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Bureau R.F. & A Lands 
Co's Alleghany Bath & Rockbridge 
6th Division 7th Sub. District Va.
Lexington Va May 31st 1868

Major R.S. Lacey
Sub. Asst. Comm'r. 

Major:
In compliance with Circular No. 10 Bureau R.F. & A Lands Hd qr's Asst. Commr dated Richmond Va March 12 / 1867 In reference to Par IV same order I have the honor to report that the County Court of Rockbridge do not seem inclined to allow me to appear at the bar as Counsel for any Freedmen and pretend to understand the late order revoking part of this Par IV to refer to agents of the Bureau who are already licensed as Attorneys at Law, & not to others of the Bureau. I have already been asked to show my license, in open Court by one of the Magistrates sitting on the bench altho' my orders are properly filed in the clerk's office of the County Court of Rockbridge  In reference to Par VI same order I have the honor to state that I am prepared to prove by proper testimony that the very action