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The following Rules & Regulations are hereby adopted for the government & control of the laborers on the plantation aforesaid
1st 
Obedience & respect to the Employer shall at all times be observed.
2nd
No laborer shall absent himself or herself from the plantation without the consent of the employer.  
3rd
The sick must report to the Employer or his agent in order to be excused from work
4th
Every laborer shall be required to take care of the stock & tools entrusted to his or her care & shall be held responsible for the same
5th
No property, such as nails timber boards tools stock or provisions of any kind owned by the said James B Bell shall be appropriated or distroyed without his consent
6th
No work shall be done on Sunday unless it shall be absolutely necessary
7th
Time lost by sickness while under medical treatment shall be charged at the rate of forty cents a day not requiring medical treatment fifty cents a day