The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-13
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THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH MILITARY DnrRIcr,
MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS,


HBADQuARrERs FOURTH MILITARY DnrRIcr.
MISSISSIPPI AND ARKANSAS.
NIoksBuRG, MISS, Jan. ~, 1908
General ords,s No o..
Circulars NO ~, ~, anu a. series OF 1907,
from these headquarters, are hereby revoked,
without preludice, however, 70 any action which
may have been already taken In accordance with
said circulars. Hereafter all questions arising
from settlements oil crops, ana generally the re-
lations OF debtors ana creditors OF oivii suitors
will DO lett TO the proper civil courts, except
such cases affecting the rights Of freedmen, or
others, as by acts oil Congress are specially com
mitted to the care Of the bureau OF Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
ny COMMAND oil bfe'eI MAJOR General Alvin
q dilem. JOHN TYLER
First Lieutenant 43d Infantry, Byt. Maj. U.
o. A. Acting Assistant hoJutant GENERAL
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hEApeuA"ihh S Du Lea VI n, +. Asph L.
$500, % nsea
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CTc"ar No. IL
In order 10 carry OUT the Instructions con-
famed IN letter from war department, Bureau
heiugees, freedmen anu Abandoned Lands
dated washington " y, January !, 1905, AND
TO relieve extreme want oecasioned BY reason Of
freedmen being without employment, throush
inhoihty oil planters 10 furnish supplies, 10 Is
hereby announced mat, as iar s may De In the
power OF the bureau, AID VIII be furnished in
such cases under the following regulations
ARTICLE L. ISL; puphca'e copies OF contract
under when freedmen are employed must be
hied In once Oh bureau agent In the parish.
"a. f9t suPp,Ies Oh corn meal ana meat "a,
vanced by the bureau, formal hrst Hen viii
De iaken upon tne crops ana moVaoles used In
cultivation oil tho same for reimbursement for
cost Of such suPphes.
These supplies VIII be furnished each month
unhi the Necessity LOT suen issue no longer sx'
sts, and In each case the lien will DO taken o.
stated;
90. oPeh receipt py tne planter Of the hrst
month supp's' ne "lII me IN lhs ouee OF the
bureau agent OF the parish duplicate bonds,
WITH g3od ana suucieht surety, In the amount
OF 81, oVo LOT every twenty freedmen employed,
stipuiatlns that ior and IN consideration Of
supphes tuthshea oy tne bureau 10 the ireed
people employed as IHooTers on MS plantation
during the year 1905 ne oinds himseit to REIN:
purse 10 nc bureau oelofe inc expiration OF
said year the full cost Of such supplies from the
proceeds oil The crops, or other products OF in.
uustry ral,ea by nm or from me movao!es on
inc piahtauoh u,ea IN inc cultivation OF the
crop anu ne luitnet agrees that when SAID crops
OF owner Pioausts my prepared lot market that
mo snms, OF nn PORTION .neieoi, shall be shipped
ior saio W suen me,enunNs Us may DO designated
.he ps'. .pu. ~ .ne ~ vi VOW oheans' Loui,
iAnsi anu 'hh' imineula'eIy upon the sac OF
salu crops sutneIeh. amount Of the proceeds
eeouS III u.s. , " .no iu'i hnount II he Se
Ely, shaIi DC tu'nea ever 70 me proper oalser
u .ao Ls,oau III ih.,uaOh u NJ JuN indeot'
' vInes ,o' 'ns ,h sSvahsea, heiatthsf
spuHe, ahu ae t 'ua', snou'u mere sun DC
h uI. sne ,p nt1' me proceed: Oh the
sop A1 ~. m . .IIs appisu, t"on. ana In that
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4 .nnU ~ I'm ,ho S son D1O. and hn.a
woId.d 10 these bs"SSnarter. - 70 iof,
snb.a,si.t,nt comm;siioner on H. ~ ats
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Arr II. with n view IN sv,,sms,i,. ,ho +.
suing of guopes as inScNtsS in Tho nr. ssJ
article, the following detailed in,,rucIions vii
DO strictly complied with wiz