The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31
NEW LABOR LAW.
Judiciary Committee Makes Report
to the House of Represen-
tativeS.

ion Of the members, eHactuallv re-
medy conditions in the repeal Of the
old law declared unconstitutional by
both the United States and State
courts. There were a large number
Of bills introduced and from several
of these the ideas were obtained and
in order to avoid crow3ing toe cal
endar unfavorable reports were given
on these which were adopted by the
house.
The bill will come up for discus
I sion at an early date as several res
olutio1s calling for report from the
committee nave been introduced. The
provisions are as follows:
"Section l. That any person
who shall hereafter contract with
another to render nim personal SER
vice Of any kind and shall thereafter
fraudulantly, or with malicious IN
tent to i1jure his employer, fail or
refuse to render such service as
agreed upon. shall be deemed guilty
Of a misdemeanor.
"ISec. 2. That any person who shall
hereafter contract to receive from
another personal service Of any kind
and to compensate nim therefor and
shall thereafter fraudulently, or with
malicious intent to inju~e his EN-
ploye, fail or refuse to receive such
service or to make compensation as
agreed upon, shall he deemed guilty
of a 3nisdemeanor.
EtSec. 8. That the failure Of either
party to such contract to perform the
obligations assumed by him there
under, without sufficient cause ana
to the injury Of the other, shall be
prima facie evidence, in prosecutions
under sections l a1d 2, that he vlo-
lated such contract fraudulently and
with malicious intent to injure the
other party.
"See. 4. That any person who shall
hereafter contract with another to
render personal service Of any kind
to him and shall thereafter fraudu-
lently or with malicious intent to IN
iure the employer, procure advances
in money or other thing 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 mis-
demeanor. Proof of the fact that the
employe entered into the contract,
procured advances and failed or re-
fused to complete the contract Of the
employer, shall be priroa facie evl-
dence of the offense herein descrlb-
ed and declared a misdemeanor.
14Sec. 5. That any person who shall
hereafter conratct with another to
received from him personal service
of any kind, to compensate him there
for and to make advances to him and
shall thereafter fraudulently or with
malicious intent to injure the en-
ploye receive the benefit Of such Ser
vice in whole OF in part and with like
intent fail or refuse to make the COM
pensation or advances agreed upon,
shall be deemed guilty Of misde-
eanor. Proof Of the fact that the en-
ployer entered into the contract, re-
ceived the benefit Of the employees
services, in whole or in part. and fail
ed to make the compensation or ad-
vances agreed upon without sufficient
cause, to the INJURY Of the employe.
shall be prima facie evidence of the
offense herein described and declared
a misdemeanor.
Verbal or Written.
E'Sec. 6. The contracts referred to
in this act may be either verbal or in
writing: if in writing, they must he
executed with the fornalities requir-
ed by section 355, criminal code:
1902; if verbal, they must be wit
messed by at least two disinterested
witnesses; and the term Of service
contracted for must be for definite
time. not exceeding one year.
"Sec. 7. That upon conviction in a
court Of competent jurisdiction OF
any person, charged with any viola
ton of this act, the person so convict
ed shall be punished by fine not less
than $5C and not exceeding $1OO or
by imprisonment not less than 20
days ard not exceeding 50 days for
each offense.
Those CONTRACTS Forbidden
".Sec. s. That this act is not IN
tended and shall not he construed to