Draft:James Malcolm Smiley

Different one and his namesake son here and here

James Malcolm Smiley (1812-1879) was a lawyer and judge in Mississippi.

Law
Smiley Law? (required fraternal organizations to post $10,000 closing many. Targeted African American groups?

could not have been Smiley who died 1879 because passed in 20th century. Several states had deposit laws for insurance providers including fraternal orgs. An interesting subject (insurance regulation) presumably covered elsewhere

https://books.google.com/books?id=hJtNAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA138&dq=smiley+law+mississippi