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By command of
Col. O. Brown
C.H. Coxe A.A.A.G.

15th September 1865

Special Orders
No. 56

So far as any jurisdiction of this Bureau extends over it, the property of Benjamin Wentzell, consisting of a house in Harper's Ferry and a house in Bolivar, Jefferson Co. Va. is restored to him with all the rights and privileges of ownership subject to the requirements of Circular No. 3, War Dept. Bureau R.F. & A.L. Washington, D.C. 22nd May 1865 and upon the following conditions, viz;—

1st The property will be turned over to Mr. Wentzell upon the expiration of the lease to any third party or parties, if any exists.

2nd That nothing in this order be construed as entitling him to compensation for damages to the property, or to rents which may have accrued.

By command of Col. O. Brown, Asst. Commr
C.H. Coxe, A.A.A.G.

15th September

General Orders
No. 18

I The following circular from the War Dept. is published for the information of all concerned:—

War Dept.
Bureau R.F. & A.L.

Washington, D.C. 30th May 1865

Circular
No. 5.

Rules and Regulations for Assistant Commissioners

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VII. In all places where there is an interruption of civil law, or in which local courts, by reason of old codes, in violation of the freedom guaranteed by the Proclamation of the President and the laws of Congress, disregard the negros' right to justice before the laws, in not allowing him to give testimony, the control of all subjects relating to Refugees and Freedmen being committed to this Bureau, the Assistant Commissioners will adjudicate either themselves or through officers of their appointment, all difficulties arising between negroes themselves, or between negroes and whites or Indians except those in military service, so far as recognizable by military authority and not taken cognizance of by other tribunals, civil or military of the United States.

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O.O. Howard, Maj. Genl.
Comm'r Bureau R.F. & A.L.

Approved: June 2nd 1865
Andrew Johnson, President of the United States

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