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Executive Order
Executive Office
September 7th 1865
It is hereby ordered, that so much of the Executive Order learning date the 7th day of June, 1865, as made it the duty of all Offices of the Treasury Department, Military Offices, and all others in the service of the United States, to turn over to the Authorized Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, all funds collected by tax or otherwise, for the benefit of refugees or Freedmen or accruing from Abandoned Lands or property set apart for their use be and the same is hereby suspended.
(Signed) Andrew Johnson
President.
Treasury Department.
September 14th 1865.
The foregoing Executive Order is promulgated for the information and guidance of Offices of the Treasury Department who are hereby instructed to shape their action accordingly and to turn over

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