The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-25


 1 Ii any person or persons shall, within the Ci ty of Little Rock, be guilty of the offence of embracery, every person or persons so offend- 1 ing, and being convicted thereof in the City Court, shall be fined in sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and imprisoned iiots ex- ceeding two months.
 SEC. 2222. .4ssa 5s further ordained. That i Ii any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Constable, 1 Deputy Constable, Coroner, Justice of the Peace, Clerk, Deputy Clerk, or other officer, or any person acting in any public office, shall, within the City of Little Rock, by color of his office, unlawf1lly take from any person or persons any money or thing of value that IS not due to him, or more than is due to him, or before 1t IS due to him, every person Or per sons so offending, and being thereof convict i cd ln the City Court of said City, shall, for every such offence, pay fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not ex- ceeding two months.
 SEC. 24. find De | further, ordaiaed, That if any person shall. within the City of Little Rock, shoot off and discharge any gun CT pis- tol of any size or description whatsoever, cal led or known by any name whatsoever, such person shall, upon conviction thereof in the City Court, be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars, and be committed to prison until such fine and costs of prosecution shall be paid, or he shall be Idischarged therefrom in due course of law; prouided, that any person may, within the limits of said City, whenever the same may be necessary in the killing or slaughtering of any hogs or cattle, the meat whereof is in- tended for table use in this City. or in taking or killing any animal affected with hydro phobia, shoot such hogs, cattle, or animal af- fected as aforesaid; but in every case where defendant iustifies under this proviso, it shall devolvc on him to prove that the act was committed within the true intent and meaning of this proviso.
 SEC. 9. And De t further ordained, That II any person or persons shall, within the Ci- ty ot Little Rock, in any manner maliciously l or contemptuously disquet, disturb or molest any congregation, person or persons engaged III religious worship, or assembled at any place within the City of Little Rock for the purpose of religious worship, every person or persons so offending shall, on conviction thereof Tn the City Court, be fined in any sum 1 not less than five dollars Tor more than twen- l ty dollars, and upon default of paying the same, together with all the costs of prosecu- tlon, shall be committed to prison, there to 1 remain until such fine and costs shall be paid or such offender shall be otherwise discharged by due course of law.
 SEC. 26. And De Il further ordained, That no retailer or retailers of spirituous louors or merchandise, within the City of Little Rock, shall sell any spirituous liquors, wine, beer, ale, porter, strong water, cider, or any mixed or strong liquors of any kind, or mer- ehandize within said City on the Sabbath day, and if any such person or persons shall sell any spirituous liquors, wine, beer, ale, porter, strong water, cider, or any mixed or strong liquors of any kind, or merchandise, on the sabbath day, every person or persons so of lending shall, GIT conviction thereof in the Ci- ty Court, be fined for every such offence in any sum not exceeding ten dollars.
 SEC. 27. And be d. a.fitsfher ordained, That if any person or persons, on the Lords Day, commonly called the Sabbath or Sunday, shall, within the City of Little Rock, be found laboring, or shall compel his, her, or their apprentice or apprentices, servant or ser wants, slave or slaves, or the apprentice or apprentices, servant or servants, slave or slaves of any other person or persons, to labor or perform other services unless it be the ordi- nary household offices of daily necessity or charity, he she, or they so offending being thereof convicted in the City Court, shall be fined the sum of one dollar for every of fence, deeming every apprentice, servant, or slave so compelled as constituting a dis tinet offence; provided, that no person who IS member of any religious society, wilo oib- serves as a Sabbath any other day of the week than Sunday or the Christian Sabbath, shall be liable to the penalty hereby incur red for breach of the Sabbath, so that they observe one day in the seven, agreeable to the regulations aforesaid, reserving to ferrymen the right of crossing passengers.
 SEC. 2S. And De it further ordained, That this ordinance take effect and be in force from and after it's passage.
 APPROVED, Dec. IT, 1885.