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CIVIL ACTIONS.

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| DATE. | NAME AND RACE OF PLAINTIFF. | NAME AND RACE OF DEFENDANT. | Complaint: Action taken by Courts and Bureau. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

I have tried no civil cases during the month  Most of the Freedmen's claims for last year have been settled, and the Freedmen being so busily engaged in cotton picking, they cannot spare the time to prosecute the remaining claims at present.  I have been visiting the different parts of my district for the purpose of preventing certain planters from running off their cotton and swindling the Freedmen out of their pay.  Many planters who rented land this year need watching sharply.

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