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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Head Quarters, 8th Sub. District of Virginia.
WYTHEVILLE, VA., May 31st 1868.

Bre'vt. Brig. Gen'l O. Brown
Asst. Commissioner.
Richmond Va.

Gen'l
In compliance with Cir No. 10. Series 1866. I have the honor to report that no cases of partiality or unfairness of the civil Courts in cases in which Freedmen were interested parties have been reported during the month ending May 31st 1868. The testimony of colored Witnesses is admitted the same as of Whites.

I am
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant 
Wm. P. Austin
Sub. Asst. Com'r