The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-10-31
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1 Laws Of Connecticut.
The Governor and Magistrates convened
lin General Assembly, and the Supreme pow
Ter Under God, Of independant dominion.---
From, the determination Of assembly no ap-
peal shall be made.
Whoever shall say there Is power and ius
lrisdiction ADORE and over the dominion, shall
lsuffer death and the loss Of properly.
| Conspirators, attempting to change or over.
throw this dominion, shall snffer death,
The judge shall determine controversies
without Jury.
No one shall be a free man or give a vote
unless he be converted and a member in full
communion with one Of the churches allow
led in this dominion.
No man shall hold ain office who is not
found to be faithful to this dominion; and
whoever gives vote to such person shall
pay fine Of twenty shillings for the first Of
fence and for the second he shall be disffan.
chised. ts+t' st1
| Each freeman shall swear by the blessingof
God 10 bear true allegiance to this dominion,
and that Jesus is the only King.
No Quaker or dissenter from the worship
or the established dominion, shall be allowed
to give vote for the election Of Magistrate
or any officer.
No food or lodging shall be Offered Qua
ker, Adamite OF other Hereto.
If person turns Quaker, he shall be ban.
ished and not suffered 10 return on pain of
death.
No priest shall abide in this dominion he
shall be banished and suffer death on his re.
Turn. , "a +.
Priests may be siezed By any one without
warrant. esE
No one shall cross ferry but without an
authorized ferrym ,.5,sl
No one shall run on the Sabbath day or
walk in the garden elsewhere, except reye.
rently to and from meeting. y s'TF
No one shall travel, cook yituais, make
beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath.
No woman shall kiss her child on the Sab.
bath day. m }a
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset, on Sat.
urday, To pick an ear Of corn growing ina
neighbor's garden shall be deemed theft.
A person accused with trespass in the night
tshall be judged guilty, unless be clear himself
by oath. 20 v -FF
| "AOh ~ uppCoib tliul oil dCCuSeW mas CON-
tederates, and refuses to discover them, he
may be racked.
Whoever publishes lie to the prejudice Of
his neighbor, shall sit in the stocks To- b.
whipped fifteen stripes. ~ m
No minister shall teach school. +,
Whoever brings cards or dice into this do.
minion shall pay fine OF five pounds steI.
! ling. -.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold.
silver, or long lace above two shillinss by
the yard shall be presented BY the ground iu.
rors, and the selectmen shall tax the offender
at the rate of 5000.
A debtor in prison swearing he has no es.
tate, shall be let out, and sold to make salts.
faction. ..af g,Is5'l :,
Whoever sets a fire in the woods and burns
a house Shall suffer death--and persons sus-
pected of this crime shall be imprisoned with.
out the benefit of bail. 4't 81 ;e-
No one shall reada common prayer or keen
Christmas or Saints day, eat minced pies,
play cards, or play on any instrument of NH.
sic, except the drum, trumpet or Jews harm.
No gospel minister shall join in marriage:
the magistrate only shall join in marriage. az
they may do it with less scandal to C6rist,s
church.
When parents refuse their children conve-
nient marriage, the magistrate shall deter,
mine the point. -
Fornication shall be punished BY compel.
ling marriage as the court directs.