The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1884-02-28
AN ACT for the better protection of cor.
tracts between Landlord and Tenant
Employer and Employee.


AN ACT for the better protection of cor.
tracts between Landlord and Tenant
Employer and Employee.
SEorroN |. Be = en,rte1 by the Legisla.
ture of the State of Mississippi, That any
person way o " 81, eLDlces, or persuadeS
any apprenu O, chlj OF servant to leav,
the service, or employment of his or hes
parent, guardian or employer, must OIL
conviction be fined not less than 10, NOE
more than 90 dollars.
SEQ. 2. Be it fu tner enacted, That any
person who knowingly interferes with,
hires, employs, entices, or induces to leave
the service or employment of another, am
tenant, laborer, or Employee, who has stip-
ulated or contracted Ia writing, or i'll tho
presence of two or more credible witnesses
not members of family of either contract
ing party, to serve for any given number of
days, weohs, lnontns, % Tor one year, be-
fore the expiration the term stipulated
or contracted for. such contract being in
force and binding upon the parties, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction must be fined in such sum
not less than twenty-five nor more than ons
hundred dollars, as the court or jury trying
the same may assess, and in no case less
than double the amount the injury sus.
tanned by the party whom such laborer,
employee or tenant was induced to leave.
SEQ. 8. Be it further enacted, That when
any laborer, tenant, apprentice or en-
ployee, having stipulated or contracted as
provided in the preceding sections, is after
wards found in the service or employment
of another before the termination of such
contract, that fact shall be held prima facie
evidence that such person is guilty of a
violation of those sections if he fails and
refuses to forthwith discharge such appren-
tice, laborer, tenant or employee after be-
ing notified and informed of such former
contract and employment.
SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted, That il any
employer having contracted in writing with
any employee to furnish him lands or sup
plies for himself and family, shall know
ingly, willfully, designedly or with intent
to dafraud such employee or discharge
such employee without good and sufficient
cause or refuse to furnish him according
to contract or to carry out his contract, be
shall be liable to said employee in such rea-
sonable damages as he may sustain in any
court having jurisdiction.
SIC. 5. Be it further enacted. That when
at any time any employee or tenant shall
leave his other employer or landlord before
the expiration of contract without lust
cause, said employee or tenant shall forfeit
all wages on crops due or belonging to him
or her; and Furthermore said employsr
shall have lien on all wages or crops OF
said employee or tenant earned or grown
by him or her during the time of original
contract until all Indebtedness Justly due
for advances of either supplies or money
made under contract aforesaid are pad;
and this lien shall be prior to all other liens
except public dues. Provided, that where
the employee or tenant has created q1ities
with the consent OF the landlord or en-
ployer to any person for supplies to raise
said crop, shall not bs forfeited By aay
abandonment of the tenant or employee.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, That this
act take effect aud be in force from thirty
days after its passage.
Passed House February 20, 1884.