Proclamation 148

By the President of the United States of America.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, by the Proclamation of the President of the United States, of the fifteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus was, in certain cases therein set forth, suspended throughout the United States;

And whereas the reasons for that suspension may be regarded as having ceased in some of the states and territories :

Now therefore, be it known, that I, Andres Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare, that the suspension aforesaid and all other proclamations and orders suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the states and territories of the United States, are revoked and annulled, excepting as to the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth.

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[Andrew Johnson]⁠

By the President:

William H. Seward,

Secretary of State.

Notes

Supersedes:

• Proclamation 104, September 15, 1863

See Related:

• Proclamation 94, September 24, 1862
• Proclamation 98, April 2, 1863
• Proclamation 157, August 20, 1866

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