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4th No[[?]] order issuing former employer or agent to be willfully disregarded. 5th All stock on said place to receive such attention as may be required. 6th Where laborers lose time by sickness they shall pay board at the rate of forty cents a day. 7th When any laborer shall by indolence, negligence, or other misdemeanor allow him or herself to become indebted to other laborers or employers, exceeding his or her wages, said party, shall be subjected to dismissal at the pleasure of the proper officer. 8, Laborers not employed in farm will be governed by same regulations and receive same wages, as farm laborers. [[left top of page]]254 9. Sufficient time shall be allotted during the week, for laborers to wash their clothes. For testimony where of the said parties have affixed their names to this agreement, this [[blank space]] day of Dec, 1865 S.R. Coleman [[3 columned table]] |Names|Age|Sex| |Loudon & Jane| x|---| |Nash &|---|---| |Ed & Ephraim| x|---| |John & Trina| x|---| |Russell|---|---| |Huntter| x|---| |Rose| x|---| |Phil| x|---|
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