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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands,
Office Sup't District of the Nottoway,
Petersburg, Va., July 23rd 1865.

Col O Brown
Asst Comr
Richmond Va

Colonel
In regard to the plan proposed for cleaning the Streets of this city I have the honor to state that no definite terms have as yet been agreed upon, insomuch as the Civil Authorities have not yet been established in power.

The consultation with Genl. Hartsuff the general outlines of the plan proposed are as follows

He is to impose a tax on the property houlders to pay city expenses, cleaning streets &c, the labour required he is to procure from us, using first all vagrants, and offenders who are being punished, if more are required, to employ of those that we may have on hand who are unemployed

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