, 1865-12-01

mems Bill Of Rights" as passed by the lowe
house Of the Provisional legislature of Mis-
EisdEpi. The vicksburg .7oxrndl OF the a4t1
inst, states that thcra is u majority Of twt
In Its favor In the Senate, 20 that 1t awsit.
only ths signature of the Provisional Gov
crnor, Humphreys, and the acquiescence q
the Federal Government, 10 become the Law
Of Mississippi for the time being. The follow.
ing arc Its provisions condensed:
I. Freedmen may sue and be sued and nc.
quite and dispose of personal propcrty only,
but shall not rent or lease lands or houses
except in Incorporated towns or cities, Ia
which placcs the corporate authorities shall
control the same.
| (This Is providing By law that majority OF
! the people Of Mississippi shall forever remain
house1css md homeless, and s'not TO put too
fine point on Il, We tell The white men Of
Mississippi that the men of tho North will
| convert the State Of Mississippi into frog
pond before they will allow uny such law to
disgrace one foot Of soil in which the bones al
our soldiers sleep md over which the flag OF
freedom waves.
2. Freedmen may hereafter marry each
other inst as white folks do.''
yield at the point of the bayonet! How en-
1ghtened and christian. must hare been the
previous condition Of af'airs, ,-where the
psssagc Of such laW-causes the people to
say "we have done all that can fairly be re-
quired of us.'*
5. Cohabitation between negroes shall be
equivalent to marriage, bnt II u whlte man
manies negro with whom he has coha bited
he shall Ike scnt To State prison for life. If
one-efghth Of PERSONS blood be black,
he shall be considered negro.
Negroes may testify in open court a. wit
nesses, in suits between negroes, also where
they arc Themselves. parties, also where freed
men are parties on either side, also In all
criminal cases where the crime Is alleged to
hnve been committed By = white man on
freedman.
This excludes them from being witnesses
In suits between white persons, or In criminal
cases where the crime Is charged to have been
committed by negro against a while person,
and from being examined out Of court on
commission.
4. In section 18th the Solons Of Mississippi
re-eusct section Cd without knowing It.
5. Every freedman must hare lawful home
VI .us fseono -"snuaS "a 'auo"t AeAL, "nlea
section Isl encctual'y prevents him from haV-
ing y and also fegniaT employment, certified
ny tAe Mayor he Ates IN an Incorporated
to"n' ana u ne hses OUTSIDE OF an lncorpofa,
tca so"n' tnn ~ ''tne member oi INC Board
OF fonee OF ms oeat"' as boafos OF fonee'
nave heretofore oeen unkno~n IN the country
districts Of MISSISSIPPI and the surrounding
~of4o, We can on1y 1nlef tnat II means the
eoun.y 'ilAanee com1n'l'ee ne,eatef 10 oe
estaonzneo. Inc aet Is ommouslS s1lent as 10
Inc mooe o1 ponlsn'ng me oos.repefons and
'eoenioos nesIo VINO pe's'ses IN oelne "Anout
Ao"e a11e' tne a"lu sceona Aoaaay, OUT
Oh eou1se nc IS 70 oe 'pouno out.
., All conHaclS 1of 1npof WIN ireeamen
!or ioneer than one montn' shal1 10 written
IN oap"ca.e. ana feao 70 1ne negro Dy "oeat
county omcer or TWO disanterested While per-
sons" Il the negro quits before tue end OF
Inc year, he loses hia wages; :; out the mas-
ter DISCHARGES him without causc-ah the
2lisa1sapp1 soions didn't think OF that
z. Every officer shall. and every person
may, n1rest and return to his master rnna-
way negro, and shall receive for his trouble
the sum Of 1ps dollars and ten, ee1'ts per snae
from the place OF arrest TO the place OF dclv-
GT+ 10 be paid by the master and deducted