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required in the interests of order and equity I would recommend that the same course should be pursued regarding Accomac, as you have recently ordered in Elizabeth City County. That is, a resumption of authority by the Bureau Courts, on the ground that the freedmen do not, and probably will not meet with justice and protection from the civil authorities, The amended laws of the State, not being executed in good faith-But as the whole matter is now, at least in form, before the civil authorities, no one can with certainty prophesy their final action, which [?] yet may be better than I hope for,I therefore confine myself to recommending that the cases now instituted be carefully watched and reported upon by the local officers-