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three months in any cause in which a colored person was interested, in either Warren or Page County.
  3d  No Register of Marriages has yet been made in either County, and no blanks were ever furnished for that purpose. WIth this exception, the paragraphs of Circular No 11 of March 1866, have been carried out.
  4th  It is the intention of the authorities in both Counties to take care of their own Freedpeople, and they all now doing so, but the means at their disposal are very limited.
  5th  The supply of laborers not equal to the demand, many more could find employment, in each County but the pay will not exceed $12 per month.  
  6th  The School at Front Royal was in very flourishing condition up to its close in March, and the progress of the scholars was rapid. The demand for a school at Front Royal in Warren County, and at Luray  in Page County is pressing.  About $40 per month I think would be contributed by the colored people at each place, if a school could be established at once.  A building would also be furnished for the summer months, at Front Royal.
   The capacity of Capt. E.H. Ripley, the officer in charge of these Counties, is fully equal to the duties required of him, and his books, papers &c are in good condition as records of his office duty.

3d Sub. District
Shenandoah and Rockingham Cos.
  1st  General condition, improving, but not as rapidly as could be desired.  The disposition to fulfil contracts