Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-03
HOUSE sfnvAsrs AND OTHERS NOT IN HusDax-

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/. LXXI, In all contracts between snaste
and seeYant for service, the foregoing regu
latiopS shall be stipulaiions, unless it shall
be otherwise provided in the contract, ant
the following form shall be sufficient con
tract;sunless some special agreement DO made
between the parties:
=: 49, ~ - Form Of Contract.
I (nafne Of ser1vant) do hereby agree witt
tnalne Of mastery to be his there insert th'
words household servant" or "seryant II
,husbandry," as the case may be,) from tht
date4ereof, at the wages Of bore insert the
wages, to be paid by the year or month !;
andin confederation thereof | (name of mas
teri sgree to receive the said (name, of scr
want Gas. such servant, and to pay him. tht
said wages. this. day of .l96
a'''tSr A. B,
20 O. d.
Witness, Z. T.
- Ispprove the above contract this I'd DAY
5GH, (Jadye cfMe District
Co,trl, or Magistrdte.)
Alter the words ,"a1rvant in hushandry'
maybe inserted, if it be required, the word,
g tosbc rated as full hand, three-fcurths
hand, half hand, or one fourth hand" as the
casesmay be. .
MecHS MICS, ARTISANS. AND sHop'KEEpERs.
LXX,I. No person of color shall pursue o,
practice the art, trade or business of an arli.
sans mechanic or shop-kceper, or any other
trade, employment or business (besidcs thai
of husbandry, or lhat! of o servant, under a
contract for services or labor) on his own
account and for his own benefit, or in part
'nership with a white person, or as agent OF
servant of any person, until be shall have OBJ,
tanned license therefor from the Judge oi
the District Court-which license shall be
good fer one year Only. This license the
Judge may grant upon petition. OF the appli-
cant, and upon being satisfied of his skill and
fitness, and OF his good moral character, and
upon payment. by the applicant, to the ClcrS
Of the District Court Of one hundred dollars
lf.a shop-kceper or pedar, to be paid annu.
ally, and len dollars, if q mechanic artisan
or to engage in any other trade, also to be
paid annually: Prorided howerer, That upon
complaint being made and proved to tho Dis
'trict Judge of an abuse of such license, he
shall revoke the same, and: Proridcd, also
That no person Of color shall practice any
mechanical art or trade, unless he shows that
he has served an apprenticeship in such trade
pf art, or is nov practicinS such trade OF
art,
!. 4 sEtXXlIT. For violation Of the prohibition
contained' In tie stction oni2ncSt-preccdiag,t The
offender, upon Conviction tLerrut before the
Judge Of the District Court, shall pay, for
each oif=nce, tiue of double the amount ol
such license one hall whereof 'ha 20 tie
infnrmer. who shall ipe IL competent witness
LXXlE. The Gums paid To the Clerk iur
these llceise- SHALL be aida, and go i?tu the
District Court fund and the Clerk shall kee ?
record of all licenses issued under the or
der OF the Judge Ut the District Court.
EVICTION OF PERSONS CT COLOR.
LXXV. Where. upon aey farm or lands
there now are persons of COLOR who we.e
formerly the slav"s Of the owner, lessee OF
occupant Of Tie said farm or lands, who may
have been there on the tenth day Of Novem-
Der, eighteen hundred and six'y-fve, and
have been Oil said lands for six months pre-
vious; and who are helpless, either from old
age, infancy, disease or other cause; and who
are unable, Of themselves, and have no parent
or other relation able to maintain them, and
to provide other homes or quarters, it shall
not be lawful for the present, or any subse-
qurn. owner, lessee or occupant, before the
rst day Of January, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty. seyen, 10 evict or drive
from the houses which now are, or hereafter
shall be, lawfully occupied by such helpless
pcrrons Of color, such helpless persons, OF
any of them, bJ rendering such houses unin-
habitable, or by any other means and upon
conviction OF having done SO, every such
owner, lessee, occupant, agent or other per.
sos, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars.
nor less than fvc dollars, for each such per-
son of color so eyicted, and may be impris-
oned at the discretion of the Judge Of the
District Court, not exceeding one month.
LXXVI. But the owner, lessee, or occu
pant of such farm or lands shall, nevertheless
have authority to preserve order and good
conduct in the houses so occupied as afoTe-
said, aud to prevent visitors aud other per-
sons from sojourning therein and for inso-
lence to himself or his family, for theft OF
trespass committed by such persons Of color,
or any one Of them, upon the premises, or
for violations by them Of his regulations for
the preservation of order and good conduct
the prevention Of visitors and sojourrers
therein, the owner, lessee, or occupant, may
complain to the Judge of tho District Court,
or Magistrate. who, upon finding the CON-
plant we'll founded, may, according to the
case, cause the immediate eviction Of some
or all of such persons of color, and their re.
moval from the premises. After tho period
aforesaid, they may be elected, ss is herein
after provid,d in case Of intrnders.
LXXVII. It shall be the duty Of tue Judge
of the District Court, or any Magistrate, on
complaint made 10 him that persons Of color
have intruded into any h.nse' orupon any
premises, as trespassers or otherwise, or that
they unlawfully remain therein without per
mission OF the owner on ascertaining the
to be well founded, to cause such
persons to be Immediately removed therefrom
aud in case Of tho return Of any such person
without lawful permission, the party 80 o.:
Tending may be subjected to such fine lind
corporal punishment as the Magistrate 'oI
District Judge may. see proper TO- impose.
LXXVlII. During the term of service, the
house occupied by any servant is the masters
and, Oh the expiration Of the term Of service
or the discharge OF q servant, he shall nc
rongerremain on thepremises of the mister
and it shall be the duty of the Judge of the
Distriot, Court. ar a. Magistrate, on COMPLAINT
of any person interested and due proof made
to cause such servant to be Immediately re-
moved ..om such premises. >. -.
u LXXIX. Leases of a house or land to .
person of color shafl be- in writing. Ifthere
be no written lease, or the term oflease shall
have expired, a person of color 'in:possessior
shall be tenant at will and ..shall not be en-
titled TO. notice; and. ON: complaint; by, any
person interested t9 the ladge.of. the Distric
Court or n Mo stra te siirh nnrsnns Of cola,