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R.52. B.R.F. & A.L. Asst. Comr. N.C.

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen &c. 
Hd. Qrs. Southern District N.C.
Wilmington, N.C. Apl. 21" 1866.

Rutherford Allan
Bvt. Col and Supt.

Wishes instructions as to whether the Superior Court of that Dist. shall be permitted to punish freedmen by whipping

Recd. Asst. Com'r. N.C. Apl. 23" 1866.

Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Raleigh Ap. 23. 1866

Respectfully returned. The whole subject has been referred to the Dept. Comdr. & to Maj. Gen. Howard.  But no orders have been issued.  It is therefore no longer in the power of this Bureau to interfere with the execution of any sentence of Civil Court.

By order of Bvt. Brig. Genl. E. Whittlesey Asst. Comssr.
Fred M. Beecher
2" Lieut. & U.S. Inf. and A.A.A. Genl.
E.B. p. 204