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Ordinances of the Convention. 1864-1865 29 (1864.4)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0197 and id is 1 raw text is: CONSTITUTION OF ARKANSAS. '29 ORDINANCES OF THE CONVENTION. -o- Be it ordained by the People of the State of Arkansas, That from and after the 2d Monday of March, 1864, membership of a military company within the limits of this State, known as guerrillering, jayhawking or bushwhacking, shall he deemed, and is hereby declared, to be an offence of the grade of felony, and that the penalty therefor, on conviction, shall be death by hanging; and that the legislature shall, at its first session, pass such laws as may he necessary to secure the immediate. prose- cution of such offences. Be it ordained, That on and after the ratification of the constitution, no person, save under the authority of the military arm of the federal government, shall be permitted to bring within the limits of this State any indentured or freed negro or mulatto; nor shall any negro or mulatto not now in the State .be ever permitted to reside within its limits, save by authority of the governrnent of the United States, or under some procla- mation of the President. Be it ordained by the people of the State. of Arkansas, That the Provisional Governor who may be elected by this conven- tion, be authorized to negotiate a loan not exceeding $150,000 for the State of Arkansas, for the purposes of government, till such times as there may be funds in the treasury from the ordi- nary sources of revenue, and that he have full authority to pledge therefor the faith and credit of the State. Be it ordained by the people of the State of Arkansas, That

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