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Refugees and Freedmen Fund.

Balance on hand August 31, 1870  2430.79
Recd. from Auction Sales Office Furniture  694.03
Recd. from Subsistence Stores refunded by Planters  1211.68
$4336.50

Expenditures

For Schools $4336.50

School Fund
Section 12 public act No 114 of July 16, 1866 provides that the Commissioner shall have power to seize, hold, lease or sell all buildings and tenements, and any lands appertaining to the same, or otherwise formerly held under above title by the late so called Confederate States and not heretofore disposed of by the United States, and building on lands held in trust for the same by any former confederates and to use or appropriate the proceeds derived therefore, to the education of the freed people.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Balance on hand August. 31, 1870   15,154.17
Amt received during the year  5,780.00
20,934.17

Expenditures

For Salaries of Teachers & rent of School Buildings  20,934.17