2016-08-26

Transcript of the commission for Justice of the Peace
for John Nathaniel Seay (1862-1927) by Ron Vincent: 



   In the Name and by the Authority of
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            The State of Alabama
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  --- [Alabama Great SEAL of 1869-1919] ---

             J. Charles Henderson,
           GOVERNOR OF THE SAID STATE
        To__ J N Seay ________________________

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Reposing full trust in your Prudence, Integrity and Ability, I do, 
by virture of the [New Line] Power and Authority in me vested as 
Governor of the State of Alabama herby commission you a 
                  JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, 

for Precinct No ____ 14 ____ in the County of ___ Talladega ___

To have and to hold the said office, together with all the Rights, 
Powers and Emoluments [New Line] to the same belonging or in anywise 
lawfully appertaining, during the term prescribed [New Line] by the 
Constitution and Laws of the State of Alabama, if you shall so long 
demean yourself well.

 |S|     In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 
 |E| the Great Seal of State to be affixed at the Capitol, in the City of
 |A| Montgomery, this _____ 15th _____ day of _____ Nov'r _____ in the 
 |L| year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and _____ Sixteen _____

                                                   [SIGNATURE]
BY THE GOVERNOR:
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              Secretary of State