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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and A.L.
Office of Asst. Supt. Sub. Dist. Va.
Staunton Va. June 30th 1866.

Captain R.S. Lacey
Supt. Seventh Dist. Va.
Lynchburg, Va. 

Sir,
I have the honor to submit the following report of Bureau affairs in the counties of Augusta and Highland for the month ending June 30 1866. Augusta County.

In this Co. I have received during the month quite a number of complaints from freedmen in regard to sums due them from their employers - mostly for small sums, but in the present undefined position of the authority of officers in civil cases I have been cautious in interfering - I am at alloss [[a loss]] how to advise them - if the matters are handed over the Civil Courts it will require money to prosecute them successfully even then months will elapse before any benefit can be realized even supposing that just trials can be obtained.

Magistrate and Civil Courts in criminal trials

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