The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-01-18
xxxy11r. If the rate of wages be not

xxxyIII. If the rate of wages be not
stipulated by the parties to the contract,
it shall be fixed by the District Judge or
Magistrate, on application by ono of tho
parties, and notice to tho other.
xxx. A person of color, who has
no parent living in the District, and is
ten years of age, and is not On appren-
tice, may make valid contraction labor
or service for one year or less.
| XII. Contracts between master and
servants may be set aside for fraud or un-
fairness, Notwithstanding they have beon
approved.
XII. Written contracts between mas
ters and servants, shall be presented for
approval, within twenty days after their
execution.
XIII. Contracts for one month or
more, shall not be binding on the servant
unless they are in writing, and have been
presented for approval within the time
aforesaid
XLII1. For any neglect OF the duty
to make contract as herein directed, or
the evasion of that duty by the repeated
employment of the same persons for pc
riods less than one month, the party of:
tending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and be liable on conviction to pay q sum
not exceeding fifty dollars, and not less
than FIVE dollars, for each person SO en-
ployed. No written contract shall be re-
quired when the servant voluntarily re-
ceiyes no remuneration, except food and
clothing.
XLIV. For the approval of contracts,
the following sums, to be called aids, shall
be. paid to the District Judge or the Mag
istrate, as the case may be, in cash, when
the contract is approved, provided no aid
shall be paid fo- any servant under twelve
years of age:
For contract for one month or
less, for each servant, 50 20
For contract not exceeding three .
months and more than one month,
for each servant, 0 81
For q contract not exceeding six
months and more than three
months, for each servant, 0 rs
For contract for one year, or any
time more than six months, for
each servant, 90
For contract for more than one
year, for each year or part of q
year over one year, for each SER
want, w
One half of which aids shall be paid by
the master, and one half by the servant
REGULATIONS OF LABOR ON FARMS.
xiv. On farms or in outdoor service
the hours of labor, except on Sunday
shall be from sunrise to sunset, with s
reasonable interval for breakfast and din
ner. Servants shall rise at the dawn ii
the morning, feed, water and care for tht
animals on the farm, do the usual and
needful work about the premises, prepare
their meals, for tho day, if required by
the master, and begin the farm work OF
| other work by sunrise. The servant
| shall be careful of all the animals ane
property of his master, and especially G.
the animals and implements used by him
shall protect The same from injury by
other persons, and shall be answerable
for all property lost, destroyed OF injured
by his negligence, dishonesty, or bad faith
XLVI. All lost time, not caused by the
act of the master, and all losses occasion
ed by neglect of the duties hereinbefore
prescribed, may bo deducted from the
wages of the servant; and food, nursing
and other rnecessariesfor the servant, whilst
he is absent from work on account o1
sickness or other cause, may also bo de-
Quoted from his wages. Servants shall
be quiet and orderly in their quarters, at
their work, and on the premises shall
extinguish their lights and fires, and re-
tire to rest at seasonable hours. Work
at night, and outdoor work in inclement
weather, shall not be exacted unless in case
case of necessity. Servants shall be kept
at home on Sunday unless to tako care
of the premises, or animals thereupon, Oh
| for work Of daily necessity, or on unusu-
al occasions; and in such cases only SO
many shall be kept at home as are neces-
sary for these purposes. Sunday work
shall be done by the servants in turn, ex-
cept in cases of sickness or other disa-