The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-02-05
Government Relief to Planters and
Freedmen.

HEAD'QRS BUREAU OF REF'GEES, FRD'M.
|ANDAB'DLANps, STATE OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, La, Jan. ga, 1863.
| [Circular No.1.]
Iii order I'd carry ont The instructions
contained IN q letter from War De-
partment, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, dated WASH
ington, D. G., Jan. 8, 1868, and to re-
lieve extreme want occasioned by rea-
son of freedmen being without employ
tment, through inability Of planters to-
furnish supplies, it is hereby announc-
ed that rs far as may be in the power
Of the bureau, aid will be furnished in
such cases uuder the following regula-
tions: ss
Arr. /. LIST. Duplicate copies Of con-
tract, under which freedmen are en-
ployed, must be fled in Office Of bureau
agent in the parish.
Cd. For supplies Of corn meal and
meat, advanced by the bureau, q for
NAL first lien will be taken upon the
crops and moyables used in cultivation
of the same, for reimbursement for cost
Of supplies.
These supplies will be furnished
each month until the necessity for such
issue noilonger exists, and in each case
the lien viii be taken as stated.
Sd. Upon receipt by the planter Of
the first months supplies, he viii file
in the Office Of the bureau agent Of the
parish, duplicate bonds, with good and
sufficient surety, in the amount of
$500 for every twenty freedmen em-I
Iployed, STIMULATING that for and in con-
sideration Of supplies furnished by the
bureau, to the free people employed as
laborers on his plantation during the
year of 1868, lie binds himself to reim-
burse to the bureau, before the expira-
ton of said year, the full cost Of such
supplies, from the proceeds Of the
crops or other products of industry,
raised by him, or from the movables on
the plantation, used in the cultivation
Of the crops; and he further agrees
that when said crops or other products
are prepared for market, that the same,
or his portion thereof, shall be shipped
for sale to such merchants rs may be
designated by the bureau, in the city
of New Orleans, La, and that, immedi-
ately upon the sac OF sald crops, SUI
a amount q me proceeds a g
sary, shall be turned over to the proper
officer of the bureau. in liquidation of
ns JUST indeDtedness TOT inc suDsls-
tehce adVahced. ne laftief stip y,
aIu agrees tnat, slouiu Cnere sun w q
o us que inc bureau, Mte Z, inc pro
ceeds OF the crop nave Deen u y appil-
60, tnen, ana N tlat event, tne nova
G ,s, anu o1her goods on the plantasion
shan pe Iiacie stneIe1or. j,
!, a COPY o. tne contract ana Dono VIII
10 lorWaIueu 20 tnese heshqnarters, ~
1he ASSISTANT sao-asslstant commission
e on d1gy u MN, Inc parish.
AIT. =. " ,th . view 70 systema.l.e
tne issuing OF supplies, as lndlcated ID
me preceding artlcle. tne following de-
tailea instructions Will % s1ricsly COM
pleu WIN;
Is!. q planter VINO may Oe unable Q
Iurn,sn supplies % the Heeamen n ms
employ, anu DESIRES % procure tlem
nom the Dhrean, VIII Apply 70 1ne pe-
Ie ga 'ssens y Ine parish, 'lnu me- ~ nls
once amdaslts, 10 duplicate, stating
Wnc q NUMBER ~, 9! iIeea people employ
= lor whom !, t''1lo5s gre Ieluileu uuI-
ing inc Mon.l, ana specHyihs nnmOer
u pohnus u corn !nsa'l cr laaIl Dle a5
sIu j, numIe1 " pounus -. - msa., neouSu
lor Tue subsistence 9I,siie iEeea people
on .: MS p,an1atlon, anu su,1.eI, Illa1 .e
!, not aple g IuInlsn suosl ~, :GL
them IN any otner manner amer Inc N.tlsn
agent, Mter Delng IulS Mslsneu Y Tue
Iellaol..Sy y .le hsH.e y y y, tlie cyilecs
ness y ol'e number .! ireel. peoplo ~,
IpcI \, a. employeu u eacn case, anu
- .n .1 necess,Iy - ..;E p .I ausdn =
ing tne suppnes, VIII !nel IoIMaeu 81 70
sa y s neauqaal.ers q "a. aupncate o. me
sr' ':l'u lRpl !, lol Npptusai
ll:e supplies ~, VIII .'len w pIoculeu a,lu
sa,ipeu " s'i0 oule''u assAs - sne
''. y III, s,
-, = n ~ coss y .ne sapplies' incluulng
Viii VII " :. "haraea aas;ns e the - n1a ,U
W.. 70 .na 81 as s. S..o P'a.oa
curing Illem, ~ .ne omcer pfocurihe
anu - i o.a rum, she sane e
,. !. oa ~ cilalges VIII 70 cOmm9 !r !:
-, ,vu W Olio H,llsn aSouS, uuu VIII ~
iiko Lhanioi W ehtcfeu upon uoOAs,