Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-01-31
=. From the Charleston Courier
H,dq,rs. De Dept Of south So. Ca,
-; CHiRLEsToa;; Janunfy l, 1866.

I AND IMMUNITfES may be- enjoyed tha
!. kindly relations anong tie inhabitants of th
? State maybe established that the rights ant
duties Of ftbss employer sand the free labore
respectively, may be defined; $that the sol
may cultivated. and the system, of free Ia
Dor fairly undertaken; that 4 the owners o
D estates may be secure ia the possession O
D their lands and tenements; that persons, able
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
may be made for the aged, in6rn and desti.
! tute, the following regulations are establish
ed for the government tof all concerned in
this Department: u SEakia al g. - >,
II. All laws shall lbeapplicable alike,toall
9 the inhabitants. No person shall be held in
competent to sue, make complaint, or to tes.
sify, because of color orlcastes : -
r. III. ALI the employments Of .husbandry or
} of the useful arts, and lallalaWful trades or
callings, may be followed By all persons, ir;
respective Of. color or caste; nor shall my
freedman be obliged to- pay amy tax or any
) fee for a license, nor be. o.smenable to any mu-
nicipal- or parish ordinance, not imposed
upon all other personsis !.f%a .k:F
4 w. The lavfaTindustry ofall persons who
live under the proteetionscf the United
\ States, and owe obedience tits, laws, being
useful to the individual and, essential to the
welfare of society, no person will be restrain
FED from seeking employment when not bound
! by voluntary agreement, nor lindered from
travelling from place toplace on lawful buSi-
ness. All combinations or agreements which
are intended to hinder, or may SO operate
az to hipder, in any way, the employment Of
laborAor to limit compensation fer labor
or to compel labor to- be- inyoluntarily per-
formed in certain. places, or for certain per.
sons, as we'll as all, combinations or egree-
ments to prevent the sale or hire of lands or
tenements, are declared to be misdcmeanors;
and any person or persons convicted thereof
shall be punished BY fne7 not exceeding FIVE
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not to
exceed six months, or BY both such fine and
Imprisonment.
V. Agreements. .forst labor or. personal SER
vice of any kind, or forthe use and occupa-
tion of lands and lenements, or for any other.
lawful purpose, between freedmen and other
persons, when fairly made, will be impair.
TALLY enforced againstteilher party violating
the sane. 80 't'1 e.
| VI. Freed persons unable to labor, by
reason OF age or infrmity, and orphan chill
dren iof tender years, shall have allotted to
them By the owners suitablea quarters on the
premises whore they haze been heretofore
domicied as slaves. until adequate provision,
approved by the General Commanding, be
made for them by tho State or local authori-
ties, or otherwise; aud they shall not be re.
moved from the premises, unless for disor.
derly behavior; misdemeanor, OF other Of
fence committed by the head of family or
member thereof. sss.,S.f .s
VII. Able bodied Freedmen, when they
domfcifed; ;s6aIIz WI ell HF5g6g
for such of their relatives as, by the laws Of
South Carolina, all citizens are obliged to
maintain.
VIII. When a freed person, domiciled on
plantation, refuses to work there, after hav.
ing been offered employment by the owner
or lessee, on fair terms, approved by the agent
| of the Freedmeu's Bureau, such freedman or
woman shall remove from tue premises with
in ten days after such offer, and due notice to
remove by the ognar or occupant.
lX. When able bodied freed persons are
domiciled on premises where they have been
heretofore held as slaves, and are not employ.
ed thereon or elsewhere, they shall be per-
m:tted to remain, on showing t., the satsfac.
ton of the Commanding officer of the Post,
that they have made ;iligcnt and proper ef.
forts to obtain employment
! x. Freed persons occupying premises with
cut the authority of ne United States, or the
permission OF the owner, and who have not
been heretofore heldthere as slaves, may be
removed by the Commanding officer Of the
Post, on the compliant of The owner, and
proof of the refusal ol said freed persons to
remove after ten daJsnotice.
XII. Any person employed or domiciled on
plantation or elsewhere, who may be right
fully dismissed by Il, terms of agreement,
or expelled for misbaiaYious shall leave the
premises, aud shall rot return without the
consent of tho OWN or tenant thereof.
XII. Commandirg officers of Districts will I
establish within ther commands respectively,
suitable regulations for hiring out to labor,
for period not to exceed one year, all va
grants who capno be advantageously EN-.
ployed on roads, ferti6cations and other
public works. TIL proceeds of such labor
shall be paid over the Assistant Commits
sioner of the Freetnen's Bureau, to provide
for aged and infirn refugees, INDECENT freed
people, and orphan children.
XIII. The vagrnt laws of the State of
South Carolina, APPLICABLE to free white per-
sous, will be recoeized as the only vagrant
laws applicable tethe freedmen; neverthe-
Teis. such laws shsl not be considered appli-
csbie to persons wo are without employment,
ifthey shall prov that they have been una
be t6 obtain eiploJment, after diligent
Efforts to do so.
XIV. 1t shall the duty Of Officers COM
nanding Posts toee that issues of rations to
rcedmen are conted to destitute persons,
Who are unable tework because of iDfirmi-
lties arising from ID age, or chronic diseases,
Iorphaa children. 90 young to work. and
lrcfugee freedmen eturning to their homes
with the sanctioDf the proper authorities I,
and in ordering hese issues Commanding
Officers will be cceful not TO encourage idle
ness or vagrancy. District Commanders will
make consolidate reports Of these issues,
tri.monthly.
XIV. The propr authorities of the State
in the several Municipalities and districts,
shall proceed to lake suitable provision for
their poor, withot distinction of color; in
default of which,the General Commanding
will levy an equable tax on persons and
property suficiet for. the support of the !
poor.
: XVI. The coniitutional rights of all 10y
al and we'll disposd inhabitants to bear arms, ,
w;lI not be nfrised nevertheless this shall
not II, be construedto sanction the unlawful 9
nraetice m of carryg concealed weapons; nor ,
r. authorize anyoerson to enter with arms
on the premises fanother against his con- &