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subjects relating to Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, cases adjudicated by Bureau Courts will not be subject to revision before State Courts, or magistrates, but will be treated precisely according to the usage of military tribunals

5. All cases of capital crimes, felonies or questions relating to titles to real estate will be referred to military commissioner, the Court of the United States, or of the State in which the case may occur.

By order of
Maj. Genl. O.O. Howard. Comr.
A.P Ketchum
Bvt. Maj. & A.A.A. General

Major Genl Wager Swayne
Asst Commissioner
Montgomery Ala.