Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1865-12-23
ROUGE, LA, SATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER %, 1865.

10. The allowance of clothing will bo
two summer and one winter suits for each
laborer or member of family, or clothing
may be commuted at the rate of three dol
lars per mon tn for first class hands, two
and one half dollars per for month second
and. third class hands, and one and one
half dollars per month for children-at
tho option of the laborer. u 1e3t
IL. Quarters will be such as to prosect
the laborer and his family from the in
clemency OF the weather, and must con-
tain accommodations for cooking, and. in
addition, one-half acre fland Contiguous
to the houses, will be set apart FOR each
family for garden purposes.
IL. Should the contracting parties perfer
it, the laborers can engage to furnish their
own food and clothing, their wages to be
regulated accordingly. These supplies
may DO purchased from the employer, who
must, If he undertakes to supply his hands,
in all cases keep a regular book account for
each hand, and sell at usual m arket rates.
which accounts must be open at all times
to the inspection of the Agents Of this
Bureau this mode of contract is recon-
mended to the freedmen. Should thew
desire to contract for q certain portion of
the crop, they can do so, and the employ
er, In all contracts Of this kind, will Be re-
CURED to comply with section XVII Of
this circular, and also TO pay over to tho
Agent Of this Bureau one twentieth OF the
value Of the laborer's share of said crop
monthly, or whenever demanded, for
school purposes this estimate to be based
on the average production of the land un-
der cultivation. 8 l9F
13. Five per cent. of the monthly wages
of the laborers will be retained in The
hands Of the employer, and paid over
when demanded to the agent authorised
to receive it, to be used for the purpose Of
sustaining schools for the education of the
children of the freedmen and for no other
purpose and if not demanded tor the pur~
pose designated, during the year, the
amount 80 retained will be paid over to
the laborer at the settlement of his ac-
count. One half Of the balance Of the
monthly wag will be paid to the laborer
on the last day of each month, and the
remaining one half will be retained by the
employer until the contract Is fulfilled,
when it will be paid over to to the laborer.
IA. Should the laborer refuse to do the
work contracted for, or should he leave
the plantation or place on which, or en-
ployer for whom, he has engaged to work
for the purpose of avoiding labor, without
just cause or provocation, W hich will be de-
termined by the agent of theBureau for the
parish in which he resides, upon applica-
tion-and failure to make application for
redress by the laborer will be considered ss
| prima facia evidence against him--ho shall
forfeit all wages that may be due to him at
the time OF leaving to his employer; and
should he refuse after having Voluntarily
| entered into an agreement 10 labor, or fail
to comply with, and be governed by such
! ordinary and reasonable rules 40 may be
uln nv Eis ,Tin fnr hna
carrying on OF his business, or fail in any
way to be good and faithful laborer ac-
carding to has contract; or be wanting in
due respect and obedience to his employer
| or family, in the performance of his or their
| duties, he may be discharged, and obliged
| to remove his family from The premises of
| his employer, by application to the agent
of this Bureau, tor the parish in which he
resides. For failure to be at the appointed
| place Of labor at the usual hour of COM
| mencing work, unless in case of sickness,
| the employer may deduct twice the amount
Of money wages for the time lost, to COM
pensate for clothing and rations, as well 90
lost time.
Is. Planters and others employing labor
| will when the nature of their business re-
quires that work be performed at night and
| on Sundays, during certain periods, die
tinctly specify in the contractlthat the en-
| ployees agree to do such work, At such
times as it may be required-the consid-
Grafton for which must be distinctly stated
in the agreement.
49, No restraints or disabilities shall be
imposed upon freedmen that are not i'm
posed upon white men. They are smena-
bic to the same laws, aud can only be re-
strained in the free exercise of their riglts
and privileges by reason of d violation OF
the laws Of the land, as made and proyid-
ed for the government Of white men.
II. Should the agent deem it necessary,
he will require the employer to give secur-
ity that the requisite amount of provision
to furnish the laborers with the specified
ration shall be on hand on the plantation
| from month to month for issue or sale to
the laborers and their families, as the terms
of their contract may require. The rations
and clothing specified in the order will be
the minimum that will be regarded by the
Rureau as sufficient food and comfortable
clothing
Is. Employers can adopt rules for sys-
| tematizinR the work on their plan tations
or elsewhere, which rules and regulations
shall be read in the presence of the laborers
previous to contracting; and which, If as
sented to, shall be made part Of the agree
mcnt and be binding upon both parties.
| And the parties may agree upon system
of fines or violation of these rules, which
| ines shall constitute a fund, to be distri-
buted amongst the laborers who have not
been delinquent, and in case there are none
such, to be paid over to the agent Of this
Bureau, to be applied to the support OF
| freedmen's schools.
10. All crops and property on any plan
tation where laborers are employed, will
be held to be covered by lien against all
other creditors to the extent of the wages
due employees, and such lien will follow
such crops and properly in any and all
hands until such labor Is fully paid and
satisfied.
20 For the purpose of reimbursing TO
the United States some portion OF the ex-
penses of this system, and of supporting
the aged, infrm and helpless, the follow
ing tax will be collected
For each planter, for every hand employ
ed by him, between the ages of eighteen
and fifty, one dollar per annum.
This sum will be paid and collected on
the first day of Juno next, and will be paid
over to the Superintendent of Freedmen
for disbursement.