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Rules

1st The laborers will be required to rise at the blowing of the horn at day break, and begin work at or before sunrise and do good and faithful work. The beginning and leaving off of work and the mode and manner of doing work will be entirely under the control of the employer or manager. For all Time lost and for bad work, deductions will be made and in cases when entire days are lost from sickness or Thru good cause, deductions covering wages and value of Rations will be made. Two hours rest at noon will be allowed in the months of June, July and August, and one hour in other months of the year.
2nd During work hours The laborers will receive no visits, nor visit nor receive visits at any other time with permission of the employer or manager.
3d All abuse or improper use of stock, and [[?]] breaking and losing tools gear &c will be charged against the laborer.
4" Every laborer must feed and attend to stock, and do other necessary work assigned to him or her at all times Sundays included.
5" No firearms or liquors will be kept on the plantation by the laborers except by consent of the employer or Manager.
6" Difficulties that may arise between the laborers shall be adjusted by the employer or Manager.
7" For impudent profane or indecent language to or in the presence of Employer or Manager or the families, quarreling. fighting. stealing. disobedience. wilfull neglect of duty, Quitting work without permission and offences of the like serious character, the laborer will be carried before a Magistrate or other proper officer for punishment, all expense loss of time &c will be charged against the laborer. In all cases of dismissal or voluntarily Quitting [[strikethrough]] work [[/strikethrough]] plantations the laborer forfeits all unpaid wages and his family or dependents will be dismissed at the discretion of the Manager.               

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