New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-09

VAC !o1 COurGS OF Lnelr respective p6Tle0cl
ana IN the parish Of Orleans (left bank t
, the Mayor Of the city of New Orleans, an,
on the right bank to the president of th
police jury, on the first Monday of eacl
month, for each and every year, all person.
, under the age Of eighteen years, if females
and twenty one, ii males, who are orphans
or whose parent, parents or tutor have no,
the means, or who refuse to provide for and
maintain said minors; and, thereupon, i
shall be the duty of the clerks of the dis
trict courts, Mayor and president Of the po
lice jury aforesaid, to examine whether thu
party or parties, go reported from time to
time, come within the purview and mean.
ing OF this act, and if so, to apprentice said
minor or minors, in manner and form q
prescribed by the Civil Code of the State OF
Louisiana; provided, that orphans coming
under the provisions of this act shall be au.
thOrized to select said employers when they
have arrived at the age Of puberty, unless
they shall have been previously appren-
tlced; provided, that any indenture of ap-
| prentice or indented servant, made before q
justice of the peace and two disinterested
witnesses, and the original deposited with
| and recorded by the recorder Of mortgages
for the parish in a book provided for that
| purpose, shall be valid and binding on the
parties. and when made by the clerk, shall
be also deposited with the recorder of mort
| cages, and all expenses for passing said acts
of indenture shall be paid by the employer.
| SEC. :. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
persons who have attained the age of ma
JOrIty, whether in this State or any other
State of the United States. or in foreign
country, may bind themselves to services to
be performed in this country, for the term
OF i've years, on such terms as they may
stlpulate. as domestic servants and to work
on farms, plantations or in manufacturing
Establishments, which contracts shall be
vaild and binding on the parties to the
same.
Sec. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
IN all cases when the age of the minor can
not be ascertained by record testimony, the
clerks of the district courts, Mayor and
president of the police jury, or justices of
the peace aforesaid, shall fix the age, ao-
cording to the best evidence before them.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
all laws or parts of laws conflicting with the
provisions OF this act be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act take
effect from and after its passage.
Approved December 81, 1865.
An act to punish in certain cases the en-
ployers of labOrers or apprentices.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That hereafter any person who
shall employ any laborer or apprentice who
Is already under contract for service for any
period of time to any other person, and be-
fore such time of service shall have elapsed,
80 as to deprive such first employer Of the
services Of such laborer or apprentice, shall
meanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof
before any court Of competent jurisdiction,
be punished by fine of not less than ten
nor more than five hundred dollars for each
and every offense, or imprisonment in the
parish Jail for period not exceeding thirty
days, at the discretion of the court, and
shall he liable for damages to the party in
jured
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
any person who shall discharge from his
employment any labOrer or apprentice dur
ing the term of service agreed upon be-
tween such employer and such labcrer or
apprentice, or at the expiration of such
term of service shall, upon the request of
said laborer or apprentice, give to him or
her u written certificate of such discharge,
and upon refusal to do SO shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor. and, upon cOnvic-
ton thereof, shall be subject to the penalties
prescribed in the first section Of this act.
SEC. j. BE it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty of the judges of this
State to give this act especially in charge to
the grand iuries at each Jury term Of their
respective courts.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc. That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
Approved December q, 1865.
Mr.. Steers and Oar Report of His Test..
In0ny.
We cheerfully give place to the suhioined
card of Mr.. Steers, partly because We do
not see that it changes very materially the
meaning OF his testimony as given by our
reporter, out chiefly because We are at all
times ready to afford every gentleman fair
chance to be heard:
EDIroH REPUBLICAN,:
presume you do not wish to Inisrepre-
sent any one, but in your issue of the third,
there is what purports to be u report of nv
evidence before the congressional commit
ice. 1t is so garbled and full Of nisstato-
nents that I ask you to correct.
am reported: Resided in Shrev !, ,rt
'hOrt time" said have lived tn, bout
our years. Again: 1.-THE man VI. Md
attempt to place negroes back III . ery
would be regarded as an IDIOT" Isl lat
my man expressing the opinion in on, m
nunity that negroes would ever he put ok
nto slavery, would be regarded an lot.
Again: Northern men published cas de-
lying statements that the people yer not
- Ouu 40 icpiCScuttu, tle caro- war 'tnL
Scrth for effect I said the card " ID, TO
he effect that the statements made Nv
iajor Merrill were gross misrepresenta-
ions; said nothing about said card being
ent anywhere. Again: "The volunteer
oice was made Up of Democrats" said
was composed OF white men.
Again: "a man was murdered in presence
f his wife. and no one was ever prosecuted.
was said he distributed arms to niggers"
suppose this refers to my answer to
aestion of Mr.. Frye's as to what knew
bout a certain murder. giving the name.
replied that presumed he referred to tho
Hing OF a SpaDiard. | said nothing about
g being in presence of his wife, nor that
0 ono mad been prosecuted; that all knew
as from newspaper reports. did not use
1e word ''niggers' during my examina.
on.
You report Mr.. C. u. Eurt as saying:
Cotton buyers on the streets cheat ne
roes." | beg to say, in behalf Of this
entieman, that he did not say anything of
,e kind. stated that l have known in.
ances where cotton buyers on the streets
ad cheated negroes, and that white citi-
ms had taken the matter up and compelled
Just settlement
In other instances / am made to use lam
mage that misrepresents my meaning, but
Will not take up more time.