uction, either civil or criminal, the Manager
shall defend the Actor at his own expense, or shall pay any and all
reasonable charges laid out or incurred by the Actor in his defense,
and the Manager agrees to indemnify the Actor against any loss or
damage which he may suffer on account of being engaged in any such
production.

This rule shall not apply to any case or any set of conditions where
its enforcement would be illegal or against public policy.

24. The Manager shall have the right to lay off his company the week
before Christmas and Holy Week. Should such lay off take place the
Manager shall not during said lay off period be entitled to the
services of the company except for a run-through rehearsal on the day
of re-opening, and except further that additional rehearsals may be
allowed by the Actors' Equity Association in case of illness of the
star or prominent member of the company or change of cast.

25. If in any production the star or featured member of the cast shall
be ill and a lay off shall take place on that account, Actors
receiving less than $100.00 weekly (but no others) shall be paid by
the Manager an amount equal to their board and lodging for the first
week. If said lay off continues beyond one week, half salaries shall
be paid to the entire company for each day the Actors are retained up
to and including two further weeks. From and after the beginning of
the fourth week the Manager shall either pay full salaries to all
members of the company or may abandon the production.

26. When understudies are employed or there is a change in the cast,
announcement shall be made to this effect, either by a slip in the
program, or by announcement from the stage at the rise of the curtain,
or by conspicuously posting a notice to that effect a reasonable time
before the rise of the curtain, at the box office.

27. In case after the opening of the play and after at least two
weeks' employment, the Manager shall desire a lay off for the purpose
of re-writing or making changes in the cast or any other reason deemed
sufficient by him, he may apply to the Actors' Equity Association for
the right to do so. If the Association agrees to such lay-off it may
do so upon such terms and conditions as may seem equitable to it under
the circumstances. But in any event if a change or changes in the cast
is made the Actor or Actors dismissed and not employed upon the
renewed run of the play shall be paid at least one week'