The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12
THE ANTI-PINKERTON BILL.

Following Il the text Of the anti Pinksfton
bill. passed By the last Legislature. vetoed BY
Charley Laughton and passed By the present.
Legislature over the veto:
Be 4 enacted &C.:
sEcTIOS l. IL snail hereafter b unlawful 1Ot
any person, firm, company, corporation OF 1850:
citation, either resident within the state Of
Washington or doing business therein, to EN-.
ploy any person or persons, or to cause 20 % en-
pioye0 any person or persons. or 20 permit 20 %
employed or used for or on their behalf. or q
ali. any person or persons to act - Suaros. OF
ncera, detectives or otherwise or at all. Tor tne
purpose Of putting down strikes. suPprossne
riots or disorders, protecting his. their or ~
properties or employees, or for any other purpose
Whatsoever within the state OF Warrington.
Sec No person or persons, firm, associa-
ton, company or corporation shali hereaiter
bring into the state OF Washington, OF employ
within the state. or keeper harbor within this
state, any person or persons known - the RINK
ertOn detectives, or any other detectave OF oe-
tectives Whatsoever. for the purpose OF putting
their employees or illuminating any person or
persons whatever, or for the purpose OF protect
ing his, their or its properties. or Tor any osnet
section, every person shall be included who 10
employed BY any other person or persons. hrm.
company. association or corporation for the pur-
pOss Of scsins =. sr.ra or su:rd, f sss sue On
ct any place within this state. Ana
no sheriff. deputy sheriff, conetable or other
omcer charged with executing the laws OF snls
state shall ct any time or place, or Unoer any
circumstances, employ - deputies or call TO acs
on any posse c0rlitatus any emptoye OF the
Pinksrton detective agency or OF any other DE-
acting a. . detective. And no person shall BE-
permitted BY any such sheriff, deputy shefin.
constable or other officer to server ~ his deputy
or on any posse comitatus which may be called
by such officer, whether such person be . resi-
dent of the county or not.
Sec. s Every person or persona. nrm. COM
pany, association or corporation violating any
provision of section I or Of this act shali b
deemed guilty OF . misdemeauor, and upon con.
yiction thereof shall b fined In any sum not
less than i've hundred Cs50O) dollars nor more
onmsnt in the county jail not less than thirty
days nor moro than one year.
Sec. Nothing in this act shall be 90 CON.
etrued - to prevent OF excuse any citizen Q. any
comisatus OF the county. when properly called
thereon BY the sheriff Of such county. unless
such person 90 called come within the inhioi.
ton contained In section OF this act
Sec. s. II any such person - IL inhibited IN
section or section OF this act shall b ON.
ployed contrary to the proviaions Of this act
sons within the state of Washington, or shall
attempt to serve any process either criminal or
civil, while 90 employed, contrary TO the pro.
visions Of this act, upon any person OF psssons
tempt 20 o. perform upon or against any
person or persons within this state anv Of the
acts or things prohibited by this act, IL snail
be lawful to resist such attempt and to use all
necessary and proper force therefor: and no
peFson so resisting and using therefor al
necessary force shall be deemed guilty Of any
offsnse against any law of this state And IT
shall be . complete defense in any court OF
this state to any charge OF assault, assault ana
battery, assault with deadly weapon. assault
with deadly weapon with intent TO commit e.
Yious bodily injury, assault with intent to Kill,
murder In the second degree or
murder in the first degree. that the person or
persons charged with such ofenso committed
the act charged a. such ofYsnse while resisting
ton or Of this oct from attempting 70 serve
any process upon them or In attempting TO do
any other act or thing prohibited By said sec-
tiono and