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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 rent, sale or disposition of such property, which have not been finally paid into the Treasury of the United States.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON, President.
Official:[Signed] E.D. TOWNSEND,Ass't Adj. Gen'l.
Adjutant General's Office, Nov.11th,1865.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ALABAMA,
MOBILE, ALA., Dec. 10th, 1865.

General Orders,
No. 64.
In accordance with the Executive Order, bearing date November 11th, 1865, it is ordered that all military agents of the Government in this Department immediately 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 as belonging to the late rebel government, together with 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.
By order of Brevet Major Gen. CHARLES R. WOOD.
[Signed] FRED H. WILSON, Asst. Adj. Gen.
Official:[Signed] FRED. H. WILSON, Asst. Adj. Gen.
This at Fort Gaines, Ala, on or about the 10th day of July,1866.

Specification 2d-In this, that Brevet Major James Curtis, Captain 15th U.S. Infantry, being in command at Fort Gaines, Ala., did permit one boat, the property of the United States, or which had been captured from or abandoned by the late rebel government, or which had drifted ashore within the limits of his command, after said boat had been repaired at Fort Gaines, Ala., to be taken away from within his command and disposed of by private parties for private benefit. This at Fort Gaines, Ala., on or abaut the 12th day of October,1866, in violation of the fallowing orders, viz:
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

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