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Office Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Montgomery. Alabama
September 20th 1865

To the Mayor of Selma,

Sir:
Gen Swayne directs me to request you to send to this office a report of the action taken in the case of "William" a Freedman who was arrested on or about the 3rd Sept. for breach of the peace. It is alleged that an exorbitant fine was assessed on him, to wit, $2.50 for fighting and $50.00, costs for resisting process - that his resistance was only in the act of questioning the right of the police officer to arrest him,  without offering violence. Your immediate attention is requested to this

Very respectfully, 
Your obt servt, 

Bvt Col & A.A.G.


Office Assistant Commissioner 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
Montgomery, Ala
Sept 20th 1865

Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard,
Commissioner Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Washington, D.C.

General, 
I have the honor to report that schools are in operation in this State only at Mobile and Montgomery. I append a tabular statement of pupils, &c.
Very respectfully,
Your ob servt. 

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Brig. Gen & Asst Com'sr 

[[13 columned table]]
| Sep 1st | Whole number enrolled |   | Average daily attendance |   | Over 15 years old |   | Under 6 years old |   | Number of Teachers |   | Aggregate number of scholars | Amount of Funds Collected |
|   | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |   |   |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Montgomery | 135 | 153 | 98 | 108 | 6 | 14 |   |   |   |   | 288 | $84.00 |
| Mobile | 300 | 331 | 217 | 245 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 631 | $150.00 | [[/13 columned table]]

Office Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Refugees, Freemen and Abandoned Lands
Montgomery, Ala
Sept 21st 1865

L.T. Peasone Esqr
Macon Co., Ala.

Sir:
Your communication of the 16th Sept. is rec'd.
Where there is no contract to pay no payment will be enforced except where faithful labor has been performed until a crop is made and the laborer is driven off without means of sustenance for the winter.
The rule as to the employer furnishing food was thought needful to prevent the improvident from squandering what ought to provide food for their families and to prevent the sale to them at exorbitant rates of the necessaries of life. It cannot be deviated from where there is a contract but in several instances the place proposed by you has marked very well without me. You might however fix the amount of food each should receive and vary the compensation accordingly.

Transcription Notes:
don't think tags are required on tables, looks complete otherwise