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This cannot be done unless the Bureau comes within the description of agent or attorney, as those terms are used in the resolution. While in many particulars that Bureau exercises a most humane and beneficial agency for colored persons, I am of opinion that it is not an agent or attorney in the sense of that section. Without stating other grounds for this opinion, it is enough for me to refer you to the latter part of the second section, which plainly shows that the resolution contemplates only such agents or attorneys as can perpetrate a misdemeanor, can be subject to trial and conviction, can be punished by fine, and can be forever excluded from prosecuting military or naval claims against the Government.

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]] 

Transcription Notes:
"perpetuate" should be "perpetrate" (perpetrate a misdemeanor)