Passed February 27, 1866.
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That every person having one-fourth or more of negro blood, shall be deemed a colored person, and every person, not a colored person, having one-fourth or more of Indian blood, shall be deemed an Indian.
2. Al laws in respect to crimes and punishments, and in respect to criminal proceedings, applicable to white persons, shall apply in like manner to colored persons and to Indians, unless when it is otherwise specially provided.
3. The following acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed, namely: All acts and parts of act relating to slaves and slavery; chapter one hundred and seven of the Code of eighteen hundred and sixty, relating to free negroes; chapter two hundred of said Code, relating to offences by negroes; chapter two hundred and twelve of said Code, relating to proceedings against negroes; chapter ninety-eight of said Code, relating to patrols; sections twenty-five to forty-seven,
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4. This act shall be in force from its passage.