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VIVU« VVilW B n 1 ^Notice to Ownira of N«trf«a.HEADQtTABTTCR8 L ABOB lJUHBAU. 1 Houston, December 7t 1803, J,THE frequent escape of negroes from the differ* ent Depart menu to which they hate been ai-signed to labor, renders it fmparatiTely necessary for some course to be adopted to pmi fck so seriousand growing an evil.The injury to the sendee resulting from the loss of this labor at s Urns, often whan moat required, and the apparent relacfsowft. upon the part of theowners to retom their negroes who have runaway from the Government earslot, compels th a adoption the following stringent rale io^sfsvsace to the mat-tat; The owners or agents oMssgrosa obtained 1 or the Gorsrnment sendee, either by Aba oonseot of the owners or by imprasament, are nsrehy notlAed that when said negroes shall leava, the Department to which they base been asaijrntd to labor, and return* lqg to their owners or ag*.*nt», onleas regularly discharged In writing by the proper bmoer, Ahoy are directed at once to return theps to the Department from which they eaoaoed: tJpou failure to comply with this order» double the number esoapfe'g Will be required, and the officers of Bursae will be directed to impress the same* This role will apply to all negroes that bate been collected and runaway sincere lastoall, made 8ept» 9,1063.B■ti dec9*15dy command of . _Mrii Oan. J. BMA4RUDBR.T.0;A»M8TB0KGrCapt.fc Chlaf Uhfli Burma
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 13, 1863
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