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Headqrs Dist. of Alabama 
A.C.S. Bureau 
Montgomery Ala 
June 25. 1867. 

Respectfully returned to Col. O. D. Kinsman
Sub Asst Com'r Dist of Alabama.

In obedience to instructions received from the Asst Commissioner I hired Mr N. B. Markle to take charge of the Colony of Garland. The salary was not fixed at that time but was afterwards fixed at $65.00. The date of hiring was the 20th June 1866 -

W.C. Arthur
A.C.S. Bureau