The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-31
Imnortnnt tienernI Orders.

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= We publish for the benefit Of our Care
lima readers, and to show our Georgi
= friends how Gen Siekles intends I
/. run the machine in cur sister Statt
The News thinks that the regulations
under existing circumstances, ar
a. Sound, jud;cious and practical:
q HEADQUARTEss, DEPARTMENT OF S c,
CHARLESTON, Jan J., $500.
= General Orders, mol
l. To the end that civil rights ant
/! immunities may be enjoyed; that kind
: ly relations among the inhabitAnts o
1 the State may be established; that th'
= rights and duties of the employer auC
the free labor respectively, may be de
= fined, that the soil may be cultivated
and the system of free labor fairly an
deTtaken; that the owners of estates
may be secure in the possession Of their
= lands and tenements, that persons able
: and willing TO work may have employ
4 ment that idleness and Vsgrsncy may
: be dIscountenauced, and encourage
Z ment given to industry and thrift aud
7 thai humane provision may be made
Tor the aged, inhrm and destiiute-the
: following regulations are established
: for the government OF all concerned IN
this Department:
IL Al laws shall be applicable alike
70 all the Inhabitants. No person shall
be held incompetent to sue, make com
plant or to testify, because Of color or
caste.
Ill All the emplOyments of husban
dry or of the useful arts and all lawful
trades or callings may be followed by
all persons, irrespective OF color or caste
nor snail any freedman be obliged to
pay any tax or any fee for a license, nor
be amenable 70 any municipal or par
ish ordinance, not imposed upon all
other persons
~. The lawful industry of Rll per
sons who live under the protection Of
the United States, and owe obedience
to its laws, being useful to the indiVid.
ual, and essential to the welfare OF So
eiety, no person will be restrained from
seeking employment when not bound
by voluntary agreement nor hindered
from travelling from place to place, on
| lawful business. All Combinations or
agreements which are intended to him
| der, or may operate as TO hinder,
in any way, the employment of
labor-or TO limit compensation for
labor-Or to compel labor to be invol-
UNFAIRLY performed in certain places or
for certain persons; as well as all com
binations or agreements to prevent the |
sale or hire of lands or tenements, are !
declared TO De misdemeanors; and any |
person or persons convicted thereof |
shall be punished by hne not exceed |
| ing five hundred dollars, or by impris- |
onment not to exceed six months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment
V. Agreements for labor or personal /
service Of any kind, or for the use and 1
occupation of lands and tenements, or
for any other lawful purpose, between
freedmen and other persons, when fair
ly made, will be impartially enforced /
against either party violating thessme.
vi Freed persons unable to labor,
by reason Of age, or inhrmity, aud or
phen children of tender years, shall
have allotted to them BY the owners
suitable quarters on the premises where
they have been heretofore domiciled
rs slaves, until adequate provision, APP
proved by the General commanding, be
made for them by the State or Local
authorities, or otherwise and they
shall not be removed from the premises
unless for disOrderly behavior, misde
meanor, or other ofiense committed by
the head OF family or a member
thereof
VII. Able-bodied freedmen, when
they leave the premises in which they
may be domiciled, shall take with them
and provide for such of their relatives
as. by the laws of South Carolina, all
citizens are obliged to maintain.
VIII. When freed person, dom'~
ciled on a plantation, refuses to work
there, after having been offered en-
ployment by the owner or lessee, on
fair terms, approved by the Agent Of
the Freedmen Bureau, such freedman
or woman shall remove from the prem
ises within ten days after such offer,
and due notice to remove by the owner
or occupant
TX. When able-bodied freed persons
are domiciled on premises where they
have been heretofore held as slaves,
and are not employed thereon or else
where, they shall be permitted to re-
main, on showing to the satisfaction Of
the commanding officer OF the post
that they have made diligent and
proper efforts to obtain employment
Y. Free persons occupying premises
without the authority 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 said freed persons " re-
move after ten days notice
XL Any person employed or domi-
ciled on plantation or elsewhere, who
may be rightfully dismissed by the
terms of agreement, or expelled for
misbehavior, shall leave the premises,
and shall not return without the CON
sent Of the owner or tenant thereof
XII. Commanding officers Of districts
will establish within their commands,
respectively, suitable regulations for
hiring out 70 labor, for period not to
exceed one year, all vagrants who can
not be advantsgeously employed on
roads, Notifications and other public
works, The proceeds of such labor
shall be paid over to the Assistant Com
missioner of the Freedmens Bureau.
to provide for aged and infrm refugees,
INDECENT freed people and orphan
children.
XIII The vagrant laws Of the State
Of South Carolina, applicable 10 free
white persons, will be recognized as the
only vsgrsnt laws applicable 20 the
freedmen nevertheless, such laws shall /
not be considered applicable to persons
who are without employment, if they
shall prove that they have been unable /
10 obtain employment alter diiigent
efforts 70 do so
XIV % shall be the duty Of officers
commanding posts 10 see that issues Of |
rations 10 freedmen are confined n
destitute persons who are unable 70
work, because Of fnhrmities arising from 1
old sge or chronic diseases, orphan chill
dren too young TO work, aud refugee
freedmen returning 70 their homes with
the sanction Of the proper authorities
and IN ordering these issues, ,eommand.
ing officers will be careful not 10 en-
courage idleness or ysgrancy. District
commanders will make consolidated re-
ports Of these issues tri nlonthly.
Ky. The proper authorities of the
State in the several municipalities and /
districts shall proceed to make suitable
provision for their poor without distinc-
ton Of color; in default Of which the
General commanding will levy an
equitable tax on person and property
sufficient for the support of IL poor.
XVI The constitutional rights Of al
I loyal and Well-disposed inhabitants 10
bear Erms will not be infringed. never
theless, this shall not be construed 10
sanction the unlawful practice Of car
rying concealed weapons, nor 70 su-
thorsze any person 10 enter with arms
on the premises Of smother against his
consent No one shall bear arms who
hss borne arms against the United
States, unless be shall have taken the
Amnesty Oath prescribed in the Procla.
nation Of the President Of the United
States, dated May 18th, ls6i, OF the
Gath Of Allegiance, prescribed in the
I Proclamation Of the President, dated
December sih. 1888, within the time
prescribed therein And no disorder
I ly person, vagrant or disturber OF the