SEC. 5509. Any person, who employs any immigrant, or otherwise Enticing entices him from his employer, in violation of the contract of such immi- migrant. grant, must, on conviction, be fined in a sum not less than the amount of wages for the unexpired term of the contract, and may be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, at the discretion of the jury, for not more than three months.

CHAPTER 192.—Repayment of advances made by employers.

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SECTION 5510. Any immigrant, who abandons or leaves the service of Employer's adan employer without repaying all passage money and all other advances, vances to be repaid. must, on conviction, be fined in a sum not more than double the amount of wages for the unexpired term of service, and imprisoned not longer than three months, or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than three months, at the discretion of the jury.

CHAPTER 192.—Intimidation of employees, etc.

SECTION 5511. Any person, who, by force or threats of violence to Preventing emperson or property, prevents or seeks to prevent another from doing ployment, etc. work or furnishing materials, or from contracting to do work or furnish materials, for or to any person engaged in any lawful business, or who disturbs, interferes with, or prevents or in any manner attempts to prevent the peaceable exercise of any lawful industry, business, or calling by any other person, must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than twelve months.

CHAPTER 192.-Seats for female employees.

SECTION 5512. Any person, owning or controlling a store or shop in Seats to be prowhich any female is employed as a clerk or saleswoman, who fails to vided. provide such female with proper accommodations for sitting and resting when not actively engaged in the work of her employment, or who fails to permit her to do so when not so engaged, must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars.

CHAPTER 195.-Sunday labor.

SECTION 5542. Any person, who compels his child, apprentice, or servant to perform any labor on Sunday, except the customary domestic duties of daily necessity or comfort, or works of charity;

* or who, being a merchant or shopkeeper, druggist excepted, keeps open store on that day, must for the first offense, be fined not less than ten, nor more than twenty dollars, and, for the second, or any subsequent offense, must be fined not less than twenty, nor more than one hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than three months; but the provisions of this section do not apply to the running Exceptions. of railroads, stages, or steamboats, or other vessels navigating the waters of this State, or any manufacturing establishment which requires to be kept in constant operation.

ACTS OF 1898-99.

ACT No. 917.-Mine regulations.

(Page 86.)

Foremen in

SECTION 1. The chief mine inspector shall, upon application by the owner or operator of mines in which not more than twenty men are small mines. employed, grant permission for such owner, operator, or some suitable person recommended by the operator, to act as foreman in such mines, and no examination shall be required of said foreman: Provided, That this act shall not apply to the counties of Bibb, Etowah, St. Clair, Jefferson, Walker, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Shelby, Cullman and Madison.

Wages to be paid first.

Counterfeiting, etc., unlawful.

Penalty.

Copies to filed.

Age limit.

Certificate age required.

Night work.

be

of

ACT No. 766.-Wages preferred-In receiverships.

(Page 100.)

SECTION 1. Whenever a receiver of a corporation created or organized under the laws of this State, and doing business in this State, other than insurance and banking corporations, shall be appointed, the wages of all classes of employees, operators and laborers thereof shall be preferred to every other debt or claim against such corporation, and shall be paid by the receiver from the moneys of such corporation which shall first come into his hands.

ACTS OF 1900-1901.

ACT No. 731.-Trade marks, etc., of trade unions.

(Page 1790.)

SECTION 1. Whenever any union or association of workingmen shall adopt and use and shall file in the office of the secretary of state, as hereinafter provided, any label or device for the purpose of designating and distinguishing any goods, wares, or merchandise or other product of labor as having been made, manufactured, produced, or prepared by such association or union of workingmen or by a member or members of such association or union, it shall be unlawful for any person to counterfeit or imitate such label or device or to alter such counterfeit or imitation or to attach such label or device, or any counterfeit or imitation thereof, to any goods, wares, merchandise, or other product of labor without the consent of such association or union, and any person who counterfeits or imitates such label or device or alters such counterfeit or attaches such label or device or any counterfeit or imitation thereof to any goods, wares, or merchandise, or other product of labor without the consent of such association or union, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

SEC. 2. Before such label or device shall be entitled to the protection hereby afforded, such association or union of workingmen shall file a copy or facsimile of such label or device in the office of the secretary of state, and shall pay a fee of one dollar for such filing.

ACTS OF 1903.

ACT No. 57.-Employment of children.

(Page 68.)

