The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1865-11-25


may recover wages due for services .en.
dered to tic TINE of bis departure.
The contract COR service shall not be
terminated by The desih of ths master.
without the assent Of he servant. Wages
due 10 servants shall be preferred to al,
other debts or demands, except inueral
expenses, 'in case Of ,hc insuilicency of
The masters property to pay debts and
demands against him. When wrongful.
ly discharged from service, the servant
shall recover wages for the whole period
o. service, according TO the contract.
whether or not his wages have been paid
to the period OF his discharge. II his
wages have not been paid to the dav Of
h's discharge, he may tegard his contract
rescinded by the discharge, and recov er
wages up to thai. time.
The master shall receive into his em
piovment the servant with whom be las
made contract but any Of the causes
which may justify him in dschargibg "A
servant shall justify him In refusing to
receive him.
The master shall at the expiration of
the term OF service, II: the reques, Of the
servant, give him certificate OF charac.
ter.
The servant shall no, be liable for con.
tracts made by the express authority of
bis master.
A servan, shall no, be liable, cisilIy or
cri'nipslly, for any act done on the prem
ises Of the master, by the command OF
the master, in defence Of the masters
person, family, guests, agents. servant,
premises, or property. lie shall no, be
liable for any tort committed on the
premises Of the master, by his express
command.
HoUsE SERVANTS. The rules and
regulations prescribed for master and ser.
want apply to persons in service as house.
boIi servants, comforting the same rights
and imposing the same duties, with the
following notifications
Servants, in the various duties Of the
household, and in all the domestic duties
Of the family, shall, at all hours Of the
day or night, and on all days Of the
week, promptly answer all calls and obey
and execute all lawful orders and COM
mAnds of the family in whose service
they are employed.
Masters and their families shall, afe,
ten o'clock at night, and on SUNDAYS
make no calls on their servants, nor ex,
act any service Of them, which exigeu,
cies Of the household or family do not
make necessary or unavoidable.
The wages Of household servants shall
in the absence Of any agreement, be fix
ed by the Judge Of the District Court OF
Magistrate, and be payable at the end
Of each month.
Ii is the duty Of this class Of servants
to b. especially civil and polite to their
masters, Their families, aId guests, and
they shall receive gentle aud kind treat.
meUt.
In ali contracts teIw master aud
servant ;or service, tie foregoing reyuls
tions shall be siIpu!ations. unless it shall
he otherwise provided in the contract
and the following form shall be cuff.
cieut contract, unless some gpecial a.sres.
ment be made between The parties.
(name ot seryan9 do hereby agree
with (name of ,na,teI1 to be his {here in
sert The worjs, "h ous-hold servant" O,
"sersant IN husbsndry," as the. case NAV
be) from the date hereof, at the wages
OF thers insert the wages to hs paid by
toe year or montlii) aud iE consider alton
thereof ! lname Of master) agree TO re-
ceye the said mama of serysnA N. .,ok