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magistrates to act accordingly, until the legislature shall act upon this subject.-

Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State affixed, this the day and date above written:
 W. L. Sharkey,
Provisional Gov of Mississippi.
[[stamp]] LS [[/stamp]]
By the Governor:
John N. Ehols,
Sect. of State

Official Copy:
Respectfully furnished Major General Howard, Commissioner Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Land.
Saml Thomas
Colonel, Assistant Commissioner
for State of Mississippi