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with all the rights and privileges of ownership, subject to the requirements of Par. 8, Cir. 15, Series 1865, War Dept, Bureau R.F. and A.L, and upon the following conditions - Viz:

1st The property will be restored to Henry F. Jones and the other heirs, 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 them to compensation for damages to the property, or to rents which may have accrued.

By order of Col. O. Brown
James A. Bates
Capt A.A.A.G
Copy sent to Maj Genl. O.O. Howard

March 10th 1866
Special Order
No 45.

I So far as any jurisdiction of this Bureau extends over it, the property of Elizabeth R. Curtis and James Curtis consisting of two tracts of land [[strikethrough]]in[[/strikethrough]] situated in Warwick County, Va is restored to them with all the rights and privileges of ownership, subject to the requirements of Par 8 Cir 15. Series 1865 War Dept. Bureau R.F. and A.L. and upon the following conditions - viz:

1st The property will be restored to Elizabeth R. Curtis and

James Curtis, 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 them to compensation for damages to the property, or to rents which may have accrued.

By order of Col. O. Brown
James A. Bates
Capt. & A.A.G.
Copy sent to Maj. Genl: O.O. Howard

March 12th, 1866.
Special Order
No. 46

I. The following named officers having reported in compliance with Par. II S.O. No. 32, C.S., War Dept, Bureau R.F. & A.L., are hereby ordered to report in person, without delay, to Capt. T.F.P. Crandon, A.Q.M. & Supt. 4th Dist. Gordonsville, Va., for assignment to duty. -

2nd Lt. E.Y. Rudd 21st V.R.C.

By order of Col. Brown
James A. Bates
Capt. & A.A.A.G.
Copy sent to Maj Genl Howard

March 13th, 1866.
Special order
No. 47.

I. Lt. Col. H. Neide V.R.C., Inspector Genl., Bureau R.F. and A.L., Va., is hereby ordered to proceed to Fortress Monroe, Va., from there to Norfolk, Va., and thence to Petersburg, Va., for the purpose of inspecting the condition of Bureau affairs at those

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Bureau of Refugees Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands,
HEAD QUARTERS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER STATE OF VIRGINIA,
Richmond, Va., March 12th, 1866.

CIRCULAR No. 10.
I.-The following portion of an Act, entitled " An Act relative to the testimony of colored persons," passed February 25th, 1866, by the Legislature of Virginia, is published for the information of the Officers and Agents of this Bureau:

"Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That colored persons and Indians shall, if otherwise competent, and subject to the rules, applicable to other persons, be admitted witnesses in the following cases:"
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2. "In all criminal cases and proceedings at law or in equity, in which a colored person or Indian is a party, or which arise out of an injury done, attempted or threatened to the person, property or rights of a colored person or Indian, or in which it is alleged in the presentment, information or indictment, on in which the Court is of opinion, from the other evidence, that there is a probable cause to believe that the offence was committed by a white person in conjunction or co-operation with a colored person or Indian."

Also,--the following portion of an " Act to amend and re-enact the 9th Section of Chapter 103 of the Code of Virginia of 1860."
&c.:

"Be it enacted by the General Assembly. That any person having one-fourth or more of negro blood, shall be deemed a colored person, and every person, not a colored person, having one-fourth or more of Indian blood, shall be deemed an Indian.

"All laws in respect to crimes and punishments, and in respect to criminal proceedings, applicable to white persons, shall apply in like manner to colored persons, and to Indians, unless when it is otherwise specially provided."

II.-- From and after the reception of this Order, until further Orders, no criminal cases will be tried by any officer or agent of the Bureau in this State, except such as may at that time have been commenced.
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