The Charter and Code of Ordinances if the City of Mobile.
Mobile, AL: Advertiser & Register Office, 1866. First edition of the post-Civil War code. 8vo. 274 pp. Owen, p. 1021 (his copy). "No person or persons shall be eligible to the offices of mayor, alderman, or common council, unless he or they be free white male citizens," etc. Ellison 1448 (Alabama Archives & History only). OCLC locates 13 copies (8 in Alabama, New York Public, Library of Congress, W. Florida, Illinois, Harvard Law). Silverfish damage to title page and two index pages (several page numbers taken in the index), some marginal pencil notes and marks, a good copy in a sturdy binding. 20th-century leather, leather labels and gilt rules on spine. (9118). Item #62406
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