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Bureau of Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Head-Quarters Supt. 8th District Va.
Wytheville, Va., Feby 12th 1866

Col O Brown
Asst Comm'r State of Va

Colonel, 
Yours of the 7 inst. is at hand acknowledging the receipt of $32, for contracts. The receipts for contracts was not reported in the reports of Freedmen Courts
I  because the courts did not make the contracts 
II The parties making the contracts are scattered over 18 counties and in a majority of cases it is impossible to locate their residence,
III My Hd Qrs are at Wytheville Wythe Co. and all contracts and indentures are on file in this office. The fines imposed were reported by counties as ordered. There certainly have been necessary expenses of courts, but, although I have asked for authority and information for defraying those expenses I have remained uninformed until yours of the 7th inst. Circular No 4 C.S. makes no mention of Expenses of Courts.

I am very respy
Your Obt Servant
Buel C. Carter
Bvt. Maj. A.Q.M. Supt &c

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