Ordinances of the Convention, 1865.

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Ordinances of the Convention, 1865.

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The Constitutional Convention of 1865 met from Sept. 12 to Sept. 30 to restore Ala. to the Union. This series consists of four handwritten documents which represent a small sampling of the ordinances presented to the Convention. The subjects of the ordinances include the relief of debtors; the voiding of judgments when the consideration was the purchase money of slaves; and the abolition of all counties established since the beginning of 1865 and th eprohibition of the creation of new counties less than 600 square miles in size.

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