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his employer at the end of the fourth year from his arrival, the new employer shall pay to the receiver general a sum equal to one-fourth of the amount paid by the original employer, with interest on such one-fourth, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for four years; and if, at the end of the third year from his arrival, any Indian immigrant shall change his employer, the new employer shall pay in cash to the receiver general the sum of twenty-five dollars, with interest, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the term of three years; and if any such immigrant shall change his employer at the end of the fourth year from his arrival, the new employer shall so pay to the receiver general the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the term of four years.

25. Every Indian immigrant who, if introduced into this colony before the month of December, 1853, may, by any law now in force, be entitled to be provided with a passage back to his own country, or who, if introduced or to be introduced at any time during or after the said month of December, 1853, may be or may become so entitled to a certificate of industrial residence, and every Chinese immigrant, or immigrant from the Cape de Verd islands, who may be or may become entitled to such a certificate, may, if he shall think fit so to do, enter into a contract or indenture for further service for the period prescribed for such immigrants, respectively, in the 4th, 6th, and 7th sections hereof, and may, if he shall think fit, at the expiration of such further period of service, enter into a fresh contract or indenture for further service for like periods; and every such contract or indenture shall be drawn according to the form in the Schedule B to this ordinance annexed.

26. If any immigrant shall enter into a new contract or indenture under the provisions of the preceding section, the issue of the certificate of industrial residence to which he may have become entitled shall be postponed until the completion of such new contract or indenture; and if any such certificate shall have been already issued to any such immigrant, it shall, at the time of his entering into such new contract or indenture, be withdrawn or cancelled by the immigration agent general.

27. The governor may pay to every adult and able-bodied Indian, or Chinese, or Cape de Verd immigrant, entering into a contract or indenture under the provisions of the 25th section hereof, the sum of fifty dollars; and to every such immigrant who may be certified by the immigration agent general to be other than an able-bodied adult, entering into such contract or indenture, the sum of twenty-five dollars.

28. Every employer with whom any Indian, or Chinese, or Cape de Verd immigrant shall enter into a contract or indenture under the provisions of the twenty-fifth section hereof, shall pay to the receiver general for each able-bodied adult. the sum of fifty dollars, and for each immigrant other than an able-bodied adult the sum of twenty-five dollars. Such payment shall be made, at the option of the employer, in cash, or partly in cash and partly in promissory notes, in manner following, that is to say: one-tenth shall be paid in cash, and for the balance five promissory notes shall be given, bearing even date with the signature of such employer to such contract or indenture, the first of which promissory notes shall be for one-tenth, and shall be payable with interest, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, at the end of one year from the date of the taking effect of the contract or indenture; and each of the remaining notes shall be for onefifth, and one of the same, with the interest due thereon, at the same rate, shall be payable at the end of each of the four following years from the same date.

29. If, at the end of the third year from the taking effect of any contract or indenture entered into by any Indian, Chinese, or Cape de Verd immigrant, under the provisions of the 25th section hereof, such immigrant shall change his employer, the receiver general shall, if the employer under such contract or indenture shall have paid in cash, repay to him the sum of twenty dollars,

with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the date of such payment, and if the employer shall have given promissory notes, the receiver general shall cancel two of the said notes; and if, at the end of the fourth year from the taking effect of such contract, any such immigrant shall change his employer, the receiver general shall, if the previous employer shall have paid in cash, repay to him the sum of ten dollars, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, from the date of such payment, and if such employer shall have given promissory notes, shall cancel one of such notes.

30. Every Chinese, Indian, and Cape de Verd immigrant may, at the end of any year, terminate any contract entered into under the provisions of the 25th section hereof, by payment at the end of the third year of twenty dollars, and at the end of the fourth year of ten dollars.

31. All sums received by the receiver general, under the provisions of the preceding section, shall be taken to belong to the employers with whom the immigrants paying the same shall, at the time of payment, be serving under indenture; and the receiver general shall, if any such employer shall have paid in cash, pay to him the sum paid by the immigrant, and if he shall have given promissory notes, shall cancel the said notes to a corresponding amount.

32. If, at the end of the third year from the taking effect of any contract or indenture entered into by any Indian, Chinese, or Cape de Verd immigrant under the provisions of the 25th section hereof, such immigrant shall change his employer, the new employer shall pay in cash to the receiver general the sum of twenty dollars, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the term of three years; and if, at the end of the fourth year from the same date, any such immigrant shall change his employer, the new employer shall pay in cash to the receiver general the sum of ten dollars, with interest thereon, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the term of four years.

33. The immigration agent general shall, between the 1st day of January and the 30th day of June, and between the 1st day of July and the 31st day of December in each year, upon some day to be by him fixed, or within seven days after any day so fixed, visit every estate or plantation upon which there may be any immigrants under indenture; and the immigration agent general shall give, at least, one month's notice of such day to the manager of such estate or plantation, and shall require such manager to produce before him every immigrant entitled, under the provisions hereof, either to change his employer or terminate his contract within the term of six months from the date of such visit; and such manager shall, on the receipt of such notice, forthwith give information of the same to all the immigrants under indenture upon the said estate or plantation for three successive days, at the time of calling the muster-roll; and any manager failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding twentyfour dollars in respect to each such immigrant.

