Section 8-10-1
Section 8-10-1 Entering combination, pool, etc., to fix price or limit quantity of commodity.
Any person or corporation who engages or agrees with other persons or corporations or enters, directly or indirectly, into any combination, pool, trust, or confederation to regulate or fix the price of any article or commodity to be sold or produced within this state or any person or corporation who enters into, becomes a member of or party to any pool agreement, combination, or confederation to fix or limit the quantity of any article or commodity to be produced, manufactured, mined, or sold in this state must be fined, on conviction, not less than $500 nor more than $2,000.
(Code 1896, §5557; Code 1907, §7579; Code 1923, §5212; Code 1940, T. 57, §106.)Section 8-10-2
Section 8-10-2 Entering combination to control management of corporation with intent to fix price, diminish production, etc.
Any corporation chartered under the laws of this state or any officer, stockholder, agent, or employee of any such corporation which enters into any combination with any other corporation or person with the intent to place the management or control of any such corporation in the hands of another corporation or person and thereby limit or fix the price, restrict or diminish the production, manufacture, sale, use, or consumption of any article of commerce must be fined, on conviction, not less than $500 nor more than $2,000.
(Code 1896, §5558; Code 1907, §7580; Code 1923, §5213; Code 1940, T. 57, §107.)Section 8-10-3
Section 8-10-3 Restraining trade or production, monopolizing commodities or business, destruction of competition, etc.
Any person or corporation, domestic or foreign, which shall restrain, or attempt to restrain, the freedom of trade or production, or which shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, the production, control, or sale of any commodity or the prosecution, management, or control of any kind, class, or description of business or which shall destroy, or attempt to destroy, competition in the manufacture or sale of a commodity shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for each offense.
(Code 1907, §7581; Code 1923, §5214; Code 1940, T. 57, §108.)
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