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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters Asst. Commissioner, State of Virginia,
Richmond, Va,. 8th September 1865.

Major General O. O. Howard
Commissioner &c.

General:-

I beg leave to submit to your consideration:  The plan of returning all Freedmen of the pauper class to the counties to which they belong, and taxing the property in the several counties for the support of its own paupers.
If the inhabitants have not the funds to pay their taxes, they can pay in produce.
I think this both just and practical. 

I am Genl very respectfully
your obt. servt.
O Brown
Col. & Asst. Commissioner
 

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