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These capacities and liabilities
do not pertain to the Freedmen's
Bureau, and therefore I am of the
opinion that it cannot retain the
fees in question.

Very respectfully
your of't sero't
[[stamp]]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES[[/stamp]] A. J. Akerman
Attorney General