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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 16 STAT. · March 18, 1869 · Chapter III

Chapter III. *for the further Security of equal flights in the District of Columbia*

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CHAP. III.— An Act *for the further Security of equal flights in the District of Columbia*. March 18, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the word “white,” where everThe word “white” in the laws relating to the District of Columbia, &c. whenever, &c. repealed, &c. it occurs in the laws relating to the District of Columbia, or in the charter or ordinances of the cities of Washington or Georgetown, and operates as a limitation on the right of any elector of such District, or of either of the cities, to hold any office, or to be selected and to serve as a juror, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and it shall be unlawful for any person or officer to enforce or attempt to enforce such limitation after the passage of this act.
Approved, March 18, 1869.
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