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

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XIII. The masters shall pay their coIonists the
stipulated wages in the form and manner agreed
upon in the contract.
XIII. The colonsts shall receive the whole Of
their wages while they are i'll convalescent. from
illness contracted in consequence Of labor, from
any cause dependent on the will of the master II
the Illness should proceed from other causes. the
coionist will not have the same right unless il may
have been stipulated in the contract
Xiv. The c0lonist who. according to his con-
tract is entitled to receive his wages during illness
arising from whatever cause shall have no right to
demand his wages II 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
colonsts shall be reported upon by the medical men
of the estate establishment in which the c0lonists
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 cOlonist may be re-examined
by two practitioners one to be named by him, and
another by the master, by whose decision both par
sicians named by the master and the colonist disa
gree, the delegated protector shall name Q third,
whose decision shall be final.
XLyI. The colonists shall compensate their mas
tiers for the days and hours during which they may
have neglected to work through their own fault,
and for that purpose their engagement shall be
tended for the necessary time. The colonist shall
not receive any wages for the days of labor lost by
s fault, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated
The regulations of this article shall hold good
without barring the other penalties which the colo
mist may incur by the offence in question.
XVII. In fulflment OF the regulations contained
in the first paragraph Of the previous ;le, the
owners or superintendents of the estates or estab
lishments in which the coonists work shall keep
books containing an account Of the daily labor Of
that the account Of what is owed by or due to any
one, may be made out at any time, and in the for
mer case it may be known for what period the res
pectiye contracts ought to be prolonged.
XVIII; At the end Of each month the account
corresponding to the labor and payment of each
colonst shall be closed, and he shall b informed
of the result, in order that if he have any remark to
make ne may DO 90 ct once, or may ally 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 g. every contract ought to con-
TAIN as to the coonist subjecting himself to the dis
has to work, and any other stipulations which OBJ
liges him to obey his masters orders, shall be al
ways understood with the proviso that the rules or
orders prescribed to the colonst shall not be con-
trary to other conditions Of the same contract
to the tenor of these regulations.
l.. When any cOlonist deserts from the estate
or establishment in which he is serving the master
shall inform the local authority, in order that the
necessary steps may be taken for his pursuit.
The master shall pay at once the expenses occa.
stoned by his capture and restitution but shall have
a right to indemnify himself for them by deduct
ing from the fugitive colonist half the wages due to
him.
Ii. If master should have in his service nom
Catholic coonists he shall provide for their instruc-
ton in the doctrines and morality of the true rel
gion, but without employing other means for this
purpose than persuasion and conviction; and If any
one shall expressa 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
demand from the offender or his master, by friendly
or extrajudicial means, the repair ION due; and If
these means be not sufficient he shall seek redress
before the he s1PIs o1 us0 s state h the
If the complaint of the colonist should be thought
unfounded, he shall be informed accordingly, and
advised to abandon his complaint but if the colonst
should refuse to do 50, he may apply to the syndc
directed against another cOl0nist belonging to the
same master, the latter, his delegate, shall de-
eide the question in the manner that he thinks just
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cognzance Of the matter in the form prescribed in
Article XVIII.
LII. The importers of colonists, and the masters
or formalities prescribed in this and the previous
chapter, shall incur fine proporsionate 10 the
gravity Of the case, which shall be imposed sum-
marily, without prejudice to the penal or civil
which the authority will have to exact from them in
the proper form.
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
return voyage to their country, unless their con-
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 as Spaniards
or ont hoku fhorr
and those who may never have been colonists.
CHAPTER III.
Of the Disciplinary Jurisdiction of the Masters
LVI. The masters shall exercise disciplinary
jurisdiction over their colonsts and in virtue of Il
shall be able to impose the following punishments
l. 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
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mist either Of the penalties mentioned in the pre-
vious Article, he shall give information within the
next twenty-four hours to the proper protector, in
order that be may investigate, II he think proper,
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 S25 to 500.
Lvlll. The colonists may in every case complain
to the protector Of any wrong done them by their
masters, whether by pnnishing them without cause,
by imposing penalties which are not within their
competence, or by otherwise improperly treating
them.
If the prote ctor find the master guilty of any Of
fence he shall denounce him to the proper tribunals
and il the offence be only slight one he shall him
self impose fine not exceeding 500.
LIX. In order to ensure the fuflment Of the regu-
atons of the two preceding Articles the electors
shall have the power to visit, when they think pro-
per- the estates or establishments where there are
colonists, either personally or by means of other
functonaries, and to examine the colonsts as they
may think fit
Tx. The delegates of the master in the estate or
establishment in which the colonists work, may also
exercise disciplinary jurisdiction but under the pc.
cuniary responsibility Of the same MASTER and with
cut prejudice to the penal responsibility which they
may incur.
LXI. The following offences shall be punished as
boye (disciplinarmente):
l. Insubordinatton 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.
s. Injuries which do not oblge the party injured
to sustend work.