The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-07
EGYFfCEAL.
H'Dq' RS, DEPARTMENT OF SoUTH CAROLINA,
- Charleston, january !, 1866. !


ta5kshed; that the rights and duties Of the
employers and the free laborer respectively,
may be defined; that the soil may be cultiVa-
ted and The system of free labor fairly under
taken : sttEt the owners Of estates may be Sc
cure in the possession of their lands aud tene-
nents: that persons, able and willing to work,
nav have employment ;-that idlcnesS and va
graney may be diSconutenanced, and encour-
agement given to industry and thrift; and
that humane provision may be made for 4he
aged, in6rm and destitute, the following reg
uiations are established for the government
Of all concerned in this Department:
H. AL! laws shall be applicable alike to al!
atheiuhabitants. Noperson shall be held In
competent to sue, make complaint, or to testl-
fy because of color or caste. ..'..-
= Ills All the enployments of huSbandry or
ofthe useful arts, and all lawful trades or call
ines, may be followed by all persons; ire
spective of color or caste; nor shall any freed
man be obliged to pay any tax or any fee for
81 license, nor be ameaable to any municipal
or parish ordinance, not imposed, upon &lI 18th
er persons. 49,, {. - 80. e.. = -,.- -.
~. The lawful Industry of all persons who
live under the protection. Of the United States,
and eve obedience to its laws, being useful to
the individual, and essential to the welfare of
society, no person will be restrained from
seeking employment not bound by vol
untary agreement, nor hindered from travel
Ing from place to place, on lawful business.
Allscombiaations or agreements which are iu-
tended to hinder, or may so operate as to hin
der, In any way, the employment of labor
or to limit compensation for labor-or to COM
pel labor to be iavoluntarily performed in
for u-p
as all com binationS or agreements to prevent
tke sale or hire of lands or tenementS, are de-
clared to be misdemeanorS; and any person or
persons convicted thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment. -: .~ -. : ~ ....,
& Y. Agreements for labor or personal service
of any kind, or for the use and occupation Of
laneis and tenameats., or for any other lawful
purpose. between freedmen and other persons,
when fairly, made, will be impartially enforced
against either party violating the same. -. e.
YT. Freed persons unable TO labor, by
reason of age, or infrmity, and orphan. chill
-dren of tender years, shall have allotted to
them BY the owners suitable quarters on the
premises 5wheres they have been heretofore
domiciled as slaves, until adequate provision
approyedsb by the General Commanding, be
made for them by the State OF Local .authori-
ties; or otherwise and they shall not be re-
Iral Yed from the premises, unless for disorder
lgbeha7ior, miSdemeanor, or other oGence
committed BY the head of family or mem
ber thereof. - =. . ..,..-.r~ IN. 4
II, Able bodied freedmen, when they
leave she premises IN which they may be do.
niciled, shall take with them and provide for
such oft6eir relatives as, by the laws of South
Carolina, alleitizens are obliged to maintain.
ssss4E HI When a freed person domieiled on a
plantation refuses TO work there, after having
been offered employment by the owner, or
lessee oazfair terms, approved blythe agent
of the Freedmen'S Bureau, such freedman or
woman, shall remove from the premises with
IN ten days after such offer, and due notice to
remove by the owner or occupant.
I TX 50 Zen able bodied freed persons are
doJpiciled on premises where they haga- been
heretofore Refd as slaves, and are not en-
ploFed thereon or elsewhere, they shall be
permitted TO remain, on showing to the salts
faction Of the Commanding officer of the Post,
that they have made diligent and proper et'
forts to osohtain employ ment. - =
= * Freed persons occupying premises with
ont the authorIfvz of the United States, OF the
permission of the owner, and who have not
been heretofore held there as slaves, may be
removed by the. Commanding officer Of the
Post, on the complaint OF the owner, and
proof of the refusal of the said freed persons
80 remove after ten days notice. @- :-.., .s.~.
:. XII. Any person employed OF domiclled I,
aplantation or elsewhere, who may be right
fully dismissed by the terms Engagement, or
expelled for lnisbehayior, shall leave the prem
ises. and shall not return without the con-
sent of the owner or tenant thereof. ~-,--zs--
XII. Commanding officers of Districts will
establish within their commands respectively,
snitable regulations for hiring out to labor,
for a period not to exceed one year, all va
grants who cannot be advantageously EN-
pioyed on roads, foFti6cations and other pub
lie works The proceeds of such labor shall J
5be paid over to the Assistant Commissioner
Of the Fleedmea's Bureau. to provide for aged.
and in6rm refugees, INDECENT freed people;
aud orphan children. -. ..-.---- ~ 8
8 XIII; The yagrant laws Of the State OF
South. Carolina, applicable to the free white
persons, will be recognized as the only Vagrant
laws applicable to the freedmen; nevertheless,
such laws shall not he considered applicable
topersons who are without employment, If
they shall prove that they have been unable
to obtain employment; after diligent efforts
todo SO. -s=--s ? 5ss 2 Z,
! XIV It shall be the duty of officers CON-,
Euanding Posts, to see that 55issuesof rations to
freedmen are confined to destitute persons,
who are, unable to work because of in6rmities
arising from old age, or chronic diseases, or
phan children too young to work, and refugee
freedmen returning to their homes with the
sanction Of the proper authorities; and in
ordering these issues, commanding officers
WILDE careful not to- encourage idleness or
Eagrancy. District commanders will make
consolidated reports Of these issues, tri-month-
ly. z~-@.s-ss.-.. .s.-.-r- ~ s...-- 81. I've
XIV. The proper authorities of the St"+ein
the several municipalities and Districts, shall
proceed to make suitable provisions for their
poor, without distinction Of color, in default
Of which, the general commanding Will levy
an equitable tax onpersons and property suf-t
flcient for the support ofthe poor.
XVI. The constitutional rights of all loyal
and well disposed inhabitants to bear arms
will not be enfringed ; nevertheless this shall
not be construed to sanction the unlawful
practice of carrying concealed weapons; nor
to authorize any person to enter with arms