SECTION 1. No child under the age of twelve (12) years shall be employed in or about any factory or manufacturing establishment within this State unless a widowed mother or aged or disabled father is dependent upon the labor of such child, or in case a child is an orphan and has no other means of support. No child under the age of ten (10) years shall be so employed under any circumstances.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any factory or manufacturing establishment to hire or to employ any child unless there is first provided and placed on file in the office of such employer an affidavit signed by the parent or guardian or person standing [in] parental relation thereto, certifying the age and date of birth of said child; any person knowingly furnishing a false certificate of the age of such child shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be brought before some justice of the peace or other court or officer having jurisdiction_for trial, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, or be sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding three months.

SEC. 3. No child under the age of thirteen (13) years shall be employed at labor or detained in any factory or manufacturing establishment in this State between the hours of 7 p. m. and 6 a. m. standard time, and no child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be so emHours of labor. ployed or detained between said hours for more than forty-eight hours

in any one week; and no child under the age of twelve shall be employed or detained in any factory or manufacturing establishment for more than sixty-six (66) hours in any one week.

SEC. 4. Any person, persons or corporation or representative of such Penalty. corporation who violates any of the provisions of this act, or who willfully or knowingly suffers or permits any child to be employed in violation of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than ($200) two hundred dollars.

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ACT. No. 229.—Children laboring to support parent in idleness.

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(Page 244.)

out

minor children.

SECTION 1. * Any person who is able to work, and who does Hiring not work but hires out his minor children and lives upon their wages; is hereby declared to be a vagrant and must on conviction be fined not more than five hundred ($500) dollars and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months: Provided, That it shall be a sufficient Proviso. defense to the charge of vagrancy under any of the provisions of this act that the defendant has made bona fide efforts to obtain employment at reasonable prices for his labor, and has failed to obtain the The provisions of this act shall not apply to persons who are

same.

idle under strike orders or lockouts.

ACT No. 329.-Boycotting, blacklisting, etc.

(Page 281.)

SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for two or more persons to conspire Conspiracy. together for the purpose of preventing any person, persons, firm or corporation from carrying on any lawful business within the State of

Alabama, or for the purpose of interfering with the same.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to go near to Picketing, etc. or loiter about the premises or place of business, of any person, firm or corporation engaged in a lawful business, for the purpose of influencing or inducing others not to trade with, buy from, sell to or have business dealings with such person, firm or corporation, or to picket the works or place of business of such other person, firm or corporation for the purpose of interfering with or injuring any lawful business or enterprise: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent any person from soliciting trade or business for a competitive business.

SEC. 3. It shall be unlawful to print or circulate any notice of boy- Boycotting. cott, boycott cards, stickers, dodgers or unfair lists, publishing or declaring that a boycott or ban exists or has existed or is contemplated against any person, firm or corporation doing a lawful business, or publishing the name of any judicial officer or other public official upon any blacklist, unfair list or other similar list because of any lawful act or decision of such official.

SEC. 4. It shall be unlawful to use force, threats or other means of Threats, etc. intimidation to prevent any person from engaging in any lawful occupation at any place he or she sees fit.

SEC. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to Blacklisting. maintain a blacklist or to notify any other firm or corporation that any person has been blacklisted by such person, firm or corporation, or to use any other similar means to prevent such persons from receiving employment. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this act must, on conviction, pay a fine of not less than fifty ($50) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500) dollars, or to be imprisoned not to exceed sixty days hard labor for the county.

ACT No. 405.-Emigrant agents.

(Page 344.)

Penalty.

License

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SECTION 1. From and after the approval of this act no person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State with [without] quired. having first obtained a license therefor from the State auditor.

Thirty days'

empted, when.

SEC. 2. The terms “Emigrant agent" as contemplated in this act, shall be construed to mean any person engaged in hiring laborers or soliciting emigrants in this State to be employed beyond the limits of

the same.

SEC. 3. Any person shall be entitled to a license which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the State treasury for the use of the State of five hundred dollars in each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants for each year so engaged.

SEC. 4. Any person doing the business of an emigrant agent without having first obtained such license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars or may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than four months nor more than one year for each and every offense within the discretion of the court.

ACT No. 480.-Protection of employees as voters.

(Page 457.)

SECTION 53. Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge or to lessen the remuneration of an employee or to influence his vote in any election or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by himself or another of an employee's ballot, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars.

