The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1906-08-17
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the agreed price and the market price
at the time of settlement.
Provided that nothing herein CON
tanned shall be construed to apply to
transactions by mail or wire between
persons in this State and persons out
side this State where the person out
side this State is not represented in
this State by any broker, agent or at
tOrney in said transaction.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
every person who shall become a
party to any such contracts or
agreement as is by this act made I'M
lawful, and every person who shall,
as agent directly or indirectly, parti-
cipate in making or furthering or eff
fectuating the same, and every agent
or officer of any corporation who shall
in any way knowingly aid in making
or furthering any such contract or
agreement, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor.
Sec. I. Be it further enacted, That
no person shall be excused on any
prosecution under this act from testi-
flying touching anything done by him
self, or others, contrary to the prOVi-
siOns of this act; but any discovery
made by a witness upon such exami-
nation, shall not be used against him
in any penal or criminal prosecution,
and he shall be altogether pardoned
of the Offense so done or participated
in by him.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
III all prosecutions under this act,
proof that defendent was party
to a contract, as agent or principal, to
buy or sell and deliver any article,
or property, specified or named in this
act, or that he was the agent, directly
Il.
furthing or calculating the same, or
that he was the agent or officer of any
corporation or association of persons
in making furthering or calculating
the same, and that the article,
thing or property agreed to be sold
and delivered, and that settlement
was made, or agreed to be made, up
on a difference in value of the said
article, thing or property, shall con-
! stitute such defendant prima facie
evidence of guilt of the offenses pro-
hibited i'll Sections ? and of this act.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
proof that anything of value agreed
to be sold and delivered was not act
ually, and that one of the parties to
such agreement deposited or secured,
or agreed to deposit or secure, what
are commonly called margins, -
of contract declared unlawful by the
terms of this act.
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted, That
proof that any person, association of
persons or corporation, either as prin-
cipal or agent, has established an
office or place where are posted or
published from information received
the fluctuating prices of cotton, grain,
provisions, stocks, bonds or other
commodity or thing of value, or either
of them, shall constitute prima facie
evidence of guilt of the offense or Of
lenses prOhi bited in Section 1 of this
act.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, That
this act shall not be so construed as
to prevent or to render unlawful the
posting or publishing of market quota
tions or prices or commodities, stocks,
bonds and securities by any regularly
organized commercial exchange, or
other bona fide trade organization,
where no purchase or sale for future
delivery on margin is permitted
That no person or corporation com
hitting any of the acts or things pro-