| C. S. Laboratory (Ordn.) |
| Macon, Ga. December 16th 1862 |
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This agreement made and entered into this sixteenth day
of December 1862 by and between G. B. Fleece of Macon Ga., party of
the first part and J. W. Mallet Captain P. A. C. S. Supdt of C. S.
Laboratories as Agent for the Confederate States, party of the
second part: |
| witnesseth |
| 1st. That the said party of the first
part hereby agrees and binds himself to hire for the service of the
C. S. Central Laboratory Macon, for the year 1863, the following
Slaves and at the wages set opposite their names respectively namely: |
| Jack |
Carpenter |
Twenty eight (28) dollars per month |
| Sampson |
" |
Twenty eight (28) dollars per month |
| William |
" |
Twenty eight (28) dollars per month |
| Wash (Died) |
Laborer |
Twenty (20) dollars per month |
| Dave (Jueber) |
" |
Twenty (20) dollars per month |
| Dave |
" |
Twenty (20) dollars per month |
| London |
" |
Twenty (20) dollars per month |
| Monarch (Is??) |
" |
Twenty (20) dollars per month |
| Bob
Added April 6th/63 |
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| Ferdinand
" |
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| Theodore
" |
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| The said slaves to be employed as
carpenters, in grading land, making and hauling brick, waiting upon
bricklayers, and generally upon such work as may be desired by the
said party of the second part. |
| 2nd. The said party of the first part
further agrees and binds himself to keep said negroes supplied with
good and sufficient clothing, shoes, and blankets (or covers to be
used as substitutes for blankets) during the period for which said
negroes are hired to the Confederate States. |
| 3rd. The said party of the second part
hereby agrees and binds himself, on behalf of the Confederate
States, to pay to the said party of the first part, for each negro
hired in accordance with the above conditions, the wages set
opposite his name in the above list -- to furnish all said negroes
with good and sufficient food -- to shelter him in weather proof
houses -- and to supply them with medical attendance in case of
sickness, and to pay all public taxes upon him -- all for the period
during which said negroe may be hired for the service of said
Central Laboratory. |
| 4th. It is further understood and agreed
between said parties that loss of time and labor caused by sickness
of any or all of said negroes shall be borne by the Confederate
States without deduction from wages due, provided said loss of time
does not amount to more than thirty (30) days at any one time, but
that, in the event of the negro or negroes being incapacitated for
work by sickness for a period of more than thirty (30) days at one
time, it shall be in the option of the said party of the second
part, to discharge said negro and return him to said party of the
first part, thereby cancelling and terminating this entire agreement
with reference to said negro. |
| 5th. It is further understood and agreed
between said parties, that neither the Confederate States, nor the
said party of the second part as agent for the same, will take any
responsibility for loss of any or all of said negroes by said
negroes running away or by said negroes being forcibly or otherwise
abducted by the public enemy, and that in the event of any of said
negroes running away, it shall be in the option of the said party of
the second part to forthwith remove his name from the pay-roll,
giving notice to the said party of the first part, thereby
cancelling and terminating this agreement with reference to said
negro. |
| 6th. It is further understood and agreed
between said parties that in the event of the approach of the public
enemy to Macon rendering it dangerous for said negroes to be longer
retained at said point the party of the first part shall have the
option of removing said negroes, at his own proper cost, said
negroes to be returned as soon as the danger shall have passed away. |
| In testimony whereof witness our hands
and seals the day and date first above written. |
| Geo. B. Fleece |
| J. W. Mallet Capt |
| Supdt C. S. Laboratories |