The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-01-29

Before taking steps to procure laborers for a
planter, the agent shall be furnished by him, in
duplicate, with full clear apd explicit statement
of the terms on which he proposes to engage them,
the number Of freedmen wanted and the families
to be provided for being distinctly specified.
This statement will be accompanied by bond
obliging the planter 10 employ the laborers and
provide for the families OF such as have families
Immediately on their arrival at the point In the
parish designated by the bureaa agent.
Immediately on the arrival OF the freedmen
the contracts with them shall be executed, on the
proper firm. under the supervision OF the bureau
agent and two copies Of the same filed in his
Office. Do
The expenses Of transporting the freedmen
from one parish to the other, including their sub
sistence en- route, will be deducted from their
monthly wages and paid over to the bureau
agent in the parish in the following manner:
The cost of their subsistence and one-third OF
the cost of transportation at the end Of the first
thirty days, one-third OF the cost OF transporta-
ton at end Of second month, and the remainder
at the end Of third month.
The bureau agent who may be called upon to
furnish the laborers required, will then endeavor
TO secure the required number from the unem-
plOyed freedmen in his parish.
He will clearly explain to them the nature OF
the teTms upon which they are to be employed,
and viii in each case inform the freedman of the
name Of the planter desiring to employ him, and,
as nearly as possible, the location OF his panta-
ton.
Should a sufficient number consent and agree to
be thus employed, he will Immediately make ap-
plicatiOn direct TO these headquarters for the mum.
Der of pounds of corn meal and meat necessary to
feed said freedmen, including wives and children
Of those who are married, until they reach their
destinations also, application fdr transportation,
II the same is not otherwise provided for, speci-
Tying the number OF grown persons, and the num-
Der between five aud fourteen years OF age, as
well as the points from and to which the freed
people are to be transported route, etc.
Upon receipt of said application, the necessary
supplies will be furnished him, together with the
cost Of rates OF transportation and the cost sup.
plies, including freight on latter.
The bureau agent will then collect the freed
people together taking care to have an exact list
Of the names and ages Of all intended for each
separate planter, issue to them their rations and
ship them in accordance with the transportation
order.
At the time Of shipment he will place thsm IN.
der charge Of some reliable person, generally
representative from the planters who have agreed
to employ them, and will give positive orders and
instructions to such person that said freed people
WILL upon arrival at the point OF destination, be
turned over TO the bureau agent in THAT parish.
The agent shipping the freed people, as stated,
will communicate direct 10 the other agent the
fact that he has shipped them, which will be &C.
cOmpanied by a separate report of the names and
number OF freed people who have engaged TO
work for each planter, specifying full cost OF ra-
tons at time of issue, and stating rates and total
amount for the number transported in each case.
parish where they are to be employed, the bureau
agent on duty in that parish will Immediately
take charge Of them, and will at once cause
proper contracts in duplicate to be executed with
the planter for whom they were engaged, in &C.
cOrdance with the agreement on file in his Office,
special reference being bad to the list Of freed
men intended for that plantation as furnished by
the agent by whom they were engaged.
The agent will then turn over to the planter the
proper freed people, and will, at the same time,
furnish him a duplicate OF the lists, on which is
specified the cost Of the transportation aud sub.
sistence furnished each Of the freed people EN-.
ployed by him.
Upon complying with the foregoing directions,
each agent will forward, through their respective
sub-assstant commissioners, a complete report of
all action taken.
At the end of each month the agent appor-
tioning the amounts to be paid for subsistence
and transportation a. stated, will collect from the
planters the proper amounts as specified in the
foregoing, and will turn over the same to
the proper disbursing officer at these head
quarters.
By order of Brevet Major General R. G. Bu-
chanan, U. s. A., acting commissioner.
LUCIUs II WARREN,
Capt. seth U. S. Infantry, Acting Asst Adj't Gen.
Acting Assistant Adjntsnt General.