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 * Assistant Secretary of the Convention.
 * Assistant Secretary of the Convention.

No. 2.] AN ORDINANCE

Concerning Citizenship. 1. Be it declared and ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled, Every person who. at the date of the Ordinance of Secession, was residing in this State, and was then by birth or otherwise a citizen of the United States of America, shall continue a citizen of this State, unless a foreign residence shall be established by such person with the intention of expatriation.

2. Every free white person who, after the date aforesaid, may be born within the territory of this State, or may be born outside of that territory, of a father or mother who then was a citizen of this State, shall be a citizen thereof.

3. So, also, every person who, by birth or naturalization, was a citizen of the United States of America, or of any slaveholding State of North America, and who, within twelve months after the date of the Ordinance of Secceassion, shall come to reside in this State, with the intention of becoming a citizen thereof. But if such person was born in a foreign State or country, or in a non- slaveholding State, he or she shall take the oath of allegiance to this State below provided.

4. So, also, every free white person who shall furnish satisfactory evidence of good character, and who