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10 ments; and employers shall have the 11 right to make a reasonable deduction 12 from the laborers wages for injuries done 13 to animals or agricultural implements 14 committed to his care, or for bad or neg- 15 ligent work. Bad work shall not be 16 allowed. Failing to obey reasonable 17 orders, neglect of duty, and leaving home 18 without permission, will be deemed dis- 19 obedience; impudence, swearing, or in- 20 decent language to or in the presence of 21 the employers, his family, or agent, or 22 quarrelling and fighting with one another 23 shall be deemed disobedience - for any 24 disobedience a fine of one dollar shall be 25 imposed on and paid by the offender. 26 For all lost time from work hours, unless 27 in case of sickness, the laborer shall be 28 fined twenty-five cents per hour. For 29 all absence from home without leave the laborer will 30 be fined at the rate of two dollars per 31 day. Laborers will not be required to 32 labor on the Sabbath, except to take the necessary care of stock & other property on the plantation and to do the necessary cooking & household duty, unless by special 33 contract. For all thefts of the laborer 34 for the employer of agricultural pro- 35 ducts, hogs, sheep, poultry, or any other 36 property of the employer, or willful 37 destruction of property or injury, the 38 laborer shall pay the employer double the 39 amount of the value of the property 40 stolen, destroyed, or injured, one-half to 41 be paid to the employer and the other 42 half to be placed in the general fund 43 provided for in this section. No live 44 stock shall be allowed to laborers without 45 the permission of the employer. Labor-