§ 11-3-202 — False statements or blacklists to prevent employment prohibited

(a) (1) In this state, every person who shall send or deliver, make or cause to be made for the purpose of being delivered or sent, part with the possession of any paper, letter, or writing, with or without a name signed thereto, sign with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark, or other designation, or publish or cause to be published any false statement for the purpose of preventing another person from obtaining employment in this state or elsewhere shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) Every person who shall blacklist any person by writing, printing, or publishing, or causing any of these things to be done, the name or any mark or designation representing the name of any person in any paper, pamphlet, circular, or book, together with any false statement concerning the person so named, or shall publish that anyone is a member of any secret organization, for the purpose of preventing that other person from securing employment, shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. (3) Any person who shall do any of the things mentioned in this section for the purpose of causing the discharge of any person employed by any railroad or other company, corporation, or individual shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A person convicted shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisoned in the county jail for twelve (12) months, or both fined and imprisoned.

Legislative History

Acts 1905, No. 214, § 1, p. 545; C. & M. Dig., § 7135; Pope's Dig., § 9121; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-211.