Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-20
p1I,E LAWS OF CONNECTICUT

BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT.
Made in tie Colony VI Ass aoen a'sis rss settlement
neartv t,Oo hundred yeSs aso-Lcp.ed from me rem.
Nnusoevrr says there Is power and iuri,.
d,ct,ou. above aud over this domILion, shall
.ufer dea,h, and loss OF properly.
Wno,oeyer attempts to Change or over,ura
this dominion, snail suffer dea.h.
The Judges snail de,srmine controversies.
without \ jury.
Mo Quaker, or dissenser from the established
Worship of This cominlon, shall be allowed 10
civ. vote Tor the ei.c,lou Of magistrates, or
any Office.
No lood or lodging shall be offered 10 Qua.
ker, Adsnite, o. other herslic.
II any person turns Quaker, lie Shall be ban.
;shsa. and mol suffeied " return but on DIAN Of
d. ath.
No Priest shall abide in the dominion: be-
shall DC baalsa.d, anu suffer death ON his re-
turn.
Priests may DE seized By one Without war,
rant.
M IN. 10 cross river, bu: with an au,horiz.
led ferry man.
No'one shall run on the Sabbath day OF walk
in his garden or elsewhere, excepting revcreht.
" 10 ana from meeting.
No one shall cook vicluals, make beds, sweep
house. cut hair, or shave OF the Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her Child on Ssbba,l
or fasting day
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Saiur,
day.
10 pick an ear Of corn growing in neigh.
boris garden, shall De deemed theft.
PEI son accused OF trespass IN the nigh
shall be judged guilty, unless he clear himself
BY his oath.
When it appears that an accused has confe-
deraies, and he refuses TO discover them, h.
may be racked.
None shall buy or sell lands, without permits
sion of the selectmen.
A drunkard shall have master appointed BY
the selec' mrn; who are 10 debar him Vt The Ii.
ber,y OF buying and selling.
Whosoever publishes a lie, TO the prejndiee
Of his neighbor, shall be SET in the stocks, or
! be whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall keep a school
Every ra,abe person, who refuses to pay his
proportion TO support the minister Of the town
parish, shall be fined by the ,eour, a. and A.
every quarter ill he or she pay he rate TO the
minister.
| Whosoeyer wears clothes trimmed with gold,
silver, or bone lace above D. per yard, shall be
presented by the grand jurors; and the select
men shall tax the offender al 30ol. estate
A debtor in prison. swearing he has no es
tate. shall be le: out, and sold 10 make satistae
tion.
Whosoever sets fire in the woods, and j.
burns q house, shall suffer death; and persons
! suspected OF this crime shall be imprisoned
without benef, o: bail.
| whatsoever brings cards or dice into this do.
minion, shall pay fine Of five pounds.
No one shall read common prayer books
] keen Gkrie,,nae or GET days. make sniuc~ pies,
dance, or play cards, or play on any instrument
of music except the drum, trumpet, and j.ws
harp.
No gospel minister shall join people in mar.
rage IL he magistrates only shall join them in
marriage, as they Go il with less scandal 10
Christ's Church.
| When parents refuse their children conv..
nicnt marriages, the magistrate shall determin.
The point.
The select men, finding children ignorant,
may take them away from their parents and
pu! them into better hands, al the expense Of
their parents.
Fornica,ion shall be punished, by compelling
marriage, or as the Court shall think proper
a man that strikes his wife, shall pay 6ne
| Of Ten pounds.
woman that strikes her husband, shall be /
punished as The court directs.
wife shall be dee m, good evidence against
her husband.
No man shall cour, maid in person o. By
letter. without FIRST Obtaining consent Of htr pa
| rents: tive pounds penalty for the FIRST offence
en- pounds for the second; and for the third
imprisonment during The pleasure Of he court
Married persons must live together OF h
| imprisoned
Every male shall have his hair Gu, round a,
ording to esp.
n u. The above laws were originally printed on bfs +
paper, ON which account they were called the "Br
La,cs"