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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, August 2 ^[[3]][[strikethru]]2[[/strikethru]], 1867.

Special Order,}
No. 129       }

I. The lumber, old and new, now borne upon the papers of the Disbursing Officers of this Bureau, will be expended for school-buildings and asylums, the latter including tenants for poor Refugees and Freedmen, in accordance with the provisions of an Act entitled an "Act making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending June 30, 1867^[["7" overwritten with pen to make it "8"]], and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867.

In all cases of repairs or partial construction the lumber [[strikethru]]will[[/strikethru]]^[[may]] be expended, and authority is hereby granted to drop the same from their returns.

By order of Maj.-Gen. O. O. Howard.

A. E. Ketchum,
A. A. Adj.-Gen.

Official:

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A. A. Adj.-Gen.