SEC. 54. Any officer or agent of a corporation or other person with authority to discharge employees, who shall attempt by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge or to lessen his remuneration any such employee to influence his vote in any election or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by himself or another of any employee's ballot shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars.

ARIZONA.

REVISED STATUTES OF 1901.

CIVIL CODE.

TITLE 6.-Exemption of wages from garnishment.

SECTION 388. Earnings for personal services rendered at any time earnings ex-within thirty days next preceding the service of the writ shall not be subject to garnishment when it shall be made to appear by the affidavit of the debtor or otherwise that such earnings are necessary for the support of his family, supported wholly or in part by his labor.

Two hours allowed.

Proviso.

Penalty.

TITLE 20.-Time to vote to be allowed employees, etc.

SECTION 2349. Any person entitled to vote at a general election held within this Territory shall, on the day of such election, be entitled to absent himself from any service or employment at which he is then engaged or employed for a period of two hours between the time of opening and the time of closing the polls; and such voter shall not, because of so absenting himself, be liable to any penalty, nor shall any deduction be made on account of such absence from his usual salary or wages: Provided, however, That application shall be made for such leave of absence prior to the day of election. The employer may specify the hours during which such employee may absent himself as aforesaid. Any person or corporation who shall refuse to an employee the privilege hereby conferred, or who shall subject an employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of the exercise of such privilege, or who shall, directly or indirectly, violate the provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 77 [confinement in county jail for not less than one month or more than six months].

TITLE 32.-Exemption of wages from attachment, etc.

SECTION 2732. The earnings of the debtor for his personal services Thirty days' for thirty days next preceding the date of the levy, when it shall be earnings exempted, when. made to appear by the debtor's affidavit or otherwise that such earnings are necessary for the use of his family, residing in this Territory, supported wholly or partly by his labor, shall be exempt [from attachment or execution].

TITLE 35.-Right of action for injuries-Liability of employers.

SECTION 2764. Whenever the death of any person shall be caused by Right of action wrongful act, neglect or default and the act, neglect or default is such accrues, when. as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action to recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who or the corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to murder in the first or second degree or manslaughter.

SEC. 2765. Every such action shall be brought by and in the name of the personal representative of such deceased person: And, provided, That the father, or in the case of his death or desertion of his family, the mother, may maintain the action for the death of a child, and the guardian for the death of his ward; and the amount recovered in every such action shall be distributed to the parties and in the proportions provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal estate left by persons dying intestate.

Who may sue.

SEC. 2766. In every such case the jury shall give such damages as Damages. they shall deem fair and just, not exceeding five thousand dollars, and the amount so recovered shall not be subject to any debts or liabilities of the deceased: Provided, That every such action shall be com

menced within one year after the death of such deceased person. If Limitation. the defendant in any such action die pending the suit, his executor or administrator may be made a party and the suit be prosecuted to judgment as though such defendant had continued alive. The judgment in such case, if rendered in favor of the plaintiff, shall be paid in due course of administration.

servants.

SEC. 2767. Every corporation doing business in the Territory of Acts of fellowArizona, shall be liable for all damages done to any employee in consequence of any negligence of its agents or employees to any person sustaining such damage: Provided, Such corporation has had previous notice of the incompetency, carelessness or negligence of such agent or employee.

TITLE 40.-Wages preferred—In assignments, administration, etc.

assign

SECTION 2928. In all assignments of property made by any person Wages to be to trustees or assigns on account of the inability of such person at the paid first. time of his assignment, to pay his debts, or in proceedings in insolvency, the wages of the miners, mechanics, salesmen, clerks or laborers, employed by such person, to the amount of two hundred dollars each, and for services rendered within sixty days previous to any such assignment, are and shall be, preferred claims, and shall be paid by such trustee, receiver or assignee, before any other creditor or credit- In ors of such assignor: Provided, That such claims shall be filed with ments. such trustee, receiver or assignor [assignee], duly verified by the oath of such creditor, or by some person for him, and notice of such filing be served in writing on such assignor, or on some one acting for him, within five days after the filing of the same, with such receiver, trustee or assignee, or by filing with such trustee, receiver or assignee, said notice in writing for said assignor, and the leaving of said notice with said assignee, trustee or receiver, shall be deemed sufficient notice for such assignor.

SEC. 2929. In case of the death of an employer the wages of each miner, mechanic, salesman, clerk, servant and laborer for services

H. Doc. 733, 58-2-8

Proviso.

In administra

tion.