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discountenance and discourage such practices.

Licenses are required for all proposed marriages since Jany 27th 1866.

Par. 4. is fully carried out.

4th.  The County Authorities manifest a disposition to provide for their own indigent Freedpeople as they do for whites.  And the means at their disposal is ample for the present demand.  Pecuniary embarrassment probably prevents more comfortable quarters being furnished the inmates of the Poorhouse as the buildings are sadly out of repair.

5th.  The supply of labor in the summer months is not equal to the demand, but in the latter part of the fall and winter, it is in excess.  Wages range from seven to twelve dollars per month, according to the quality of the help.  In a large number of cases the Freedpeople experience great difficulty in obtaining pay for services rendered.

An evident intention on the part of many employers, to take advantage of their ignorance, and by fraud in accounts and otherwise, cheat them on settlements, is often manifest.

6th.  Miss Lizzie A. Linchcome in charge of school at 

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