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aforesaid not exceeding ten hours per day in the summer and nine hours in the winter and in case said laborers shall absent themselves from or 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 Marshall shall deem proper

In testimony whereof the said parties have affixed their names to this agreement in Pontotc County and State of Mississippi on the day and date aforesaid

William Brice

Executed in presence of }
J. T. Camp }
J. W. Lambert }

Darcies her x mark
Adeline her x mark
Sally her x mark
Harriet her x mark
Elsy her x mark
Adeline her x mark
Charlotte her x mark
Barbra her x mark
Charity her x mark

Head Quarters Post of Okola
Okolona Miss Aug 17 1865
Approved
S. A. J. Snyder
Maj Comdg Post