WILLIAM H. SEWARD.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, _September 7, 1865_.

_It is hereby ordered_, That so much of the Executive order bearing date

the 7th [2d] day of June, 1865, as made it the duty of all officers

of the Treasury Department, military officers, and all others in the

service of the United States to turn over to the authorized officers

of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands all funds

collected by tax or otherwise for the benefit of refugees or freedmen,

or accruing from abandoned lands or property set apart for their use,

be, and the same is hereby, suspended.

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