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Call Number: KFA30 1852 .A22
Location: Special Collections
Call Number: KFA30 1877 .A22
Location: Special Collections
Call Number: KFA30 1887 .A22
Location: Special Collections
Call Number: KFA30 1897 .A22
Location: Special Collections
The Code of Alabama, adopted by act of the legislature of Alabama; approved July 27, 1907
Call Number: KFA30 1907.A22
Location: Special Collections
The Code of Alabama, adopted by act of the legislature of Alabama; approved August 17, 1923
Call Number: KFA30 1923.A22
Location: Special Collections
Call Number: KFA30 .A2 1923 Index
Location: Special Collections
The Justices' Code of Alabama, Annotated
Call Number: KFA30.5 .L38 1941
Location: Special Collections