Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, Made to the Two Houses of Congress February 19, 1872: Testimony, MississippiU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 |
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Страница 885 - January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- six, and annually thereafter, have a lawful home or employment, and shall have written evidence thereof, as follows, to wit : if living in any incorporated city, town, or village, a license from the mayor thereof ; and if living outside of any incorporated city, town, or village, from the member of the board of police of his beat, authorizing him or her to do irregular and job work, or a written contract, as provided in section...
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