Section 17-23-10

Employer intimidating employee.

Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge or to lessen the remuneration of an employee, 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 $500.00.

(Code 1907, §6804; Code 1923, §3922; Code 1940, T. 17, §317.)