Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-07-23
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ing printed on blue paper. We give
some o: them below. They have the
merit of being plain and concise
striking at the root. No lawyers were
needed in those days to expound the
law:
No one shall be- freeman or give a
vote unless he be converted and a
member of one of the churches allowed
in the dominion.
Each freeman shall swear by the
blessed God to bear true allegiance 10
this dominion, and that Jesus is the
only king.
No Quaker, no dissenter from The
Established worship of this dominion
shall be allowed to give vote for the
electing of magistrates or any other Of
ficer.
No food or lodgings shall be offered
to Quaker, Adamite or hereto.
If any person turns Quaker he shall
be banished, and not suffered to return
but on pain of death.
No priest shall abide in the Domin-
ion; he shall be banished and suffer
death on his return.
Priests may be seized by any one
without warrant.
No one to cross a river on the Sab
bath day or walk in his garden, or else
where, except reyerently, to aud from
meeting.
No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make beds, sweep house, cut hair or
shave on the Sabbath day.
No woman shall kiss her children on
fhQ Sabbath Or faSfinp daV
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on
saturday.
To pick an ear of corn growing in a
Ineighbors garden shall be deemed
theft.
A person accused of trespass in the
night shall be judged guilty unless he
clear himself by his oath.
When it appears that the accused has
lconfederates and he refuses to discover
them he may be racked.
+ None shall buy or sell lands without
permission of the sclectmen.
A drunkard shall have master a p
pointed by the selectmen, who are To
bar him from the liberty Of buying and
selling.
Whoever publishes Z il to the pref
udice of his neighbor sh.li 20 set in the
stock and whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall Keep a school.
Every ratabie person who refuses tO
lpay his proportion To support the Fir
ster of the town and parish shall be
fined by the court 81 is. every quarter
until the rate is uaid to the minister.
Men-stealerS snail suffer death.
WhOsover " ears clothes trimmed
with gold. silver or bone lace above one
shilling per yar., snail he presented tc
the grand jurors, and the selectmen
shall tax the offender $500 estate.
The debtor in prison, swearing be
has no estate, shall be let out and sold
to make satisfaction.
Whoever sets fire in the woods and
rurns a house shall suffer death; and
persons suspected of this crime shall
be imprisoned without benefit of bail
Whosover brings cards or dice into
this Dominion shall pay a fine of 60.
No one shall read common paper
books, keep Christmas or set days, eai
mince pies, dance, play cards, or play
on any instrument of music except the
drum, trumpet, or jewsharp.
No gospel minister shall join people
in marriage. The magistrate only
shall join them in marriage, as he may
do it with less scandal to Christ's
Church.
When parents refuse their children
convenient marriages, the magistrate
lsEall determine the point.
The selectmen, on finding children
ignorant, may take them away from
their parents and put them in better
hands, at the expense of their parents.
Fornication shall be punished by
compelling marriage, or as the court
shall think proper.
Adultery shall be punished with
death.
A man that strikes his wife shall pay
a fine of e10.
A woman that strikes her husband
shall be punished as the law directs.
A wife shall be deemed good evil
dence against her husband.
No maid shall court a man in per.
son or by letter, without first obtaining
the consent of her parents; e5 penalty
for the first offense, G10 for the second,
and for the third Imprisonment during
the pleasure of the court.
Married persons must live together
or be Imprisoned.
| Every man must have his hair cut
round according to his cap.