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Frankfort March 2/"66

Genl O.O. Howard

Dr Sir
I am an assistant Supt Freedman's Bureau for Hopkins & Webster Counties Ky Head Quarters at Madisonville

I wish to do right and would be pleased to learn the proper fees and charges and whether there is any salary independent of the fees for assistant supts.  How much is the proper charge for issuing certificates of marriage to negroes?

Furthermore, when I find that negroes have made contracts much below their proper value and worth, is it my duty to confirm their contracts or require more to be paid them - My mention is that it is my duty to see that they have justice in all cases.