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Maryland State Library.
Annapolis Sept 27th 1866
Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard:
Dear Sir: I send you today by express
1st Vol. Maryland Code 
1 Supt. to Code and 
1 Laws of 1865 which by chapter 166 P306 repeals all of the "Negro Code, found in 1st Vol of Code, except one, which related to the hire of negroes. The Section not repealed is 82 on P.466 of 1 Vol Code - you will find in the 1st Supt. to Code Art. 30 page 33 - under "Sentence of Negro as " the principle law now