34. The immigration agent general shall, whenever he shall visit any estate or plantation as aforesaid, call upon every immigrant indentured as aforesaid to declare whether he wishes to be re-indentured either to the same or some other employer, or whether he wishes to pay the sum of money hereinbefore appointed in commutation of further service; and if any such immigrant shall state that he wishes to be re-indentured, he shall satisfy the immigration agent general that the employer whom he may wish to serve is willing to accept his services; and thereupon, if such immigrant shall remain with the same employer, an indorsement to that effect shall be made by the immigration agent general upon the existing indenture, or if the immigrant shall wish to change his employer, he shall sign an indenture accordingly, and shall be held bound to serve such employer from the day and for the period stated therein; and if any such immigrant shall then state his wish to commute his further service under indenture, the immigration agent general shall call upon him to pay the sum herein before

appointed, either forthwith to himself, or to the stipendiary or special magistrate of the district, at least fifteen days before the expiration of the term for which he shall be then serving; in any case in which an employer shall lose the services of an immigrant, in conformity with this section, an indorsement to that effect shall be made by the immigration agent general upon the indenture under which such immigrant shall be serving.

35. The immigration agent general shall, whenever he shall visit any estate or plantation as aforesaid, call upon every Indian, and Chinese, and Cape de Verd immigrant, who shall then be serving in the fifth year of his indenture, to declare whether at the expiration of such year he wishes to enter into a new contract or indenture under the provisions of the 25th section hereof; and any such immigrant wishing so to do shall satisfy the immigration agent general that the employer with whom he may be desirous of serving is willing to accept his services, and thereupon such immigrant shall sign a contract or indenture accordingly, and shall be held bound to serve such employer from the time and for the period stated in such contract or indenture, and shall then be paid by the immigration agent general the sum appointed by the 27th section hereof.

36. If any immigrant shall state that he wishes either to be re-indentured, or to enter into a new indenture for some estate other than that upon which he shall be then serving, such immigrant shall produce to the immigration agent general a certificate under the hand of the manager of such other estate of his willingness to accept his services, and thereupon such immigrant shall sign the indenture accordingly, and such certificate, whether the manager be changed or not, shall render such other estate liable in like manner as if the manager had signed an indenture, as hereinafter enacted.

37. Nothing hereinbefore contained shall be taken to prevent any immigrant who shall be serving under indenture, and who shall not have been already dealt with under the provisions of the 34th and 36th sections hereof, from stating to the immigration agent general, at least fifteen days before the time at which such immigrant may be entitled to change his employer, or to pay in commutation of service, his wish so to do; and every such immigrant shall be dealt with in manner provided by the said 34th and 36th sections hereof; and nothing herein before contained shall be taken to prevent any Indian, Chinese, or Cape de Verd immigrant, who shall be serving in the fifth year of his indenture, or who shall have acquired a certificate of industrial residence, from declaring at any time to the immigration agent general his wish to enter into a new contract or indenture; and every such immigrant shall be dealt with in manner provided by the 35th and the preceding section hereof.

38. If any immigrant shall fail to pay a sum of money in commutation, as hereinbefore provided, at least fifteen days before the commencement of the term for which it shall be due, then, and in any such case, the indenture under which any such immigrant shall be then serving shall be taken to be renewed for the further term hereinbefore appointed for such immigrant; but if it shall appear in the case of any such immigrant that the manager failed to give the notice required by the 33d section hereof, the governor may, if to him it shall appear proper, direct the acceptance at the said time from him of the money payable in commutation of further service.

39. The immigration agent general shall, with the least practicable delay, after the termination of his half-yearly visit to any district of the colony, make out and transmit to the receiver general complete lists of all immigrants who may have been indentured under the provisions of the 7th, 8th, or 25th sections hereof, or who may have paid in commutation of service, under the 22d or 30th sections hereof, and of the sums due to the previous employers of such immigrants, or due from the employers to whom such immigrants shall lastly have been indentured; and the receiver general shall thereupon pay to such previous employers the sums so shown to be due, and shall call upon the new employers

to pay within ten days from the date of the letter demanding the same, either to himself or to the assistant receiver general in New Amsterdam, the sums shown to be due from them respectively, together with a fee of twenty-four cents for the indenture of each immigrant who may have become bound to them.

40. Every indenture which shall be made under the provisions of this ordinance shall be filed of record in the office of the immigration agent general, and one copy of the same attested by him shall be given to the immigrant bound thereby, and another copy so attested shall be given to the manager or person in charge of the estate to which such immigrant shall be indentured; and every such indenture and the attested copies thereof shall be exempt from stamp duty. And every such attested copy shall be admitted in evidence by any stipendiary or special magistrate in the hearing of any complaint, difference, or dispute between the immigrant mentioned therein and his employer.

