The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-02-04
new LABOR Law
As 1t Passed the House on Last
Thursday Morning
IN PLACE OF OLD LAW

Which Has Been Declared Unconstitu-
tional By Both Federal and State
Courts-it Has Been Designed to
Stand the Test of the Courts and
to Regulate the Labor on the
Farms.
Besides killing the prohibition bill
the House Thursday acted on another
very important measure, passing to
third reading without debate the bill
prepared by the judiciary committee
providing a labor contract system to
take the place of the law declared
unconstitutional by both Federal and
State courts. The full text Of the
bill as it passed the House as fol-
lows:
Section 1. That any person who
shall hereafter contract with another
to render him personal service Of any
kind, and shall thereafter fraudulent
~, or with malicious intent to in1ure
his employer, fail or refuse to rem
der such service as agreed upon, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
Section 2. That any person who
shall hereafter contract to secure
from another personal service of any
kind and to compensate him there
for. and shall thereafter fraudulent
ly, or with malicious intent to in
jure his employee. fail or refuse to
vscure such service or to make COM
pensation as agreed upon shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor.
Section 8. That the failure Of
either party to such contract to per-
form the obligations assumed by him
hereunder. without sufficient cause
and to the injury Of the other, shall
be prima facie evidence. in prosecu-
tons under sections l and 2 that he
violated such contract fraudently and
with malicious intent to injure the
other party.
Section 4. That any person who
shall hereafter contract with another
to render personal service of any
kind to him, and shall thereafter
fraudulently and with malicious in
tent to injure the employer, produce
advances in money or other things
of value from him, with intent not
to render the service agreed upon,
and who shall thereafter with like
intent fail or refuse to perform the
service agreed upon, shall be deem
ed guilty Of a misdemeanor. Proof
of the fact that the employee enter
ed into the contract, without sufii-
cient cause to the injury of the en-
ployer, shall be prima facie evidence
of the offence herein described and
declared misdemeanor
Section 5. That any person who
shall hereafter contract with anoth-
er to receive from him personal SER
vice Of any kind, to compensate him
therefor and to make advances to
him and shall thereafter fraudulent
" and with intent to injure the
employee secure the benefit OF such
service in whole or in part, and with
like intent fail or refuse to make
the compensation or advances agreed
upon, shall be deemed guilty Of a
misdemeanor. Proof Of the fact that
the employer entered into the con-
tract, received the benefit Of the
employees service, in whole or ID
part, and failed to make the compen-
sation or advances agreed upon, with
out sufficient cause, to the injury of
the employer, shall be prima facie evi
dence of the offense herein described
and declared misdemeanor.
Section 6. The contracts referred
to in this act may be either verbal
or in writing; if in writing they must
be executed with the formalities re-
ouired by section 355 Of the Code,
A. D., 1902; if verbal, they must be
witnessed by at least two disinter-
ested witnesses; and the terms of
the service contracted for must not
exceed one year.
Section Z. That upon conviction
ir a court of competent jurisdiction
of any person charged with any vio-
lation of this act, the person so con-
yicted shall be punished by a line
not exceeding S100, or by imprison-
ment not exceeding 80 days for each
offense.
Section s. That this act is not in
tended and shall not be construed to
protect any of the parties to, or pun
ish the violator Of, any contract or
matter connected herewith, where
the inducement or consideration OF
such contract is money or other
thing Of value advanced to the en-
ployee prior to the actual commence
ment of service Hereunder All such
contracts are hereby prohibited ami
declared null and void.
Section 9. That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act Dc
and the same are hereby repeated.
Section 10. that this act shall &c
into effect Immediately upon ap'
proval by the governor.
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