Circular No. 30, Headquarters Freedmen's Bureau, Dec. 31, 1867

Title

Circular No. 30, Headquarters Freedmen's Bureau, Dec. 31, 1867

Date

12-31-1867

Creator

Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Description

Directs that henceforth, no buildings will be erected or repaired at Bureau expense unless a deed is produced demonstrating that the trustees of the school have permanent control of the property.

Source

Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Transcript

War Department, Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, December 31st, 1867

Circular
No. 30.

Hereafter school buildings will not be erected or repaired to any considerable extent at the expense of the Bureau, except upon sites secured by deed to trustees or some individual party, for school purposes for Freedmen or for children, irrespective of color.
In any exception to this rule, the party owning the building repaired shall give a bond securing the above use, or the building erected shall be placed on temporary piles, or piers, and not attached to the soil so as to become a part of the realty.
When buildings for school purposes are built or repaired out of funds or material furnished by this Bureau, such funds or materia will be accounted for by the proper officers of the Bureau

O. O. Howard
Major General, Commissioner

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