Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-09-15
Hiring of Negroes on Farms in Tennessee.

Hiring of Negroes on Farms IN Tennessee
Colonel Davis in charge of the Freedmen S
Bureau at Clarksyille, Tennessee has adopted
stne following rules
/. One half Of the wages of the employee
will be retained by the employer, until the eno
sof the contract for its faithful performance.
Q. The employees will be required to rise at +
.daybreak, each one to feed and take care Oh
the stock allotted to him, or perform any oenel
business that may be assigned to MIN ~ eaO
their breakfast and be ready TOR work at tlie
signal, which will be given when then sun IS
half hour high All timelost after the signal Is
given will be deducted. ",
g. No general conversation Will oe al'o"0o
dining working hours.
4 Bad work will be assessed at us proper
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5. For disobedience one dollar Will be oe-
Quoted ..14 ou
6. Neglect of duty and leaving without per-
mission will be considered disobedlence3
= No live stock will be permitted to De
raised Nv the employees, without special
3 Armies, peaches and melons, or any other
nroduct of the farm taken by the employee,
aill be charged for
9. The employee shall receive no visitors
during work hours.
TO- Three quarters Of an hourWll be allowed
Turing the winter months for dinner, and one
hour aud half during the months OF June,
July and August.
IL. {mpudence swearing, or indecent and
x1nseemlv language to, or in the presence OF
che EMPLOYER or bis family, or agent, or quar-
reEng or fighting, SO as to disturb the peace OF
the farm, will be fined one dollar tor the hcst
offence, and, if repeated, will be followed by
dismissal and loss of such pay as shall be ad-
is,dged against him by property authority.
r. All difficulties that may arise between
the EMPLOYEES shall be adjusted by the en-
pioyer, and, if not satisfactory, an appeal may
be taken to an agent of the u. S. Government
scr magistrate.
u. All abuse of stock, or willful breaking of
Gools or throwing away gear, &C., Will be
charged against the employee. ;,
A. Good and sufficient ratlons will be
furnished by the employer, not, however, to
exceed six pounds of bacon and one peck OF
meal per week for each adult
Is. House rent and fuel will be furnished,
free, by the employer.
Is. No night work will be required Of the
employee but such as the necessities OF the
farm absolutely demand-such as tying up
fodder, firing tobacco, setting plant beds ahre,
securing crop from the frost, &c.
i. A cheerful and willing performance of
duty will be required Of the employee.
49, Stock must be fed and attended to on
Sunday.
10 The women will be required to do the
cooking in rotation On Sunday.
20. The employee will be expected to look
after and study the interest of his employer;
TO inform him of anything that is going amlss;
to be peaceable, orderly and pleasant; TO dis
courage theft, and endeavor by his conduct to
establish character for honesty, industry and
thrift
q. In case Of any controversy In regard to
the contract or its regulations, between the
-emnlover and the mployee, the agent Of the
Bureau for the county shall be the common
;arbiter to whom the difficulty shall be referred
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