Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-13
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they are hereby, repealed; and this
act shall take effect Immediately upon
its approval.
AS TO CONCEALED WEAPONS.
Section l. Any person carrying a
pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, metal
knuckles, razor or other deadly weapon
usually used for the infiction Of per-
sonal injury concealed about his per-
son shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof before a
court of competent jurisdiction shall
forfeit to the county the weapon so car
ried concealed and be fined in the sum
of not more that 500 and not less than
500 or be imprisoned at hard labor not
more than 80 nor less than 10 days, in
the discretion of the court. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
apply to persons carrying concealed
weapons upon their own premises.
Sec. 2. In every indictment for muir
der, manslaughter, assault and assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature, assault and assault and battery
with intent to kill, and in every case
where the crime is charged to have
been com nitted with deadly weapon
of the character specified in the first
section, there shall be a special count
in said Indictment for carrying con-
cealed weapons, and the jury shall be
required to. find a verdict on such
special count; and all cases embraced
in this section, including the carrying
of the weapons, shall be in the exclu-
sive jurisdiction of the court of gener.
al sessions: Provided, that one-half
the fine shall 60 to the free school
fund of the county and the other half
to the pension fund of said county.
Sec. g.. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
TRUSTS AND COMBINATIONS.
Section l. That from and after the
passage of this act, all arrangements,
contracts, agreements, trust or combl-
nations between two or more persons
as individuals, firms or corporations,
made with a view to lessen, or which
tends to lessen, full and free competi-
ton in the importation or sale of arti-
cles imported into this state, or in the
manufacture or sale of articles of do
mestic growth or of domestic raw ma
terial, and all arrangements, contracts,
agreements, trusts or combinations be-
tween persons or corporations designed
or which tend to advance, reduce or
control the price or the cost to the
producer or to the consumer of any
such product or article, are hereby de-
clared to be against public policy, un'
lawful and void.
SEQ. ., Whenever complaint is made
upon sufficient affidavit or affidavits
showing prima facie case of violation
of the provisions of the first section OF
this act by any corporation, domestic
or foreign, it shall be the duty of the
attorney general to begin an action
against such domestic corporation to
forfeit its charter, and in case such vio-
lation shall be established the court
shall adjudge the charter of such cor
poration TO be forfeited, and such cor
poration shall be dissolved, and its
charter shall cease and determine and
in the case of such showing as to a
foreign corporation an action shall be
begun by the attorney general in said
court against such corporation to de.
termine the truth of such charge; and
in case such charge shall be considered
established, the effect of the judgment
of the court shall be to deny to such
corporation the recognition of its cor
porate existence in any court of law or
equity in this state. But nothing in
this section shall be, construed TO affect
any right of action then existing
against such corporation.
Sec. 8. Any violation of the provis.
ion of this act shall be deemed and
is hereby declared to be destructive
of full and free competition and a con-
spiracy against trade, and any person
or persons who may engage in any
such conspiracy, or who shall, as prin-
cipal, manager, director or agent, or
in any other capacity, knowingly car
ry out any of the stipulations, pur-
poses, prices, rates, or orders made
in futherance of such conspiracy, shall
on conviction be punished by fine
of not less than one hundred dollars
or more than five thousand dollars,
and by Imprisonment in the penitenti-
ary not less than six months or more
than ten years, or in the judgment of
the court by either such fine or such
Imprisonment.
Sec. 4. That any person or persons
or corporation that may be injured or
damaged by any such arrangement.
contract, agreement, trust, or combl-
nation described in section of this
act, may sue for and recover, in any
court of competent Jurisdiction, the
full consideration or sum paid by him
or them for any goods, wares, mer-
chandise or articles the sale of which
is controlled by such combination or
trust.
Sec. 5. That any and all persons
may be compellable to testify in any
action or prosecution under this act:
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