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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."

Cotton and corn  one half and one third of all made

"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."

Nothing doing

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

No difficulty, citizens become indifferent to crime. Murder and robbery the order of the day, They will not assist to capture outlaws because they were good rebel soldiers. I am satisfied to wait. they will soon be obliged to help do duty.