The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-07-02


General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, That any person
who shall hereafter contract with
another to render to him personal
service of any kind, and shall there
after fraudulentlv,or with malicious
intent to injure his employer, fail or
refuse to render such service as
agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty
of mlsdemeanor.
Nisdemeanor to fail to employ after contract
Section 2. That any person who
shall hereafter contract to receive
from another personal service of any
kind, and to compensate him there
fore, and shall thereafter fraudu-
lently, or with malicious iutent to
injure his employee, fail or refuse to
receive such service or to make COM
pensation as agreed upon, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor.
Failure to perform to be prms facie evidence.
Section 3. That the failure of
either patty to such contract to per-
form the obligation assumed by him
Hereunder, without sufficient cause,
and to the injury of the other, shall
be prima facie evidence, in prosecu-
tions under Sections l and 2, that
he violated such contract fraudu
lently and with malicious intent to
lnjure the other party.
Misdemeanor 10 fraudulently fail to perform ser
vices after receiving advances.
Section 4. That any person who
shall hereafter contract with another
TO render personal service of any
kind to him, and shall thereafter
frsudulently, or with malicious IN
tent 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 misdemeanor. Proof of
the fact that the employee entered
into the contract,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 described and declared
a misdemeanor.
Misdemeanor to receive labor and not make ad-
vances or compensation.
Section 5. That any person
who shall hereafter contract with
another to receive from him person.
al service of any kind, to 'compen-
safe him therefore, and to make ad-
vances to him, and shall thereafter
fraudulently, or with malicious in
tent to injure the imployee, receive
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 misdemeauor.
Proof of the fact that the employer
entered into the contract, received
the benefit of the employees SER
vices, in whole or in part, and failed
to make the compensation or ad-
vances agreed upon, without suf-
fcient cause, to the injury of the
employee, shall be prima facie evi
dence of the offense herein described
and declared a misdemeanor..
Contracts may be either verbal or written.
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 formali-
ties required by Section 355, Crimi-
nal Code, A. D. 1902; if verbal, they
must be witnessed by at least two
disinterested witnesses, not related
by blood or marriage, within the
sixth degree, to either party, and the
term of service contracted must be
for definite time, not exceeding
one year. All such contracts shall