The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-28

health.
XIII. The masters shall pay their colonists the
stipulated wages in the form and manner agreed
4 upon in the contract.
| XIII. TIE colonists shall receive the whole of
their wages while they i'll convalescent, from
Illness contracted In consequence of labor, from
any cause dependent on the viii of the master. If
the illness should proceed from other cnnscs, the
cooDist will not have the came right unless it may
have been stipulated in the contract
Xiv. The colonst who according to his con-
tsact il entitled to receive bis wages during illness
arising from whatever cause shall have no right to
demand his wages if his illness arises from any will
! full act Of his own.
XIV. For all the purposes Of the two previous
articles and of Article XXXvI, the diseases of the
colonists shall be reported upon by the medical men
of the estate establishment in which the c0onists
are employed, and in default OF them by two physi-
clans named by the master.
Ii the colonist should demur to their opinion, he
may apply to the delegated protector, in order that
| by his direction the c0lonist may be re-examined
| by two practitioners one to be named by him. and
another by the master by whose decision both par
ties shall abide without further appeal. n the ply
scians named by the master and the colonist disa-
/ gree the delegated protector shall name third
whose decision shall be final
| XLVI. The colonists shall compensate their mas
tiers for the days aid hours during which they may
and for that purpose their engagement shall be ex
tended for the necessary time. The colonist shall
not receive any wages for the days Of labor lost by
MS fault unless the contrary be expressly stipulated
| in the contract
The regulations of this article shall hold good
without ba ring the other penalties which the colo
mist may incur by the offence in question.
XLVIl. In fuflment Of the regulations contained
in the first paragraph Of the previous Arti lie, the
owners superinteDdents of the estates or estab-
lishments In which the colonists work shall keep
books containing an account Of the daily labor Of
the colonists and Of the payments made to them,
that the account of what Is owed by due to any
one, may be made out at any time, and in the for
ner case it may be known for what period the res
XVIII. At the end of each month the account
corresponding to the labor and payment Of each
colonist shall be closed and he shall b informed
OF the result in order that il he have emark to
make he may do SO at once, or may apply to the
protector If he should not concur in the masters
statement of the account.
XIX The clause which, with reference to Ar
tice vi, paragraph s, every contract ought to
cipline Of the estate or establishment in which he
has to work, and any other stipulations which OBJ
Iges him to obey his masters orders, shall be al
ways understood with the provis0 that the rules or
orders prescribed to the colonist shall not be con-
trary to other conditions of the same contract nor
to the tenor OF these regulations.
or establishment in which he is serving the master
shall inform the local authority in order that the
necessary steps may be taken for bis pursuit.
The master shall pay at once the expenses coca
stoned by his capture and restitution but shall have
right to indemnify himself for them by deduct
ing from the fugitive cOlonst half the wages due to
him.
Ii. If master should have in his service nom
Catholic colonsts he shall provide for their instruc-
ton In the doctrines and morality of the true reli
gon, but without employing other means for this
purpose than persuasion and conviction; and II any
one shall express wish to conform to the Catholic
faith, the master shall inform the parish priest.
LII. When colonist shall suffer in his person or
interests wrong or injury. not amounting to
crime, from q free man, or from colonist of an
other ownership. the master shall take cognizance
of the fact and if he think the complaint just shall
demand from the offender or his master, by friendly
or extrajudicial means, the repareDon due; and If
these means be not sufficient, he shall seek redress
before the competent authority, or state the
fact to the Syndic, in order that he may do so.
If the complaint of the colonist should be thought
unfounded, he shall be informed accordingly, and
advised to abandon his complaint but II the colonst
should refuse to do So he may apply to the Syndic
to make the proper claim. When the complaint Is
directed against another colonist belonging to the
the Latter or his delegate shall de-
Either Of the parties may appeal against this deci-
sion to the protector his delegate who shall take
cognzance Of the matter in the form prescribed in
LII. The importers Of colonists, and the masters
who may fail to comply with any OF the obligations
or formalities prescribed in this and the previous
chapter, shall incur a fine .proporsionate to the
gravity Of the case, which shall be imposed sum-
marly without prejudice to the penal or civil re-
sponsibillty to which they may be subject, and
which the authority will have to exact from them in
Lfv The colonists shall not be entitled to claim
at any time, from their master, the government, or
the importers the payment of the expenses Of their
tracts contain an express stipulation to that effect
LV. On the expiration of the contract, the colo
nists shall have all the rights that belong to them
respectively, according to their origin Spaniards
or foreigners, without any difference between them
and those who may never have been colonists.
CHATTER III.
OF the Disciplinary Jurisdiction of the Masters.
LVI. The masters shall exercise disciplinary
jurisdiction their colonists, and in virtue of It
shall be able to impose the following punishments:
!. Confinement from one to ten days.
2. Stoppage of wages during that time. The first
of these punishments may be inflicted without the
second, but the latter may never be applied without
LVH. Whenever the master naicts on his colo
mist either Of the penalties mentioned in the pre-.
vious Article, he shall give information within tho
next tTe1tyour hours to the proper protector in
the offence committed, and may alter the sentence
of the master if it should appear unjust.
Any master emitting to give the said notice
within the time specified shall be subject to sum-
mary fine Of $25 to 800.
LVllI. The colonists may in every case complain
to the protector Of any wrong done them by their
masters, whether by Furnishing them without cause
by imposing penalties which are not within their
competence, or by otherwise improperly treating
I them.
If the protector find the master guilty Of any Of
IeuCe, ne b0Au ueuOuuCe nlm 10 proper LrlDunal
and il the offence be only slight one, he shall him
self impose fine not exceeding 800.
Liz In order to ensure the fulflment Of the regu-
lations of the two preceding Articles the protectors
per- the estates or establishments where there are
colonists, either personally or. by means Of other
functionares and to examine the colonists as they
may think fit
! Tx. The delegates of the master in the estate or
establishment in which the colonsts work, may also
exercise disciplinary jurisdiction, but under the Pc
out prejudice to the penal responsibility which they
may incur.
LXI. The following offences shall be punished as
bove (disciplinaImente):-
l. INSTRUMENTATION to the master, to the superin-
tendents, or to any other delegate of the master.
2. Refusal to work, or want of punctuality in any
particular piece of work.
3. Injuries which do not oblige the party injured
| to suspend work.
| A. Desertion.
5. Drunkenness.
g. Infraction of the rulca of dscininp established