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giving their names, the place from which and to which they are to be transported, the name of the person who contracts with them, and the copy of the transportation order; and the order of the Commissioner authorizing the issue of the transportation order shall be made in quadruplicate, and be verified by the person contracting to hire said freedmen, and delivered to the Assistant Commissioner of the State where the contract is made. Of these lists one shall be retained by the contractor, one by the said Assistant Commissioner, one shall be transmitted to the Assistant ported, and one to the Commissioner at Washington."
By order of Brevet Major General T.H. J. Wood:
A.W. Preston,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General

A.W. Preston
Act'g Ass't Adj't Gen'l.

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