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Sub Dist of Montgomery
Bureau R.F. + A.L.
Montgomery Ala March 2" 68

Bvt Maj George Shorkley
Capt 15th Infty. [BvtMaj?] U.S.A
A.A.A.G.Bureau

Major

In compliance with Circular Letter No 11 from Hd. Qrs. State of Alabama. I have the honor to submit the following General Report  of "Bureau and Freedman's Affairs" for the month of February 1868

Sixty-one (61) Complaints have been made at this Office, where employers have disposed of their crops without the consent of the Laborers and without making the proper settlements with them.  These cases have all been referred to the several Justices of the Peace or other officers having jurisdiction in said cases; with instructions to take immediate action under General Order No 13 + 14 Hd Qrs Dist.  of Alabama series of 1867. Statements from these Officers have been received and are on file in this Office; setting forth the actions taken in the Cases heard from.
just and equitably; giving satisfaction to both Freedman and