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| | Constitution of 1861, Ordinances 1 - 20 |
 | | At a Convention of the People of the State of Alabama, begun and holden at Montgomery, on the seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and continued to the twelfth day of February in the same year. |
 | | Be it ordained by the people of the State of Alabama in Convention assembled, That the judicial power heretofore forming a part of the judicial power of the United States of America, and which has been resumed by this State, shall be exercised by the Courts of this State hereinafter named. |
 | | Be it ordained by the people of Alabama in Convention assembled, That, until such time as a Provisional or Permanent Government is established, of which Alabama shall become a member, the General Assembly of the State of Alabama has full power and authority to make provisional postal arrangements for this State. |
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