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SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, &c., That 2 all employers failing to comply with their 3 contract shall, upon conviction, be fined 4 an amount double that due the laborer recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction, 5 to be paid to the laborer; and any inhu- 6 manity, cruelty, or neglect of duty on the 7 part of the employer, shall be summarily 8 punished by fines within the discretion of 9 the Court, to be paid to the injured 10 party; Provided, that this shall not be so 11 construed as a remission of any penalty 12 now inflicted by law for like offences. SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, &c., That 2 in case of sickness of the laborer, wages 3 for the times lost shall be deducted, and, 4 where the sickness is feigned for pur- 5 poses of idleness, and, also, on refusal to 6 work according to contract, double the 7 amount of wages shall be deducted for 8 the time lost, and also where rations 9 have been furnished, and should the 10 refusal to work continue beyond three 11 days, the offender shall be reported to a 12 Justice of the Peace, and shall be forced 13 to labor on roads, levees, and other pub- 14 lic works, without pay, until the offender 15 consents to return to his labor. SEC. 9 be it further enacted, &c., That, 2 when in health, the laborer shall work 3 ten hours during the day in the summer, and 4 nine hours during the day in winter, 5 unless otherwise stipulated in the labor 6 contract; he shall obey all proper orders 7 of his employer or his agent; take proper 8 care of his work-mules, horses, oxen, 9 stock; also, of all agricultural imple-