SEC. 11. All the foregoing provisions apply to negroes or colored persons
of both sexes.
SEC. 12. It shall be the special duty of the town constable, under
direction of the mayor, to see that all the provisions of this ordinance
are faithfully executed.
SEC. 13. Whoever in Franklin shall sell or give to any negro or colored
person any intoxicating liquors, or shall exchange or barter for the same
with any such negro or colored person, without special permission from
the mayor or employer of said negro or colored person, shall, on
conviction thereof before the mayor or justice of the peace in and for
the seventh ward of the parish of St. Mary, pay a fine of twenty-five
dollars and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of said
fine and costs the person thus offending shall suffer imprisonment in the
parish jail for ten days.
A.S. TUCKER, _Mayor_.
R.W. McMILLAN, _Clerk_.
Approved: GEO. R. DAVIS,
_Major Third Rhode Island Cavalry, Commanding Post_.
[Telegram.]
New Orleans, _August_ 10, 1865.
The ordinance relative to the "Police of negroes or colored persons
within the corporate limits of the town of Franklin," dated Friday, July
28, 1865, and signed by A.L. Tucker, mayor, being in violation of the
emancipation proclamation, the orders of the War Department, and the
orders of these headquarters, you will prevent their enforcement and
arrest any person attempting to carry them out.
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