As used in RCW 67.04.090 through 67.04.150 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Minor" shall mean any person under the age of eighteen years, and who has not graduated from high school: PROVIDED, That should he become eighteen during his senior year he shall be a minor until the end of the school year;
(2) "Contract" shall mean any contract, agreement, bonus or gratuity arrangement, whether oral or written;
(3) "Organized professional baseball" shall mean and include all persons, firms, corporations, associations, or teams or clubs, or agents thereof, engaged in professional baseball, or in promoting the interest of professional baseball, or sponsoring or managing other persons, firms, corporations, associations, teams, or clubs who play baseball in any of the major or minor professional baseball leagues, or any such league hereafter organized;
(4) "Agent" shall, in addition to its generally accepted legal meaning, mean and include those persons commonly known as "baseball scouts";
(5) "Prosecuting attorney" shall mean the prosecuting attorney, or his regular deputy, of the county in which the minor's parent is domiciled;
(6) "Parent" shall mean parent, parents or guardian.
[1951 c 78 § 2.]
Notes: Purpose -- 1951 c 78: "The welfare of the children of this state is of paramount interest to the people of the state. It is the purpose of this act to foster the education of minors and to protect their moral and physical well-being. Organized professional baseball has in numerous cases induced minors to enter into contracts and agreements which have been unfair and injurious to them." [1951 c 78 § 1.]
Severability -- 1951 c 78: "If any portion, section, or clause of this act, shall be declared or found invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder of this act." [1951 c 78 § 9.]
As used in RCW 67.04.090 through 67.04.150 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Minor" shall mean any person under the age of eighteen years, and who has not graduated from high school: PROVIDED, That should he become eighteen during his senior year he shall be a minor until the end of the school year;
(2) "Contract" shall mean any contract, agreement, bonus or gratuity arrangement, whether oral or written;
(3) "Organized professional baseball" shall mean and include all persons, firms, corporations, associations, or teams or clubs, or agents thereof, engaged in professional baseball, or in promoting the interest of professional baseball, or sponsoring or managing other persons, firms, corporations, associations, teams, or clubs who play baseball in any of the major or minor professional baseball leagues, or any such league hereafter organized;
(4) "Agent" shall, in addition to its generally accepted legal meaning, mean and include those persons commonly known as "baseball scouts";
(5) "Prosecuting attorney" shall mean the prosecuting attorney, or his regular deputy, of the county in which the minor's parent is domiciled;
(6) "Parent" shall mean parent, parents or guardian.
[1951 c 78 § 2.]
Notes: Purpose -- 1951 c 78: "The welfare of the children of this state is of paramount interest to the people of the state. It is the purpose of this act to foster the education of minors and to protect their moral and physical well-being. Organized professional baseball has in numerous cases induced minors to enter into contracts and agreements which have been unfair and injurious to them." [1951 c 78 § 1.]
Severability -- 1951 c 78: "If any portion, section, or clause of this act, shall be declared or found invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder of this act." [1951 c 78 § 9.]
As used in RCW 67.04.090 through 67.04.150 the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Minor" shall mean any person under the age of eighteen years, and who has not graduated from high school: PROVIDED, That should he become eighteen during his senior year he shall be a minor until the end of the school year;
(2) "Contract" shall mean any contract, agreement, bonus or gratuity arrangement, whether oral or written;
(3) "Organized professional baseball" shall mean and include all persons, firms, corporations, associations, or teams or clubs, or agents thereof, engaged in professional baseball, or in promoting the interest of professional baseball, or sponsoring or managing other persons, firms, corporations, associations, teams, or clubs who play baseball in any of the major or minor professional baseball leagues, or any such league hereafter organized;
(4) "Agent" shall, in addition to its generally accepted legal meaning, mean and include those persons commonly known as "baseball scouts";
(5) "Prosecuting attorney" shall mean the prosecuting attorney, or his regular deputy, of the county in which the minor's parent is domiciled;
(6) "Parent" shall mean parent, parents or guardian.
[1951 c 78 § 2.]
Notes: Purpose -- 1951 c 78: "The welfare of the children of this state is of paramount interest to the people of the state. It is the purpose of this act to foster the education of minors and to protect their moral and physical well-being. Organized professional baseball has in numerous cases induced minors to enter into contracts and agreements which have been unfair and injurious to them." [1951 c 78 § 1.]
Severability -- 1951 c 78: "If any portion, section, or clause of this act, shall be declared or found invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such adjudication shall not affect the remainder of this act." [1951 c 78 § 9.]
