Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-31
T.. From the chafisston Courier
H,dq,rs. -ii5e iDeep't Of sopths So. Ca,
81 CHIRLEsToS; January /, 1856. :
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GESERAL ORDERS, NO. II !.
I. TO THE END THATCIYIL RIGHT
!, AND IMMUNrTfES may be- enjoyed tha
kindly relations among tie inhabitants of th
, State may be established ;;that The rights an
duties ofHbe employe Sand the free lahore
respectiEely;may be defined; sthat the sol
4 riay :becultisated and; the system of free Ia
:; bor fairly undertaken; sthatsth owners o
estates may be secure iia ;sthe possession o
their lands and tenements that per5ens, abl
: and willing to work, may have employment
that idleness and yagraney may be discoun
tenanced, and encouragement given to indus
. try.and. thrift; and that humane provision
4 may be made for the aged, in6rn and desti
l'ttute. the following regulations are establish
ed for the governments of all: concerned il
i this Department =, s8ss:s -, 3. IL -
II II. All laws shall be applicable alike-toal
4 the Inhabitants. No person shall be held in.
I competent to sue, snake complaint, or to tes
I tify, because of color oricaste. :, ~.
III. Allthe employmsntssof of .husbaudry OF
/ Of the useful arts, and .alltla8fal trades OF
tcallirgs, may be followsd3by all persons, ir:
respective Of, color or caste; nor shall any
freedman be obliged to- pay any tax or any
fee for license, nor be amenabie to any mu.
lnicipal or parish ordinance, not imposed
upon all other persons! s.sS-ifss i~s
I ~. The lawfnI;industry ofall persons who
Tive under the protection-of the United
! States, ,-and owe obedience5 tositss, laws being
tuseful to the ipdividuab and essential to the
welfare of society, no person. will be restrain
Fed from seeking employment when not bound
| by voluntary agreemenS nor hindered from
travelling from place toplace on lawful busi-
ness. All combinationssor or agreements which
are intended to hinder, or may SO operate
as to hinder, in any way. the employment of
labor---or to limit compensation for labor
or to compel labor to, sbez inYolantarily per-
formed in certain places, or for certain per.
sons, as well as all combinations or agree
'ments to prevent the sale or hire of lands or
tenelnents, are declared to; be misdemeanors /;
and any person or persons convicted thereof
shall be punished BY Gne7 not exceeding FIVE
hundred dollars, or By imprisonment not to
exceed six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
V. Agreements iforss labor ror. personal SER
vice of any hnd, ,or for the use and occupa-,
tion of lands and tenements, or for any other
lawful purpose, between freedmen and other
persons, when fairly made, will be impair
TALLY enforced agaInstfelther party violating
the sane. % - :
VI. Freed persons unable to labor, by
reason OF age or infirmity and orphan chill
dren 5of tender years, shall have allotted, to
lneln ~ tae ." nels sassole. quarters Oh !ne
premises @ "nerp .as me- pes. nets!o:o.e
oomicliea as siascs, UNI alSq aa1e PsoyiSlGn'
approved oy tIe Uennsrai ine1 ~ AHoI,na1olog, IN oe
made lot them py lhe State or local authorl-
tles, or otnerwlse anns tney snah not Dc re-
moved rom the premises, unless tos diSor'
eeriy oehavior, mieoemeano5, or S.her Oh
leuoe Io.i,'u..sea tho ~ o, 46 n'Ao VI '"n''S "
!" VII VII ah,a hoS;ed fsasa,,on ,a,,, r,bon tha,
-
demic'ieoI s1aa-'sSe. .attnSstnema anu apf0aass
Tor suea OF their relatives as oy the laws OIL
South Carolina, all ci''zenS are Obliged TO
malntaln , c,.,
glll. "hen ireeu pefSon, doinlcleu on
a plantation, refuses 70 WORK there, after nav
ing oeen olleeeo emp.'y nen1 oy tne owner
or iessGe' Oh lalr .erPs, approves oy tne asent
OF the freeuinens D9reau, sucn ireeuman &c or
woman snail remove ron tce premises Win
~ sen tha Io, nor W. aoonn.nt anu uu0 "os''e ~
feu,V'o W. 81 .o ot,a E Lod;od H. tS snaea A.' .
- hen ae,sss su,e SsprA qrlor0 mesI peLa0nS arc
domicl.ed on premises W4ere they nave Deen
thoroOr alsswbre s tSan shn,I Ia
Gu .ns'eo ~ ahauuc .nIa al sot;.9sa 10 R
.nittee W i1,naa, ~ ;moms ~ .He sae1sae'
,Sat u u tber h. made iIieent and nroner @ 0 s
FORTS N obtain employment.
'otsS " ps".a Un nar.np. o,nnn,;rr o,,oo, ,u;.b
out the authority of ne United States or r the
ou' '.ie "u'n u, - 80 u .ne
PERMISSION o. .ng O,d.h,. oI.G. a'u Sne nave Io'
peeh nele'oioto , 1SuSnis Ta," as siares, may pe
pant e.t' W " ~ nm oon,nlant Of ,bo awno. auS
ros on ias aaal se;S aad .ae 0mns,