41. If any indenture made under the provisions of the 7th, 8th, or 25th sections hereof shall be signed by the immigrant upon the estate for which such indenture shall bind him to serve, such indenture shall in such case be then signed by the manager of the said estate; but if such indenture shall be so signed by the immigrant at some other place than the estate for which it shall bind him to serve, then the immigration agent general shall, as soon as practicable, forward the same to the manager or person in charge thereof and call upon him to sign the same; and if any such manager shall fail so to sign such indenture and return the same to the immigration agent general within ten days from his being required so to do, then such indenture shall be void, but the estate for which the same shall have been drawn shall nevertheless remain liable to make good any sum which may have been paid to the immigrant in conformity herewith at the time of his signing such indenture; and every signature of a manager under this section shall be taken to be conclusive evidence of the liability of the estate under his charge for the payment of any sum declared to be due under the provisions of the 24th, 28th, or 32d sections hereof.

42. All contracts and indentures hereafter to be executed within the colony under this ordinance shall be executed on the part of the employers, in the presence of the immigration agent general, or of a stipendiary or special magistrate; and every such magistrate shall, when thereto requested by any employer, forthwith attest any such contract or indenture.

43. Every new indenture which shall be entered into by any immigrant under the provisions of the third condition of the 4th section or of the 7th, 8th, or 29th sections hereof, shall take effect from the day next after the termination of the previous indenture of such immigrant; and every indenture which shall be entered into by any such immigrant, under the provisions of the 25th section hereof, shall take effect from the day appointed by such indenture; and every person, other than the employer under such indenture, who shall, after such day, employ any such immigrant shall be liable to prosecution under the 41st section of the ordinance No 7, of the year 1854.

44. All copies of indentures to be made under the provisions hereof shall be transmitted by the immigration agent general to the stipendiary or special magistrate of the district in which the immigrants parties thereto shall be respectively bound to serve, and such stipendiary or special magistrate shall thereupon give notice to the manager or person in charge of such estate of the day on which he proposes to visit such estate, and shall, upon such day, give to the manager one copy of each of the indentures belonging to the same, and shall take his receipt for such copies for transmission to the immigration agent general, and shall, at the same time, give the remaining copy of each indenture to the immigrant party thereto.

45. Nothing in this or any other ordinance contained shall be construed to prevent any employer from paying, at the execution of the contract or indenture,

the whole of the sum for the payment of which he shall then become bound, or from paying at any time the whole of any promissory notes which shall be then unpaid, with the interest due thereon before the time herein before fixed for the payment of the same, respectively.

46. The receiver general, on behalf of the colony, shall recover any sum herein before declared to be due to the colony, and the capital and interest of all notes given under the provisions hereof by parate execution, and shall have and hold for the same a preferent lien on the estates from which such sums shall be due, or on account of which such notes shall be given, over and above all liens and mortgages, legal and conventional, except liens and preferent rights of the crown, and such as are allowed or created by any ordinance or enactment. And in any case in which the lessee of any estate shall be required to make any payment under this ordinance, the same shall be made in cash, unless such lessee shall provide approved sureties, who shall sign the promissory notes to be given by such lessee, and which promissory notes shall be payable by them jointly and severally.

47. Every party to any promissory note given under the provisions hereof shall be deemed and held liable in every respect as a principal debtor, to all intents and purposes, in any proceeding upon any such promissory note at the instance of the receiver general; and it shall not be competent to any party in any such proceeding to set up any defence other than might be set up by a principal debtor.

48. If any promissory note hereinbefore ordered to be cancelled shall have been given for more than one immigrant, the receiver general may, at his option, either write off from the same the amount to be repaid to the employer, or may cancel the promissory notes already given, and take other promissory notes for any sum due on account of any immigrant who shall not elect to change his employer or to pay a sum of money as aforesaid.

49. In any proceedings for the recovery of sums due upon promissory notes given by employers of immigrants under any ordinance now or hereafter to be in force, it shall not be necessary to prove that the person who made application for such immigrants, or who signed the promissory notes for the same, was the lawful proprietor or lessee, or attorney, or representative of such proprietor or lessee, or was the manager or person in lawful charge of the estate upon which the receiver general may claim to hold a preferent lien in respect to the allotment of such immigrants, provided it to be proved that the immigrants were allotted or indentured to such estate.

50. Before any immigrant shall be indentured to any lessee of an estate, such lessee shall satisfy the immigration agent general upon what day his lease thereof will expire, and shall enter into a bond, with two good and sufficient sureties, binding himself to pay to the immigration agent general a sum equal to twenty-four cents per diem for each such immigrant for the period, if any, which may intervene between the expiry of the lease and the termination of the indenture: Provided, That no such payment shall be demanded under the said bond, if the governor shall, at the expiry of the lease, allot such immigrant to some other employer who may be willing to employ him for the remaining term of the indenture.

51. In the event of the lessee of an estate being required to provide a new hospital or additional hospital accommodation for the indentured immigrants on such estate, under the provisions of ordinance No. 17, of the year 1859, such lessee shall, in the absence of any agreement on the subject between himself and the proprietor of the estate, be entitled to receive, at the expiration of his lease, such compensation in respect thereof from such proprietor as shall be paid by two arbitrators, the one to be appointed by the lessee, and the other by the proprietor; and if such arbitrators cannot agree, they shall appoint an umpire, whose decision shall be final; but in case the proprietor shall neglect or refuse

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