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enable him to make the above report as
specified.
By order of Col. Saml Thomas.
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl.



Bureau Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for State of Miss
Vicksburg, Miss November. 30th 1865.

Special Orders.}
No. 54.}
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I. Lieut John. F. Perry. 63rd USCI
is hereby relieved from duty as Receiving and Disbursing Officer at these Head Quarters.
He will turn over to Capt C.R. Tyler. A.Q.M. all public monies, books and papers in his possession, and proceed to join his regiment without delay. for muster out. 
III. Capt. C.R. Tyler, A.Q.M. will in addition to his duties as Chief Q.M. assume those of Receiving and Disbursing Officer of Bureau R. F. A.L. State of Miss.
By order of Col. Saml Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. AAA Gen.


Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst. Commissioner for State of Miss. 
Vicksburg, Miss. December 5th 1865.
Special Orders}
No. 55}

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II. Major T.S. Free, Assistant Inspector Genl. will forthwith proceed to Natchez. Miss. and return immediately on the completion of the business alluded to in letter of instructions of this date.
II. Lieut Chas W. Clarke 63rd USCI. is hereby relieved from duty in Bureau RF&AL. and will without delay report to his ref't in Dept of Arkansas
By order of Col Saml Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. AAA Genl

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Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst. Commissioner for State of Miss. 
Vicksburg, Miss. December 8th 1865.
Special Orders}
No. 56}

[[margin]] G. Gordon. Adam [[/margin]]

Mr G. Gordon, Adam, an employee of this Bureau, will proceed to the Southern part of this State on the duty explained in letter of instructions furnished him of this date.
By order of Col. Saml Thomas.
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. Act Asst Adjt Genl.

Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst. Commissioner for State of Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. December 11th 1865.
Special Orders}
No. 57}

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The Ferry Privileges of Vicksburg, Miss., and De Soto Landing, La., having been granted to Mir C. N. Marshall. by the proper State authorities, and there being in existence State laws in Mississippi and Louisiana, forbidding and person engaging in ferrying, except under State authority; it is therefore ordered, that the Freedmen living in Vicksburg and De Soto Landing must discontinue the business of ferrying, either in skiffs or otherwise. If this order is violated, they will be subject to the full penalties of the State laws for such an offence.
By order of Col. Saml Thomas
Stuart Eldridge
Lieut. Act Asst Adjt. Genl.


Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst. Commissioner for State of Mississippi 
Vicksburg, Miss. December 12th 1865.
Special Orders}
No. 58}

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II. In compliance with request from Head Quarters Dept of Mississippi,