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The Records kept under Capt. Massey's direction are complete and highly satisfactory. The evidence before the Freedmen's Court is recorded in full. All financial transactions through or pertaining to the office are properly entered - receipts for all moneys paid out retained. The Register of Marriages for one half of the County is taken. There is a Bureau hospital for all poor of either color. The freed-people pay no poor levy and hence there is nothing done for the maintenance of colored poor. The authorities say they are unable to provide for the disproportionate number of paupers in their jurisdiction. Destitutes from all parts of the country are upon them:- they are apparently willing and anxious to take care of their "own poor" - as they call them. The Hospital or Home consists of three wards and three substantial cabins - more cabins are to be built, being the most satisfactory arrangement for those permanently in hospital. These separate tenements are at Capt. Massey's suggestion, and I highly approve the idea. There is an enclosure of three acres to be fenced in and tastefully laid out, wherein there will [[strikethrough]]to[[/strikethrough]] be a vegetable garden. The location is fine and I trust that should the Govt ever discontinue its care over destitutes some Charitable association may be

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