N.J.S.A. 34:11-17 — Negotiable orders

34:11-17. Negotiable orders It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to pay their employees in store goods or merchandise, or to issue for the payment of labor any order or other paper whatsoever, unless the same is negotiable and by its terms redeemable for face value at sight in lawful money of the United States, by the person giving or issuing the same, but nothing in this section shall prevent any private individual from giving orders for goods and merchandise on any store in the profits or business of which he has no interest, directly or indirectly.

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