The Black Republican., 1865-04-15
OFFICIAL.
PLANTATION REGULATIONS.

Secretary of the Treasury, the following orI
ders are prescribed for the hiring and gov-I
ernment of laborers within the State of Lou-l
isiana:
/. The Home Colonies already established
by orders from these headquarters, arev
hereby continued under said orders.
SUPERINTENDENT.
2. Thomas w. Conway, as superintendent,
with such assistants as he may Designate
will be obeyed and respected by all persons
in the discharge of their respective duties
REGISTRY OF PLANTATIONS.
3. The system of registry of plantations,
as prescribed in Mr.. Mellen's regulations
and the military orders in relation thereto,
will continue and be in force as therein re-
Quired.
HIRE AND COMPENSATION OF LABoRERs.
4. Voluntary contracts heretofore IS
between planters and laborers, or "
hereafter may be made will be submits
the Superintendent of Freedmen, and if
found by him to be fair and honest TO the
laborers, will be by him confirmed and APP
proved, and stand as the contract of the
parties thereto for the present year. But all
such contracts must secure support, main
tenance clothing and medical attendance to
the laborer.
S. The following schedule viii be observed
in all other cases, as the rule required by
the Government:
In addition to just treatment, wholesome
rations, comfortable clothing, quarters
fuel. and medical attendance, and the OPP
pOrtunity for instruction of children, the
planter shall pay to the laborer as follows
MALE HANDS.
First class, SO per month.
Second class, $8 per month.
Third class, Sc per month.
FEMALE HANDS.
First class, s. per month.
Second class, Sc per month.
Third class, SIS per month.
Boys under IA, So per month.
Girls under IA, So per month.
These classes will be determined by merit
and on agreement between the planter and
the laborers.
6. Engineers, former and mechanics viii
be allowed to make their own contracts, but
will always receive not less than SIS per
month additional to first-class rates.
Z, One-half of the money wages due will
be paid quarterly as follows: On the lst days
of May, August and November, and the tnaA
payment of the entire amount then due, on
or before the 3Ist day of January
PENALTIES.
s. Wages for the time lost will be deducted
in case of sickness; and both wagessSaTd
rations where the sickness is feigned for
purposes of idleness; and in cases of feigned
sickness, or refusal to work according to
contract, when able so to do, such offender
will be reported by the Provost Marshal to
the Superintendent, and put upon forced
labor on public works without pay.
The labOrers must understand that it is
their own interest so to do their work faith
fully, and that the Government, while it
will protect and sustain them against i'll
treatment, cannot support those who are
capable of earning an honest living by in
dustry.
8. Iaborers win be allowed and encour-
aged to choose their own employers, but
when they have once selected, they must
fulfill their contract for the year, and will
not be permitted to leave their place Of en-
ployment Except in cases where they are
permitted so to do for just reasons, by the
authority Oft the superintendent and if they
do so leave without cause and permission,
they viii forfeit all wages earned to the time
OF abandonment and be otherwise punished
as the nature of the case may require.
10. Planters and their agents viii be held
to rigid accountability for their conduct to-
ward the laborers, and any cruelty, inhu-
manity, or neglect of duty, win be summari-
ly punished.
TIME OF LABOR AND PERQUIsITEs OF LABoRERs.
II. The time of labor shall be ten honrs.
between daylight and dark in summer, and
nine hours in winter, of each day, except
Saturday and Sunday.
The afternoon of Saturday and the whole
ofSunday shall be at the disposal of the
laborer.
On sugar estates, at the proper season, the
hands will take their regular watches, the
night work of which and the Saturday after
Moons and Sundays, If positively necessary,
shall be paid for as extra work.
Laborers will be allowed land for private
cultivation at the following rates:
First and second class hands, with fami-
lies, one acre each.
First and second class hands. without fapni-
lies, one-haf acre each.
Second and third class hands, with fami-
lies, one-half acre each.
Second and third class hands without
families, one-quarter acre each.
TN these a1otments they will be allowed
70 ra1se suchcrops as they may choose for
their own use and benefit, but win not be per-
mestic pouhry.
POLL TAX.
IL. For the purpose of reimbursing to the
United States some portion of the expenses
OF this system, and of supporting the aged,
lnnrm and helpless, the following tax will
be collected in lieu of all other claim under
these Regulations.
From each planter, for every hand en-
ployet py hlm between the ages of Is and so,
TWO qonars per annum.
From each hand between the same ages,
onedollar per annum.
Ihls sum will be payable and be collected
onthe lst day of June next, and will be paid
oTer to the Superintendent OF Freedmen for
disbursement.
Measures will be taken to collect the same
Poll Tax from all colOred persons not on
plantations, so that the active labor of this
race may contribute to the support of their
own helpless and disabled.
GENERAL, DUTIES
Is. Provost Marshals in the several Par
lshes are charged with the general supervis-
ion and welfare of the laborers, reporting
ON these subjects frequently to Mr.. I. w.
Conway Superintendent, and will use all
possible exertion by themselves and their
deputies, to see that industry and good order
are promoted, and that the contracts under
these orders are faithfully performed by
both parties. Orders heretofore issued and
published, so far as they are not changed or
modified by this order will remain in force.
ID This order shall be deemed and taken
to have effect from the 1st day of February
last, and all contracts entered into in rela-
ton to the labors of the gpresent year will
be held to be controlled amended and
governed by the terms and conditions OF
this order.
LIEN AND SECURITY FOR LABOR.
Is. All crops and property on any planta-
tion where laborers are employed will be
held to be covered by lien against all other
creditors to the extent OF the wages due en-
ployes, and such lien will follow such crops
or property in any and all hands until such
labor is fully paid and satisfied
By command of Major Gen. Hurlbut
GEORGE Is. DRAKE,
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