New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-31
General Sickles's First Order.
Whites and Blacks Equal Before
the Law.
HDoRs. DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I
CHARLESTON, Jan. IL, 1866. (

esabbed that the rights and duties of the employer
and the free laborer respectively may be Defined that
the soil may be cultivated and the system Of free labor
fairly undertaken, that the of estates may be
secure in the possession Of their lands and enements
that persons. able and willing TO work. may have
ployment; that idleness and yagrancy may be dis
uOuntensnced. and encouragement given to industry
and thrift and that humane provision may be made for
the aged nrm and destitute the following regulations
established for the government Of all concerned in
tkis Department:
IL All laws shah be applicable alike to all the inhab.
hsnts. No person shall be held incompetent To sue,
make complaint 10 testify because Of color caste
Ill AL the empoyments Of husbandry or the useful
arts and all lawful trades or callings, may be followed
any freedman be obliged 10 pay any tax any fee for
Hcense nor be amenable to any municipal OF parish
ordinance, not imposed upon all other persons.
~ The lawful industry Of all persons who live under
The protection Of the United States and obedience
20 tie laws being useful to the individual and essential
90 the welfare Of society," person will be restrained
from seeking employment when not bound by voluntary
agreement bindered from travelling from place TO
place, on lawful business. AL combinations or agree
meDts which intended 10 hinder, or may operate
to hinder In any way, the employment OF labor-or
80 limit compensation for laboror to compel labor 10
be invountary performed In certain places for
tain persoDs as well as all combinations or agreements
% prevent the sale hire OF lands or tenements,
declared TO be misdemeanors; and any person per-
sons convicted thereof shall be punished by fine not ex
ceedng $780, or by Imprisonment, not TO exceed six
" Agreements for labor or personal service Of any
kind or for the use end occupation Of lands and tene
and a. for sSsD w bs
partially enforced against either party violating the
same.
vi Freed persons unable TO labor by of age,
or infrmity and orphan children of tender years. shall
nave allotted TO them BY owners suitable quarters on
Che premises where they have been heretofore domced
slaves, until adequate provision, approved by the
General commanding, be made for them by the State
OF local authorities Otherwse and they shall not
30 removed from the premises. unless for disorderly
behavior, misdemeanor or other ofense committed by
the head Of family or O member thereof.
WI Able-bodied freedmen. when they leave the
premises In which they may be dolniciled. shall take
With them and provide for such Of their relatives by
the laws Of South Carolina all citizens obliged to
VIII When freed person. domiciled on planta.
tIcn refuses TO work there after having been offered
employment BY the owner or lessee fair terms, ap
proved by the agent Of the Freedmens Bureau, such
freedman or woman shall remove from the premises
within ton days after such Offer and due notice TO re-
move by the owner or occupant
TX When able bodied freed persons are domiciled
premises where they have been heretofore held as
slaves and not employed thereon or elsewhere they
shall be permitted to remain showing 10 the salts
faction Of the Commanding Officer Of the Post that
they have made dilgent and proper efforts to obtain
K Freed persons occupying premises without the
nuhority Of che United States the permission of the
swner and who have not been heretofore held there
slaves, may be removed by the Commanding Officer Of
abe Post on the complaint of the owner proof of
ahe refusal Of said freed persons to remove alter ten
aays' notice.
XII Any person employed or domiciled on plsntn-
Sion elsewhere, who may be rightfuly dismissed by
Che terms OF agreement or expelled Tor misbehayor
shall leave the premises and shall not return without
abe consent Of the owner or tenant thereof
XII. Commanding Officers Of Districts win establish
within their commands respectively suitable regula
sons for hiring ont TO labor for period not to exceed
Sne wear All Migrants who cannot be geously
EMPLOYED on roads Notifications and other public
Toyks The proceeds Of such labor shall be paid over
20 the Assistant Commissioner of the Freedmens Bu
RAN 10 provide for aged and nrm refugees INDECENT
freed people and orphan children.
Kill The vagrant laws OF the State Of South Caro-
Hna appIeable TO free white Dersons will be recognized