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of Circular No. 3, current series, from this Bureau,
and on condition that present leases be allowed to retain possession until the expiration of their leases. 
Nothing in the Order of restoration is to be
construed as giving any claim for rents or damages which may have accrued prior to the First day of August, 1865, the date of the pardon of the claimant.
By order of
Mayor Gen. O.O. Howard,
Commissioner, &c, 
Max Woodhull
Asst. Adjt. Gen.