Freed persons; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
SECTION 4. _Be it further ordained_, That every negro is required to be
in the regular service of some white person, or former owner, who shall
be held responsible for the conduct of said negro. But said employer
or former owner may permit said negro to hire his own time by special
permission in writing, which permission shall not extend over seven days
at any one time. Any negro violating the provisions of this section shall
be fined five dollars for each offence, or in default of the payment
thereof shall be forced to work five days on the public road, or suffer
corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 5. _Be it further ordained_, That no public meetings or
congregations of negroes shall be allowed within said parish after
sunset; but such public meetings and congregations may be held between
the hours of sunrise and sunset, by the special permission in writing of
the captain of patrol, within whose beat such meetings shall take place.
This prohibition, however, is not intended to prevent negroes from
attending the usual church services, conducted by white ministers and
priests. Every negro violating the provisions of this section shall pay a
fine of five dollars, or in default thereof shall be compelled to work
five days on the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as
hereinafter provided.
SECTION 6. _Be it further ordained_, That no negro shall be permitted to
preach, exhort, or otherwise declaim to congregations of colored people,
without a special permission in writing from the president of the police
jury. Any negro violating the provisions of this section shall pay a fine
of ten dollars, or in default thereof shall be forced to work ten days on
the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 7. _Be it further ordained_, That no negro who is not in the
military service shall be allowed to carry fire-arms, or any kind of
weapons, within the parish, without the special written permission of his
employers, approved and indorsed by the nearest or most convenient chief
of patrol. Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit
his weapons and pay a fine of five dollars, or in default of the payment
of said fine, shall be forced to work five days on the public road, or
suffer corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 8. _Be it further ordained_, That no negro shall sell, barter, or
exchange any articles of merchandise or traffic within said parish
without the special written permission of his employer, specifying the
articles of sale, barter or traffic. Anyone thus offending shall pay a
fine of one dollar for each offence, and suffer the forfeiture of said
articles, or in default of the payment of said fine shall work one day on
the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided.
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