Acts of the Called Session of the General Assembly of Alabama


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Excerpt from Acts of the Called Session of the General Assembly of Alabama: Held in the City of Montgomery, Commencing on the Second Monday in January, 1861 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That hereafter in the commencement of any suit in any of the courts of law or equity in this state, the court to which any suit, writ, summons, complaint, or bill may be made returnable shall be deemed and held as the return term of such suit, writ, summons, complaint, or bill, and the same shall stand for trial at the next succeeding regular term of such court appointed by law to be holden after such return term; and the parties in the law courts shall not be required to plead at the first term, except that pleas in abatement shall be filed as now required by law: Provided, The provisions of this section shall not apply to bills in chancery for partition and sales of property. or in cases for divorce: And provided further, That the defendant or party against whom a bill may be exhibited in a chancery suit may come in and consent to a trial at the first term. Under this section, when suits are hereafter f; ?;.;. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Why the South Lost the Civil War


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Offers a chronological account of the Civil War, reexamines theories for the South's defeat, and analyzes Confederate and Union military strategy




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American Suffrage


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Since Americans have long taken price in universal suffrage and the secret ballot as foundations of democracy, it is surprising that one of its growth and reform. Mr. Williamson, focusing on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War, provides a state-by-state analysis of the growth of suffrage in its relation to partisan politics, the intellectual currents of the time, and such crises as war and rumors of war. Originally published in 1960. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.