SEC. 10. Any negro or colored person not residing in Franklin who shall be found within its corporate limits after the hour of three o'clock p.m. on Sunday without a special written 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. SEC. 11. All the foregoing provisions apply to negroes or colored persons of both sexes. SEC. 12. It shall be the special duty of the town constable, under direction of the mayor, to see that all the provisions of this ordinance are faithfully executed. SEC. 13. Whoever in Franklin shall sell or give to any negro or colored person any intoxicating liquors, or shall exchange or barter for the same with any such negro or colored person, without special permission from the mayor or employer of said negro or colored person, shall, on conviction thereof before the mayor or justice of the peace in and for the seventh ward of the parish of St. Mary, pay a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment of said fine and costs the person thus offending shall suffer imprisonment in the parish jail for ten days. A.S. TUCKER, _Mayor_. R.W. McMILLAN, _Clerk_. Approved: GEO. R. DAVIS, _Major Third Rhode Island Cavalry, Commanding Post_. [Telegram.] New Orleans, _August_ 10, 1865. The ordinance relative to the "Police of negroes or colored persons within the corporate limits of the town of Franklin," dated Friday, July 28, 1865, and signed by A.L. Tucker, mayor, being in violation of the emancipation proclamation, the orders of the War Department, and the orders of these headquarters, you will prevent their enforcement and arrest any person attempting to carry them out. The negroes are as free as other people. This ordinance, if enforced, would be slavery in substance, which can never be. Attend to this matter with all the vigor at your command. I have consulted General Canby, who concurs with me in the matter. THOMAS W. CONWAY, Ass't. Comm. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, &c., State of Louisiana_. Lieutenant S.E. SHEPARD, _Provost Marshal, Parish of St. Mary, Brashear City, or Franklin, La_. Official copy: D.V. FENNO, _First Lieutenant and A.A.A. General_. No. 36. BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, OFFICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, _Vicksburg, Miss., September_ 28, 1865. General: I enclose a copy of the city ordinances. You will see that negroes who sell vegetables, cakes, &c., on the street are required to pay ten dollars ($10) per month for the privilege of doing so. To illustrate the workings of this ordinance I will give you an actual occurrence in this city.