Excerpt(s) from the third edition (1914)

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Military commander should preserve records showing title to property, and of historical value

The commander in territory militarily occupied should preserve from destruction or hostile conversion State papers, judicial and legal documents, and indeed all papers necessary or convenient either in the affairs of government or securing individuals in their titles to property. Historical records should have equal protection and immunity.




Also see --
Military Jurisdiction under the US Constitution




REFERENCE
Military Government and Martial Law

by William E. Birkhimer
Kansas City, Missouri, Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.
third edition, revised (1914)

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