, 1885-10-17
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FOR ST. CROIX.
Continuation of Meeting Of 9Th Oct. 1885.


1, the fixing of the time during which the
immigrant shall be bound to serve the
employer with whom lie has made the
contract, or to whom the contract made
with the agent is transferred. An
express condition may be made that
if the immigrant is convicted of being
absent from his work without lawful
excuse, he Shall, after the expiration
Of the time named in the contract be
bound to work for a number of days
equal to the number of days on which
ne has not fulfilled his contract;
=, the fixing OF how many days in the
week and how many hours Il day the
Immigrant shall be bound to work,
excepting such holidays as shall be
fixed by the Governor with reference
10 the religious festivals observed by
the different classes of immigrants;
B., u statement Of what kind of work the
immigrant shall be bound to do;
4, an agreement that the immigrant is to
have free house and medical attendance
as well as nursing in case of sick
ness;
3, the fixing of the wages and other com
penSatiOn which the immigrant is to
have;
D, provision concerning the retention by
deduction from the immigrants wages,
OF any advance made him before he set
sail or before he arrived here, which
deduction however must not exceed
81 monthly, and in regard to immi-
grants from an English East Indian
possession, must not amount to more
than $12 for each labOurcr.
S3J.
notwithstanding the agreement contain
ed i'll a contract by which an immigrant is
bound to work for a prOperty.ownrr for a
period Of up to 5 years, the immigrant
shall be free, after he has worked at least
one year, to leave the property after having
given one months previous notice, prOvid-
cd that either another land owner who is
willing to engage him or he himself shall
firstly, make good to the first property
owner such a part of the expenses connect
ed with the immigration rs is proportions
ate to the time during which he loses the
services OF the immigrant. and, secondly,
shall repay TO the immigration fund the
amount, which, in accordance with the
rules i'll force, may be due to it.. But the
second contract must not be made for a
longer time than the remaining portion
of what was originally agreed upon.
Under the same conditions the immi-
grant shall have equal right to leave the
second and later employer.
SO.
When an employer under the circum-
stances mentioned i'll 5 6 and 26 refuses
to receive an immigrant or at an undue
time discharges him, the immigrant is
entitled to full compensation in accordance
with general rules established by law.
just DIS it follows from the above provisions
that an immigrant cannot demand that the
contract shall cease under the conditions
stated under the LIST head, S27, so, If he
leaves his employment at an undue time
without lawful excuse, he shall be punished
by imprisonment OH bread and water up
to 10 times 4S hours or by corresponding
imprisonment with hard labour, and only
under particularly alleviating circumStan-
CeS, as for instance when the contract is
about to expire, with fines of from 2 to 20
West Indian dollars. Always however
with the reservation that the punishment
cannot be reduced or lone away with under
the provisions in S q, 2nd part.
s37.
The reciprocal rights and duties OF the
immigrant and the employer are fixed by
the contents of the contract entered into
and by the provisions in the ordinance
of End October 1862 concerning the
immigration of labOurers from foreign
places in so far as they are not repealed
by the present ordinance, and also by the
provisions in the last named.
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