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"State the kind of crops raised and the condition of the same; whether the freed people work for monthly wages or a portion of the crop and the customary amount of either."
Corn and cotton are the principal productions of this section.  Of the former there is an abundant crop but with regard to the latter it is a partial failure in consequence of the ravages of the cotton worm.  Freedpeople generally work for a portion of the crop usually for a 1/2 or 1/3 according as they supply themselves with provisions or not. 


"Include in your Report the operations of the State laws as applied to freed people, with a special reference to the Apprentice Law, Vagrant Law, and Law regulating labor."
There is nothing of interest during the month to report under this heading.

"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties and how the same may be remedied."
The greatest difficulty I labor under is my want of facilities in making arrests in criminal cases, and frequently parties who are notified to report here for a settlement under a contract fail to do so and I have not the means to compel their attendance.