Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-25

torney or attorney general. Of all other
business. civil and criminal. except cases
where the defendants are IN jail
Sec H. Each corporation, copartner-
ship, firm or individual who may be the
owner or lessee Of q patent TO any ma
chinery intended, used or designed for
manufacturing any raw materials or
preparing the same for market by any
wrapping baling or other process, who
shall lease. rent or operate the same in
their own name and refuse or fail TO put
the same ON the market for sale shall be
adiudged a monopoly and subject 10 all
the pains and penalties provided in this
act
Sec H. The sale delivery OF DISPOSE
ton Of any Of the articles, commodities
or things hereinbefore mentioned by any
individual. company or corporation
transacting business contrary 20 the pro-
visions cf this act within this state or
elsehere, is hereby declared 10 be unlaw-
full and contrary 10 public policy, and
the purchaser Of any article or commod-
ity from any such offending individual
company or corporation shall not be liza
ble for the price of payment, whether
the purchase was made directly from
the individual, company OF corporation
10 unlawfully iransacting business, or
indirectly from one who acted for such
individual. company or corporation as
agent representative. solicitor or can
vasseri and provided further that where
any money or other thing Of value Is
paid TO such individual, company or cor
poration 80 unlawfully transac,ing BUSH
ness. is agent, representative, solicitor
orcanyasser, the person paying the same
may recover back the amount Of money
or the value Of the thing ~ paid.
Sec. H. The following corporations,
coparinerships. firms or individuals are
also adiudged monopoly and subject
10 all the pains and penalties provided
In this act
Every corporation. copartnership, firm
or individual which may gather items
Of news or press dispatches for sale to
newspapers. and which shall refuse 10
sell said items Of news or press dispatch
IS 20 more than one newspaper 10 a stat
ed number Of inhabitants in any city,
town or subdivision Of the state Of Texas
or within certain radius Of territory.
Every association Of newspapers form.
ed for the purpose Of exchanging items
Of news and press dispatches which may
require It's members under pain Of for
feitiug their membership, that they do
not sell to or exchange with newspaper.
not members Of said association any
item or press dispatches
Sec a. The provisions Of the forego'
ing sections. and the pains and penal
ties provided for violations Of this act
shall be- held and construed 10 be- cum
ulative % all laws now Ia force In thi.
state Aud provided that the provis
ion. Of this act shall not exempt from
punishment or forfeiture any PERSON
firm association Of persons or corpora
ton, who may have violated or offended
against any law now In existence tha
may be-, or may be- construed 10 be- 70
pealed by this act or in conflict here
with And provided further. that.noth
ing In this act shall be- deemed or con
strued 10 affect any suits or prosecution
now pending or hereafter 10 DO institut
cd upon any cause o. action. forfeitur,
or penalty accruiug or 10 accrue prior 4
the date Of taking effect Of this act, bu
all such rights 20 maintain institute OF
prosecute al such causes Of action ar
hereby reserved 10 the state, in th
same manner and with the same cifcc
~ II this law had not been passed
Provided further, that this act shall
take effect from and after Jan. 81, A. ID
! 1890
Sec ~ Emergency clause