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Children are generally supplied with books by their parents and teachers, are only required for the permanent establishment of three, or four schools in the Sub-District. It is understood that violations of the laws of Virginia, during the late rebellion, are to be taken cognizance of before the Civil Courts of the County. The Freedpeople ignorant of the laws, and in many cases in good faith believing they were right, will be the great sufferers. If fines are imposed they will be unable to pay them, and imprisonment will be the result, leaving large families in a destitute condition, whom the "Overseers of the Poor" will not relieve, and as a con[?] they become a burden to the General Government. The Freedpeople in all cases look to the Bureau for protection. Many whites would not make contracts to be approved by the Agent of the Bureau, prefering as they do to deal directly with the colored, believing that a greater advantage can be taken of them, than were it left to the approval, or disapproval of the Agent of the Bureau. These are there