The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-03-04
NEW CONTRACT LAW
As Il Finally Passed the LsgIsIa-
ture On Last Day.

Farmers and Others interested i
This Law Should Read it Owe
Carefully.
) Among the few important acts o
| general application passed by th
legislature which has just completes
its strictly legislative duties is tha
on the subject Of farm labor, whicl
reads as follows:
Section /. That any person wht
shall hereafter contract with anothe
to render him personal service Of an,
kind, and shall thereafter fraudu
llently, or with malicious intent t
injure his employer. fail or refuse K
render such servtcs as agreed upon
shall be deemed guilty OF misde
Imeanor.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall
hereafter contract to receive from an
other personal service Of any kind
and to compensate him therefor, anc
shall thereafter fraudently, or with
malicious intent to injure his en-
ploye, fall or refuse to make com
pensation as agreed upon shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor.
Sec. 8. That the failure of either
party to such contract to perform the
obligation assumed by him thereun.
der, without sufficient cause, and tc
the injury Of the other shall be prima
facie evidence, in prosecutions under
sections 1 and 2, that he violated
such contract fraudently and with
malicious intent tc' injure the other
party.
Sec. 4. That any person who shall
hereafter contract with another to
render personal seryi-e Of any kind
to him, and shall thereafter fraudent-
~, or with malicious intent to injure
the employer, procure 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 deemed guilty Of a
mtsdemeanor. Proof Of the fact that
the employe entered into the con-
tract, procured advances, and failed
or refused to complete the contract,
without sufficient cause, to the injury
Of the employer, shall be prima facie
evidence Of the offense herein de-
scribed and declared a misdemeanor.
Sec. 5. That any person who shall
hereafter contract with another to re-
ceiTe from him personal service OF
any kind, to compensate him there
for, and to make advances to him,
and shall, thereafter fraudently, or
with malicious intent to injure the
empIoye, receive the beneft OF such
service, in whole or IN part, and with
like intent fail or refuse to make
th compensation or advances agreed
upon shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
demeanor. Proof Of the fact that
the employer entered into the con-
tract, received the benefit Of the en-
ploye's services, in whole Or IL part,
and failed to make the compensation
agreed upon, without sufficient
cause, to the injury Of the enploye,
shall be prirna facie evidence OF the
otrense herein described and dec!ar-
ed misdemeanor.
Sec. s. The contracts referred to
in this Act may be either verbal or
in writing; they must be executed
with the formalities required by Sec.
ton 355, Criminal Code, A. D. 1902;
II verbal, they must be witnessed by
at least two disinterested witnesses,
OF related by blood or marriage with
in the sixth degree, to either party;
and the term Of service contracted
for must be for a definite time, not
exceeding one year. All such con-
tracts shall be valid only between the
original parties thereto; and any at
tempted transfer OF assignment OF
any rights Hereunder shall be null
and void.
Sec. 7. That If either party to any
written contract herein referred tc
desires to avail himself Of the bene'
fits of this Act against third parties
he shall cause the same to be 1ndexec
in the Office Of the Register Of Mesne
Conyeyances or the clerk OF the
Court (where the Office Of Register
of Mesne Conveyance does not ex'
ist) of the county IL which said IL
Dor or service is to be performed
within ten days from the date o.
the contract; and such indexing shall
constitute notice to all third parties
Such index shall show the names o.
the employer and the laborer, the
date Of the contract and date OF 1t:
termination, and the location anc
name Of the place or places whereor
the said service or labor is to be per
formed. The clerk Of the court, o.
the Register OF Mesne Conveyances
as the case may be, shall end rse nj
official certificate, and the date o
i fling to be indexed upon every suci
contract fled under the provision
of this Act and his only fee for tn
! same shall be five cents for eacl
contract. And the clerks Of cour
or Registers of Conveyances, as tn
case may be, in all the counties o
the State, shall provide a book TO
indexing such contracts, which shal
be plainly labeled Index Labor Con
tracrs.'
Sec. 8. That upon conviction in
court OF competent jurisdiction 0
any person charged with any viola
ton Of this Act, the person so con
victed shall be punished by fine nc
less than twenty-five dollars and nc
exceeding one hundred dollars, or b
Imprisonment not less than twent
DAYS and not exceeding thirty day
for each offense: Provided, That thel
shall be no prosecution under th;
Act unless the arrest warrant shall b
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