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to the party aggrieved, render this contract viable
to annulment by the Provost Marshall of Freedmen
and it is agreed on the part of the party of the 
second part that they will each well and faithfully
perform such labor as the said J. F Witcher
may require of them for the time aforesaid, not 
exceeding, ten hours per day in the summer and 
nine hours in the winter and in case any laborer
shall absent himself from or shall neglect or refuse to perform the labor herein promised, and
the fact shall be proven to the satisfaction of the 
proper officer, the party so offending shall be 
punished in such manner as the Provost Marshal
shall deem proper