Documents Relating to Reconstruction

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U. of W. Va., 1905 - 32 páginas

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Página 36 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 3 - Each representative shall have one vote, and a majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to a choice.
Página 16 - Nevada, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any state convention or legislature to the contrary notwithstanding...
Página 43 - ... shall have all the rights, and be subject to all the liabilities, of an unmarried woman, except the right to contract marriage. When either husband or wife has abandoned the other in any District, and that other remains there, if upon the warrant or summons against the one charged...
Página 58 - ... also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
Página 36 - ... of all laws and proceedings concerning personal liberty, personal security, and the acquisition, enjoyment, and disposition of estate, real and personal, including the constitutional right to bear...
Página 32 - to continue during the present War of Rebellion, and for one year thereafter," to which was given "the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen.
Página 37 - ... lewd, wanton, and lascivious persons in speech or behavior, common railers and brawlers, persons who neglect their calling or employment, misspend what they earn...
Página 42 - ... not less than fifty dollars and not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year.
Página 37 - ... punished, as provided for the punishment of hired freedmen, as may be from time to time provided for by law...

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