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which Alabama Seceded - The Statute laws of Alabama, then in force, by express provision recognized and enforced and enforced any verbal contract, which was to be performed within a year for a consideration not exceeding two hundred Dollars;
[[strikethrough]] Reg [[/strikethrough]] Code of Ala § 1551. sub. Div. No. 1. & 5. -

Regarding then the Statute Law of Alabama in force before the Secession of the State; and giving full force and effect to the order of the Freedman's Bureau, of this District; above refered to; the contract, altho verbal, which I made with "Brister" on the first day of January 1866, was founded upon a good Consideration; and was valid according to the Statue Laws of Alabama; as well the rules and regulations, promulgated by the Freedman's Bureau; and by operation of Law, possessed the same binding force and efficacy, of a contract reduced to writing.  Because the Consideration of the Contract was for a Sum less than two hundred Dollars, and the Contract

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