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expenses of this system, and of supporting the aged, infirm and helpless, the following tax will be collected:
For each planter, for every hand employed by him, between the ages of eighteen and fifty, one dollar per annum.
This sum will be payable and collected on the first day of June next, and will be paid over to the Superintendent of Freedmen for disbursement.

BY ORDER OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL A. BAIRD,
U. S. Vols., Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Louisiana:

D. G. FENNO,
1st Lieutenant and A.A.A.G.

OFFICIAL:

1st Lieutenant and A.A.A.G.