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The Mayor is constantly beset by free negroes from other counties, some acting as the servants of officers, who are sent to him to procure passes before leaving the city. With these his Honor contends he has nothing to do and is very much perplexed at the annoyance. Free negroes with city registers have no right to leave without his knowledge because they owe duty on the batteries, and negroes from other counties have no right to come here without a certificate from a justice of his county of his good character, endorsed by the Mayor. The Mayor has ample labors imposed on him without that of examining free negroes and giving them passes. The railroad conductors can attend to those who leave.
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. August 17, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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