SECTION 10. Any freedman not residing in Opelousas who shall be found within the corporate limits after the hour of 3 p.m. on Sunday without a special permission from his employer or the mayor shall be arrested and imprisoned and made to work two days on the public streets, or pay two dollars in lieu of said work. SECTION 11. All the foregoing provisions apply to freedmen and freedwomen, or both sexes. SECTION 12. It shall be the special duty of the mayor or president of the board to see that all the provisions of this ordinance are faithfully executed. SECTION 13. _Be it further ordained_, That this ordinance to take effect from and after its first publication. Ordained the 3d day of July, 1865. E.D. ESTILLETTE, _President of the Board of Police_. JOS. D. RICHARDS, _Clerk_. Official copy: J. LOVELL, _Captain and Assistant Adjutant General_. No. 35. An ordinance relative to the police of negroes recently emancipated within the parish of St. Landry. Whereas it was formerly made the duty of the police jury to make suitable regulations for the police of slaves within the limits of the parish; and whereas slaves have become emancipated by the action of the ruling powers; and whereas it is necessary for public order, as well as for the comfort and correct deportment of said freedmen, that suitable regulations should be established for their government in their changed condition, the following ordinances are adopted, with the approval of the United States military authorities commanding in said parish, viz: SECTION 1. _Be it ordained by the police jury of the parish of St. Landry_, That no negro shall be allowed to pass within the limits of said parish without a special permit in writing from his employer. Whoever shall violate this provision shall pay a fine of two dollars and fifty cents, or in default thereof shall be forced to work four days on the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as provided hereinafter. SECTION 2. _Be it further ordained_, That every negro who shall be found absent from the residence of his employer after 10 o'clock at night, without a written permit from his employer, shall pay a fine of five dollars, or in default thereof, shall be compelled to work five days on the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided. SECTION 3. _Be it further ordained_, That no negro shall be permitted to rent or keep a house within said parish. Any negro violating this provision shall be immediately ejected and compelled to find an employer; and any person who shall rent, or give the use of any house to any negro, in violation of this section, shall pay a fine of five dollars for each offence.