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Approved November 19, 1862.
STATE OF ALABAMA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR,
November 19, 1862.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original act now on file in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State at Montgomery this 19th day of November, A. D. 1862.
[SEAL.]
P. H. BRITTAN,
Secretary of War.
AN ACT to authorize the enrollment of the Creoles of Mobile.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That certain persons of mixed blood, residing in the city and county of Mobile, commonly known as Creoles, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to be enrolled as militia for the defense of the city and county of Mobile, if in the opinion of the mayor of the city it is expedient.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the enrollment authorized by the first section of this act shall be made as follows, to wit: The mayor shall enroll such male Creoles between the ages of eighteen years and fifty years who wish to be enrolled. He shall then divide them into suitable companies, and appoint some discreet white man as commissioned officer to command said companies. Said companies shall be confined exclusively to the defense of the city and county of Mobile, and shall be under the command of the military authorities in the city of Mobile.
Approved November 20, 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 92.
Richmond, November 21, 1862.
https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/128/0197
STATE OF ALABAMA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF WAR,
November 19, 1862.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original act now on file in my office.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the State at Montgomery this 19th day of November, A. D. 1862.
[SEAL.]
P. H. BRITTAN,
Secretary of War.
AN ACT to authorize the enrollment of the Creoles of Mobile.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That certain persons of mixed blood, residing in the city and county of Mobile, commonly known as Creoles, be, and the same are hereby, authorized to be enrolled as militia for the defense of the city and county of Mobile, if in the opinion of the mayor of the city it is expedient.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the enrollment authorized by the first section of this act shall be made as follows, to wit: The mayor shall enroll such male Creoles between the ages of eighteen years and fifty years who wish to be enrolled. He shall then divide them into suitable companies, and appoint some discreet white man as commissioned officer to command said companies. Said companies shall be confined exclusively to the defense of the city and county of Mobile, and shall be under the command of the military authorities in the city of Mobile.
Approved November 20, 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 92.
Richmond, November 21, 1862.
https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/128/0197