After the Civil War, President Grant wanted to prevent acts of
racism against blacks in the South. He believed that blacks should be treated as equals. President Grant also wanted to curtail the power of .

Assemblies do not have written codes of laws. laws are matters for magistrates and courts, not assemblies. codes of law are things such as civil law, criminal law, and constitutional law. what assemblies have are procedures regarding debating, voting and other business they might carry out.  also note that rome had three assemblies: the assembly of the soldiers, the assembly of the tribes, and the plebeian councils.