Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1901 — Laws for tho Soudan. [ARTICLE]

Laws for tho Soudan.

Benign paternal government Is to be the general-note of Soudan administration in the earlier stages of its reorganization, says a Cairo correspondent Here are a few of the chief heads of the new code just promulgated: The importation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited. No person will be allowed to sell his land or to make loans at usurious rates. Even mortgages will be subject to formal authorization. Trade, Industry and navigation are free, and every chieftain is a magistrate In his own district