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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 position of the crop, and the customary amount of either.

In Travis Co 1/2 corn 1/2 [[strikethrough]] wheat [[/strikethrough]] cotton  In Williamson County 1/2 corn 1/2 wheat - Freedmen get 1/3rd the crop when fed, and every thing supplied. 1/3 the corn & 1/2 the cotton when they feed themselves, the teams &c are being supplied. or 2/3 when they rent the land and pay all expenses

"Include in your report the operations of the State laws as applied to freed people, with special reference to the Apprentice Law, Vagrant Law, and Law regulating labor."

Generally disregarded in their obnoxious features

"Report the difficulties you labor under in the performance of your duties, and how the same may be remedied."