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亞間鎮河沿請工公所合全列於後
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各條款 工人承允愿往美國亞間鎖省倘公所東主命何日啟行及由水陸各路而去聽從其便自到之後必力于做工以得照後
工人到亞開鎖河沿之後要遵依耕種諸事而做
工人凡到亞間鎮之工人須意願應允作工者議到单之日爲始起計以三年為滿期
亞櫚鎮河沿請工公所每年給工人 亞間鎮所請之工人於動身之先每人預先領銀十元其銀侍到之後公所扣同 公所支給若有不愿還國者亦發給每人路費銀五十大元係足色高銀 該亞間鎮河沿請工公所每月實工銀八元惟每月先給銀六大元係足高銀其餘每月所留之二元要到三年期滿時方一總給還
每逢中國正月新年三日不用做工初一至初三止 凡禮拜日不用作工除早晚養生口之外倘急難關係性命之事不在例禁遇事之日此日做工另每人給工錢五十先士
亞間鎮河沿所招工人在三年期內務要聽從公所東家之命 在亞間鎖河沿請工公所之工人每日從日出起開工做至日落爲止每日只有一點鐘停工至到六七八九月每日停工兩點鐘
亞鎮河沿請工公所所有應給工人路上食用衣物補鋪及一概使費俱是本公所辦理至三年期滿之後該工人欲同中國者所有路費皆係本
正月初一日公所賞銀四大元
工人居住與及給柴薪或遇有病卽送進醫院調理所有謝步食藥一概係公所支給爲該工人
十二 該亞間鎮河沿請工公所議給 自起病之日起計不算工銀 亞間鎮河沿請工公所定給美好房屋與
工人日用飯餐務必足用爲度並好食物倘若該工人不喜食者可以告知公所東家改給每月銀折四元
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十六 亞鋇河沿請工公所現本省例議定 十八 亞間銀河沿請工公所議定除種地耕田並 十七 亞間鎖河沿請工公所議定有工人臨終時
所有銀物其死後囑托之親友務照所囑帶回中國人不得爭論 工人有事東家理宜保護有人欺凌殘害該公所必與其安爲理明斷不至受虧
工人家內私事之外公所東家訂明不能另做別樣工夫矣
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一工人
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公所蓋印
美一千八百七十年正月初一日
請工合
清同治已巳八年十一月三十日
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十三 亞間鎮河沿請工公所每一工人暫賞給洋地一畝計唐人有六畝之廣任其本人種植不取租銀
工人倘未滿期者無故不俱何時欲想別樂或私逃者每月所相之銀一概不給
所永不將工人遷往別埠除本公所之外別人不准僱此工人此合同亦不能交執別人立此工約實屬有益彼此相同保護 十五 亞間鎖河沿請工公所內之東主意圖開荒廣於種植皆殷戶之人今立明此合同條歎欲愿往之工人易明招工本意並不是將人變販等情本公
This Agreement, made this First day of January, A.D, 1870, being the 30th day of the Eleventh Chinese Month in the Eighth Year of the the Emperor Tungehi, between
, a Native of China, and
THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY IMMIGRATION COMPANY, witnesseth:
The said
hereby promises and agrees with the said Company that he will Emigrato
to the State of Arkansas in the United States of America, by such mode of conveyance or conveyances, and at such time ag said Company shall provide and designate, and when there he will labor for said Company, or an individual Member thereof,
under the following conditions and for the considerations hereinafter named.
I. The said
agrees to work on plantations in said State of Arkansas, doing and performing any and every kind of work which it is customary to require of field hands.
II. --The said
agrees to work for said Company during the term of three
years, to be counted from the day his wages begin, and his wages shall begin when he shall have arrived in the State of
Arkansas.
III-No labor shall be required of the said
on the Sabbath day, except such as is necessary in feeding and caring for stock morning and evening; or in case of floods or threatened disasters, to life or property he may
be required to work, but in such an event he shall be paid for such labor at the rate of fifty cents per day
IV-A holiday for three days at Chinese New Year shall be allowed to the said
extra
V. The said
agrees to work during each and every working day from Sunrise
to Sunset; an hour to be allowed for dinner, excepts in the months of June, July, August and September, when two hours shall be allowed for dinner.
VI.The said
hereby agrees that he will at all times obey and perform the
lawful orders of said Company, or the Member thereof who may employ him, and faithfully serve during the full period of three Years, as aforesaid.
VIL-The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company, promises and agrees to furnish the said
with a free passage to their plantations in Arkansas, together with food, clothing and bedding necessary for the voyage, and at the end of his term of service will find him free transportation back to Chins, or in lieu thereof (and only if he desires it) will pay him fifty dollars in American gold coin.
VIII- The said Arkansas River Vally Immigration Company also premises to pay to the said
the sum of ten dollars advance wages prior to his sailing from China.
IX.-The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company will pay or cause to be paid to the said
the sum of Eight Dollars in Americau gold coin ($8) for each and every month he may be employed;
Six Dollars of said sum to be paid at the end of every month, and the remaining Two Dollars at the end of the term of three
years.
X-At every Chinese New Year the said
as a gratuity the sum of Four Dollars ($4) in gold coin.
shall receive from said Company
XI. The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company shall and will provide the said
with comfortable and bealthy quarters and an abundance of firewood, and in case of sickness will provide
him with medicines and comfortable hospital accommodations without charge to him. But it is specially understood that the said
shall receive no wages for time lost during sickness.
XII.The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company agrees to furnish and give to the said
an abundance of good and wholesome provisions of the kind he is accustomed to. Or in case of disagreement
he shall be entitled to demand forty five pounds of rice, fifteen pounds of pork, or twenty five pounds of beef, and half a pound
of tea per month. Or should the said
and receive in lieu thereof four dollars per month in gold coin.
so elect he may supply himself with provisions
XIII.-The said Arkausas River Valley Immigration Company agrees to allow said
the use of One acre of good land rent free, which he may cultivate and enjoy during the time be is employed.
XIV. The said
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agrees that should he leave the service of Company before
the end of his engagement, without lawful cause, then he will forfeit the wages which he may have earned, but which may remain unpaid, and also all right to be returned to China.
XV.-It is especially agreed and understood that this contract shall not be transferable, and that the said
shall not be bound to labor for any parties other than the said Arkansas River Valley Immigation
Company, or a member of said the Company. Which Company is understood to be an association of planters who desire to obtain laborers for their own plantations and not for transfer or speculation, and this contract is made with a view to secure the rights of the said
as well as themselves.
XVI.—The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company agrees with the said
that they will during time he is employed under this agreement protect him in all his rights as guaranteed by law, and that they will not suffer him to be oppressed, maltreated or misused.
XVII.--The said Arkansas River Valley Immigration Company agrees that should the said
die whilst serving under this agreement they will cause the wages due and unpaid him to be sent to
China and paid over to whomsoever he may designate.
said
XVIII-It is especially agreed that no other than farm or domestic labor shall be demanded of the
In testimony of all of which the parties have hereto set their hands and the Company have affixed their Seal, on the day and date at the beginning written.
Witness,
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