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Executive Office,
Washington City,
November 11th, 1865.

Ordered

That the civil and military agents of the Government transfer to the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands for Alabama, the use and custody of all real estate, buildings, or other property seized or held by them in that State as belonging to the late Rebel Government, together with all such funds as may arise or have arisen from the rent, sale, or disposition of such property which have not been finally paid into the Treasury of the United States.
Andrew Johnson 
Pres

official
E D Townsend
Adj. Genls' office, 
Asst. Adj't Genl.
Nov 11, 1865.

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