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Sub. District of Mobile
Bureau of R.F. & A.L.
Mobile Ala Jan 26" 1868.

Asst. Commissioner
State of Alabama
Montgomery Ala.

Sir:

I have the honor to transmit herewith the following General Report of the workings of the Bureau for the month of May 1868.

Operation of the Laws
The faborable progress in this respect detailed in April will stand for this month. Litigation among the freedmen necessarily increases as they become familiar with the processes by which they can redress their complaints through the ordinary legal tribunals. In this connection it is necessary to make the statement that this office has not been furnished regularly with General Orders from either District or Sub District Headquarters, amendatory or explanation of the civil law' although they are very essential to it's duties in advising complainants how to proceed under the law.
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