Ordinances adopted by local governments to keep control over the freedmen were so oppressive as to be little better than slave laws.
No. 34. ORDINANCE relative to the police of recently emancipated negroes or freedmen within the corporate limits of the town of Opelousas.
No. 35. AN ORDINANCE relative to the police of negroes recently emancipated within the parish of St. Landry.
ORDINANCE relative to the police of negroes or colored persons within the corporate limits of the town of Franklin.