The loyal Georgian. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1867, 1866-02-24
IMPORTANT ORDERS.
HEAp'oRs DEPARTMENT or 8. c.,

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CHARLESTON, Jan IL, 1866
General Orders, No IL
II 70 the end that civil rights and
immunities may by enjoyed; that kindly
relations among the inhabitants of the
State may be established; that the gifts
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 owners of estates may be secure
~ the possession Of their lands and tene-
ments /; that persons able and willing to
work may have employment; that idleness
and vagrancy may be discountenauced,
and encouragement given to industry and
thrift; and that humane provision may
Be made for the aged, infrm and destitute
the following regulations are establish
ed for the government of all concerned III
this Department:
IT. All laws shall be applicable alike
to all The inhabitants. No person shall
be hell incompetent to sue, make COM
plant, or to testify, because of color or
caste.
III. All the employments of husban-
DIV or Of the useful arts and all lawful
trades or callings may be followed by all
soersons. irrespective of color or caste !;
nor shall any freedman be obliged to pay
any tax or any fee for license, nor be
amenable to any municipal or parish
ordinance. not imposed upon all other
persons.
Nv. The lawful industry of all persons
who live under protection of the United
States and owe obedience to its laws, be-
inc Us, full to the Individual, and essential
to the welfare Of society, no person will
he restrained from seeking employment
when not bound by voluntary agreement,
nor hindered from travelling from place to
Mace On lawful business. All combina>
tions or agreements which are intended
to hinder, 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 inyoluntarily perform
ed il certain places or for certain per.
sons; as well as all combinations or agree
ments to prevent the sale OF hire of lands
Or tenements, are declared to be INSIDE
meanors and any person Or persons con-
yicted thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment, not to exceed six months,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
". Agreements for labor or personal
service Of any kind, or for the use and
occupation Of lands and tenements, or for
any other lawful purpose, between freed
men and other persons, when fairly made,
will be impartially enforced against either
party violating the same.
. VII. Freed persons unable to labor, by
reason Of age, or infrmity, and orphan
children Of tender years, shall have allot,
ted to them by the owners suitable quar-
ters on the premises where they have
been heretofore domiciled as slaves, until
adequate provision, approved by the gene.
raj commanding, be made for them by
the State or Local authorities, or other
wise; and they shall not be removed
from the premises unless for disorderly
behavior, misdemeanor, or other otfense
committed -by the head of family or a
member thereof.
VII. Able~bcdied freedmen, when
they leave the premises in which they
NAV 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 main tain.
VIII. When freed person, domiciled
On plantation, refuses to work there,
After having been offered employment by
the owner or lessee, on fair terms ap-
proved By the Agent of the Freedmen s
bureau, such freedman or woman shall
remove from the premises within ten days
alter such offer, and due notice to remove
" the owner or occupant.
TX. When able.bodied freed persons
ale domiciled on premises where they
have been heretofore held as slaves, and
are not employed thereon or elsewhere,
they shall be permitted to remain on
showing TO the satisfaction of the CON-