Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-02
The Sunday Liquor Law.

The Sunday Liquor Law.
ANACT to prevent the sale of fintoricating
liquors on the first day Of The week, COM
monty called Sunday.
Sec l. Be it enacted, &C., That from
and after the 6rst day Of April next, it
shall not be lawful for any person or per-
sons to sell, trade or barter, in any spirit
uous or malt liquors, wine or cider, on the
first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, or for the keeper or keepers Of
any hotel, inn, tavern, ale house, beer
house or other public house, knowingly to
allow or permit any spiri:uous or malt
liquors, wine or cider, to be drank on or
within the premises or house occupied or
kept by such keeper or keepers, his, her
or their agents or servants, on the said first
day Of the week.
SEC. 2. That any person or persons
violating the provisions Of the foregoing
section, shall for each and every offence,
forfeit and pay the sum Of Fifty dollars,
one half of which shall be paid to the
prosecutor, aud the other half to the guar
dians Of the poor Of the city or county in
which such suit is brought, or in counties
having no guardians Of the poor, then to
the oversesrs Of the poor Of the township,
ward, or borough, in which the offence was
committed, to be recovered as debts Of like
amount are now by law recoverable in any
action of debt brought il the name Of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well
as for the use of the guardians Of the poor,
(or for the overseers of the poor Of the
township, ward, or borough, as the case
may be,) as for the person suing: PfOri-
ded, That when any prosecutor is himself
a witness on any trial under the provisions
of this section, then the whole penalty or
forfeiture shall be paid to the guardians or
overseers as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. That in addition to the civil
penalties imposed by the last preceding
section of this act, every person who shall
violate the provisions of that section, shall
be taken and deemed to have committed
misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction
thereof, in any criminal court in this Com
monwealth, be fined in any sum not less
than ten dollars or more than one hundred
dollars, and shall be imprisoned in the
county Jail for period not less than ten
days nor more than sixty days, at the dis
crction Of the court; and upon being twice
convicted, As aforesaid, he shall forfeit any
license he may have for selling the afOre-
said liquors.
THE FINAL voTE-HoUsE.
YEAs.-Messrs. Allegood, Avery, Ba-
ker, Baldwin, Bail, Boal, Bowman, Cald-
we'll, Carlisle, Chamberlin, Christ, Clapp,
Clover, Criswell, Cummings, (Phila.)
Cummius, (Somerset,) Dougherty, Donald
son, Downing, Duuuing, Eyater, Foster,
Foust, Frailcy, Franklin, Free, Guy,
Gwinner, Harrison, Herr, Hedgson, Hol-
comb, Hubbs, King, kirkpatrick, Krepps,
Lane, Laporte, Leas, Lott, Lowe, Meal
mont, Mclean, M'Combs, MConkey,
Mcconnell, Mccullough, Maddox, Max
we'll, Megill, Mengle, Morris, Morrison,
Muse, North, Orr, Page, Palmer, Peuny-
packer, Powell, Rittentouse, Ru,ter.
Simpson, Smith, (Allegheuy) Smith,
(Blair) Smith, (Phila.) Steele, StehIey,
Stewart. Sturdevant, Thorn, WaterhOuse,
Wickersham, Wilmer, Strong, Speaker
70.
NAYs.-Messrs. Bush, Craig, Edinger,
Gross, Wright, Yorks-6.
MIssINa.-Messrs Barry, Fry, Linder-
man, SalIade, Sherer, Stockdale, Berg
stresser, Crawford, Fearon, Fletcher, Haines,
johnson, Reese, Ross, Thompson, We'd
dell, Wood, Ziegler.
rThe vote in the Senate had but 2 or
8 Nays-but We have not the names.