This volume contains the acts passed during the first session of the ninth Louisiana Legislature, which convened in New Orleans on December 8, 1828. Printed by Benjamin Levy, this is considered the first printing contract awarded by a state to a Jewish printer in the United States. The book includes English and French text on facing pages and features a list of acts, an index, and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Notable acts included are a comprehensive slave registration statute and various laws concerning the militia, infrastructure, land titles, and civil and criminal matters. This is a first edition.
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