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10 – Prosecutions for Conducting Business on Sunday by Certain Persons.

§ 10. Prosecutions for conducting business on Sunday by certain persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be a sufficient defense to a prosecution pursuant to this article, for conducting any trade or business or public selling or offering for sale of any property on Sunday, that the defendant (1) as the proprietor […]

11 – Serving Civil Process on Sunday.

§ 11. Serving civil process on Sunday. All service or execution of legal process, of any kind whatever, on the first day of the week is prohibited, except in criminal proceedings or where service or execution is specially authorized by statute. Service or execution of any process upon said day except as herein permitted is […]

12 – Forfeiture of Commodities Exposed for Sale on Sunday.

§ 12. Forfeiture of commodities exposed for sale on Sunday. In addition to the penalty imposed by section four, all property and commodities exposed for sale on the first day of the week in violation of the provisions of this article shall be forfeited. Upon conviction of the offender by a justice of the peace […]

14 – Processions and Parades on Sunday.

§ 14. Processions and parades on Sunday. 1. All processions and parades on Sunday in any city, excepting only funeral processions for the actual burial of the dead, and processions to and from a place of worship in connection with a religious service there celebrated, are forbidden; and in such excepted cases there shall be […]

17 – Days of Rest and Recreation.

§ 17. Days of rest and recreation. a. One day a week may be set aside for rest and recreation. b. A day of rest and recreation may be determined by the owners of a business or commercial enterprise, which shall include a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation. c. A retail merchants association or organization […]

2 – The Sabbath.

§ 2. The Sabbath. The first day of the week being by general consent set apart for rest and religious uses, the law prohibits the doing on that day of certain acts hereinafter specified, which are serious interruptions of the repose and religious liberty of the community.