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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0253 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF FLORIDA. 37
1865.
CUA1,R ,474.-[No. 11.]
.AN ACT to extend to all the inhabitants of thie State the benefits of the
Courts el Justice and the processes thereof.
SEcrioN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Zouse of iRepre-
-sentatives qfthe State of Florida in General Assembly convened,
That the judicial tribunals of this State, with the processes there- Courtsaccesst-
... . . , , blo to all the in.
of, shall be accessible to all the inhabitants of the State, without habitantsortho
distiction of color, fbr the prosecution and defense of all the rights state.
of person and property, subject only to the restrictions contained
in the constitution of the State.
'Snc. 2. Be itfirther enacted, That all laws heretofore passed
with reference to slaves, free negroes and mulattoes, except the Crimtnal laws
act to prevent their migration into the State. and the act prohib- mad the same
iting the sale of lirc-arms and ammunition to them, be and the toblackporsons
same are hereby repealed, and all the criminal laws of this State
applicable to white persons now in force and notin conflict with,
or modified by the legislation of the present session of the Gen-
eral Assembly, shall be deemed and held to apply equally to all
the iiihabitants of the same, without distinction of color.
Passed the House of Representatives, January 3, 1806. Passed ile Son-
ace, January8, 1800. Approved by the Governor, January 11, 1806.
CHAPTEt 1,47.-[No. 12.]
AN ACT Concerning Schools for Freedmen.
ScTIo N 1. .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
:sentatives of the State o fFlorida in General Assembly convened, Snp't Common
'That the Governor shall appoint an officer, by and with the ad- 0018 for
,vice and consent of the Senate, who shall be styled Superinten- freedmen.
,dent of Commoi Schools for Freedmen, who shall hold his office
-during the administration ot the Governor. Assistant Sn-
.Si.c. 2. Be it fitrther enacted, That the said Superintendent porlntendent.
shall, where the number of children in any county may justify it,
request the County Commissioners of such county to appoint an
Assistant Superintendent, who shall aid the Superintendent and
carry out his instructions: Provided, That if the County Com-
missioners should fiil, neglect, or refuse to appoint said Assis-
tant, the Superintendent may do so. Sup'tmay dis-
SEC. 8. Be it /'urther enacted, That the said Superintendent miaAssistant
may, with the a)proval of the Governor, dismiss any Assistant so fr,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0253&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)