of the owner:
SECTIoN 1. Be it ordained bm the people of the State of
41abana in Convention assembled, That all such freed- Marriage de-
ien and women who shall now be living together nsolared.
nan and wife, siiall be regarded in law as man and wife,
nd that the children of such connection, whether they
e black or of mixed color, shall be and are hereby de-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0677&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)