The Dawson journal., 1883-08-30

PRODUCTION. As an important mat
ter to our farmers, we publish it for
their benefit.
A bill to be entitled an act to al
ter and amend section 1856, OF
the code of Georgia of 1882, with
reference to persons Afraudulenty
obtaining credit:
Section 1. Be it enacted by tn G
General Assembly of the State
and is hereby enacted by the
authority OF the same, that from and
aftcr the passage of this act section
1857 of the code of Georgia be 80
amended as to insert after the word
"things" and before the word sssuch, .
in the tenth line thereof, the follow
ing clause, to-wit. Cor if any per
son after having entered into con-
tract with another shall obtain ad-
vances of money, goods, provisions,
or other articles of value, from his
or her employer until said advances
have been paid, and without sufi-
cient provocation shall leave the
service of said employer without
having either in money or labor, paid
the amount thus advanced, and for
which he or she may be in arrears.
Also,
By striking out after the word
punishment" in the eleventh line
thereof the words ''by fine or i'm
prisonment in the common jail of
the county, or both, at the discre-
ton of the court, and insert in lieu
thereof the words Gin accordance
with section 500 of the code of
Georgia" and also, by adding at the
end of said section the following
proviso, to wit; provided, That
upon trial of all persons violating
their contract of service as herein
set forth, the defendent shall be per
mitted to. prove as a complete JUS
tifcation Of his conduct that the EN-
ploJer failed to comply with his un-
dertaking in said contract, and by
reason thereof an abandonment of
his service was necessitated," so
that said section, when amended,
shall read as follows:
If any person by faulse represen-
tations of his own responsibility,
wealth or mercantile correspon-
dence and connections, shall obtain
credit, and thereby defraud any
person or persons Of any money
goods, chattels, or any other valua-
BILE thing; or if any person shall
cause or procure others to report
falsely of his honesty, responsibility
wealth or mercantile character, and
by thus imposing upon the credulity
ofany person or persons shall OBJ
tain credit and thereby fraudulent
ly get into possession of goods,
wares or mercandise, or any other
valuable thing or things; or if any
person, after having entered into
contract of service with another,
shall obtain advances of money,
goods, provisions or other articles
of value, from his or her employer,
under promise that he or she will
labor for their employer until said
advances have been paid, and with
out sufficient provocation shall leave
the service of said employer without
having paid either in money or la
Dor, the amount thus advanced, and
for which he or she may be in ar
rears, such person shall be deemed
cheat and swindler, and on con-
viction shall be punished in accor-
dance with section:4, 31O of the code
of Georgia; and such person shall
er.be compelled by the order
and sentence of the court to restore
to the party injured the property SO
fraudulently obtained. if it can be
done: Provided, That upon the
trial of all persons violating their
contracts of service as herein SET
forth, the defendent shall be per-
mitted to prove as n complete JUS
tifcation of his condnct that the
employer failed to comply with his
undertakings in said contract, and
by reason thereof an abandonment
of his service was necessitated.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act, be and the
same is hereby, repealed.
Mr.. II. w. Tiffins BULL's CREEK,
GA, says: my wife recovered
very quickly from malaria and bill
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