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offenders. But under this order I can neither bring the man to justice, or learn whether the magistrate does his duty, it there happen to be one.  Another difficulty is, that in the absence of mail communication, a message cannot be conveyed with any certainty to these magisterial Beats, even when quite near.  I hope to receive instructions from you by authority of Gen. Davies, that G.O. No. 17 is not to be applied to the Freedmen's Bureau.

Very Respectfully
Your obt. Servant
Samuel S. Gardner
Asst. Supt. Freedmen