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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
CLAIM DIVISION. 
Washington, D. C. June 15th 1867.

Brevet Maj. Genl Nelson A Miles
Asst Commissioner
Raleigh, N. C.

General: 
I am directed by the Major General, Commissioner, to state that Claim Agents are in some cases endeavoring to avoid the limitation of their fees prescribed in the Joint Resolution of March 29. 1867, by inducing claimants to pay sums additional to those which are allowed and paid to the Agents by this Bureau.
 
You are requested therefore to direct all of your officers or agents, who may be entrusted with the disbursement of bounties, to impress upon claimants the fact that all fees and expenses of Attorneys, and all moneys loaned by them, are deducted from the amount of the bounty and paid to the Attorneys by this Bureau
 
You are also requested to report to this office all cases which may come to your knowledge