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against defendants upon conviction of
a misdemeanor.

against defendants upon conviction of
a misdemeanor.
Sec. 8. If any two or more persons
or corporation, who are engaged in
buying or selling any article of COM
merce, manufacture, mechanism, mer-
chandlse, commodity, convenience, re.
pair, any product of mining or any ar
ticle or thing whatsoever, shall enter
into any pool, trust, agreement, combi-
nation, confederation, ASSOCIATION or
understanding to control or limit the
trade in any such article or thing; or to
limit competition in such trade by re.
fusing to buy from or sell TO any per-
son or corporation any such article or
thing aforesaid, for the reason that
such otEer person or corporation is not
member OF or party to such pool,
trust, agreement, combination, con-
| federation, association or understand.
] ing; nr shall boycott or threaten any
pers or corporation, for buying from
or selling to any other person or cor
poration who Is not II member of or a
party to such "ool, trust, agreement,
combination, Moderation, associa-
tion or understa. any such al ticle
or thing aforesaid, it shall be viola
tion of this act; and any person, firm,
corporation or association of p rsons,
committing such violation shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a con.
spiracY to defraud, and shall be sub
ject to the penalties prescribed in this
act.
Sec. 6. Any corporation created or
organized by or un'ler tho laws of this
State which shall violate any of the
provisions of the preceding sections of
this act shall hereby forfeit its corpo-
rate rights and franchises; and its cor
porate existence shall, upon the proper
proofs being made thereof in any court
of competent jurisdiction in the State,
be by the court declared forfeited, void
and of none effect, and shall thereupon
cease and determine; and any corpora
tion created or organized by or under
the law of any other State or country
which shall violate any Of the provi-
sions of the preceding sections of this
act, shall thereby forfeit its right and
privilege thereafter to do any business
in this State; and upon proper proof |
being made thereof in any court of |
competent jurisdiction in this State,
its rights and privileges to do business |
in this Stat shall be declared forfeited;
and in all proceedings to have such
declared, proof that any per-
son who has been acting as agent of
such foreign corporation in transact
ing its business in this State has been,
while acting as such agent and In the
name, behalf or interest of such for
eign corporation, violating any pro.
visions Uf the preceding sections of
this act, shall be received as prima
facie proof of the act of the corpora
ton itself; and it shall be the duty of
The clerk of said court TO certify the de-
cree thereof to the Secretary of State.
Sec. z. II shall be the duty of the
General and the prosecuting
attorney of each circuit where the Of
Tense is committed, respectively, to en-
force the provisions of this act. The
prosecuting attorney or solicitor shall
institute and conduct all suits begun
IN the circuit courts, and upon appeal
he Attorney General shall prosecute
said suits in the supreme court.
Sec. 8. The provisions of the fore
going sections, and the pains and pen
aitles provided for violations of this
,ct shall be held and construed to be
to all laws now in force in
his State: And provided, That the pro-
visions of this act shall not exempt
from punishment or forfeiture any
persons, firm, association of persons or
corporations, who may have violated
Or offended against any law now in
existence that may be or may be con-
'trued to be repealed by this act or in
conflict herewith: And provided, fur
her, That nothing in this act shall be
deemed or construed to effect any suits
Or prosecutions now pending or here
after to be instituted upon any course
Of action, forfeiture or penalty accru-
ing or to accrue prior TO the date of the
taking effect of this act, but all such
rights to maintain, institute or prose-
cute all such causes of action arc here
by reserved to the State in the same
and with the same effect as if |
this law had not been passed.