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NARA 892

S 99. Bur. R F &c Miss 1868.

Office Bur R.F. & A L
Macon Miss July 13/68

Smith Geo. S. 
Sub Ass't Com'r

Requests definite instructions in view of the many complaints of driving off, with loss of pay &c &c

[[stamp]] Freedman's Bureau State of Miss Received JUL 15 1868 [[/stamp]]

E. and M. page 527.

Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c., 
Office Asst. Comr. for Miss. 
Vicksburg July, 15th 1868

Respectfully returned to Geo. S. Smith Sub. Asst. Comr. Macon, Miss., The right of an employer to discharge an employee depends upon the nature of agreement or Contract existing between the parties- A laborer employed by the day can be discharged without notice or assignment of cause upon payment of wages due - The same is the Case with week and Month laborers at the end of the week or month  Laborers employed by the year cannot be discharged without legitimate cause prior to 
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December 25th 1868. Those working on shares cannot be sent off or discharged without clean and definite proof of violation of Contract by freedmen - In case of failure by employers to abide by this decision Complaints will be referred to the officers of the Civil law; and a refusal or neglect on their part to render justice, will be reported to this office together with the names of suitable persons who can take the test oath to fill the places of such officers. 

By order of
Bt. Maj. Genl. A.C. Gillem
Asst. Commissioner
S.C. Greene
Capt. 24th Inf. Bt. Maj. U.S.A.
A.A.A. Genl.    

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