The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-02-25
A Good Burlesque.

A Nashville correspondent of the
Courier Journal reports the s~ubjoincd
bill which he says has been introduced
into the Tennessee Legislature. 1t is
entitled
A bill to define the rights, duties, and Ii
abilities Of ina-kcepers, common car
riers, and proprietors ofplaccs Of amuse-
ment.
This bill provides that it shall be
lawful for any Of the above mentioned
persons to make additional charges,
rates and fares, to exclude from Gheir
places Of business any person or per-
sons whose hair has a spiral curvature
not greater than one fourth of an inch
radius, without regard to race, color,
or previous condition Of servitude.
Sccond-That it shall also be lawful
for the above to discriminate in their
rates, or to exclude from their places
of business, conveyances and places Of
amusement, at their discretion, any one
who is unable to draw a perpendicular
from the occipital bone to the ground,
without %impinging the heel or oscalcis
of such person or persons. without re-
gard TO race, color or previous condi-
ton of servitude.
Third--That it shall also be lawful
to make discrimination in charges, or
- nx,,1,la frnnn thn 1Nnua-nn, nn,l
places any person or persons, whose
nasal bone does not present an eleva-
ton Of one-tourth OF an inch below its
incidence with the osirontis, without
regard to race, color or previous con
dition of scrvitude.
Fourth--That it shall also be lawful
to exclude any one, the bottom OF
whose feet describes a paraholic curve,
the asymptote OF which is cquidistant
from the point of departure and incl
dence. without regard to race, color OF
previous condition of servitude.
Fiflh-That it shall also be lawful,
by an adjustment Of these charges, to
exclude or eject from the absve places
any person, whose s~Gcrctions, from the
sebaceous or sudoriiic glands, emit any
subtle odorous atomic fluid so painfully
irritating the nerves OF the schneideriar
membrane. that, ny its reflex action Oh
the pncumogastic nerve, the stomach
becomes excited to nausea, without re.
gard to race, color, or previous condi,
ton of servitude.
Sixth-That it shall also be Lawful,
To exclude any person or persons
whose ancestors were cannibals, OF
were guilty OF the practice Of voodo,
ism, without regard to race, color, OF
previous condition of servitude.
Seventh--That it shall also he lawful
to demand from any person or persons
who shall offer to patronize them. a
certificate from the keeper of weights
and measures attested rs to his official
charact cr by the clerk Of the county
court, OF the county in which he, she
or they last resided, showing that by
actual measurement, mathematical cal
culatlon or geometrical demonstration,
as the case may require, that he, she or
they are not obnoxious to any Of the
objections provided against IN the 1st.
I'd, Sd and 4th sections Of this act. and
any person or persons who is deemed
obnoxious to the 9th section of this
act may, in the discretion Of said per.
sons, be required to bring and produce
one quart bottle of "Labarquis' Solu.
ton Of Chlorimated Soda as a disin-
f%ectant, without regard to race, color
or previous condition OF servitude.
Eighth-Thati il any person. or per-
sons, from whom such certificate or
disinfectant has been demanded. shall,
by force, fraud, Misrepresentation, or
by producing any false or forged GER
~tillcate, or spurious disinfectant, gain
admission into any public hotel, ETC..
may be prosecuted for q misdemeanor.
or sued in any court Of record in this
State having common law jurisdiction
in an action qul tam, and shall forfeit
and pay not less than S4O0, nor more
than $1,000, one.half of which shall 90
to the informer, and the other half to
the Commissioners Of Emigration for
colonization purposes, and shall! be i'm
prisoned not less than thirty days and
not more than one year, without regard
to race, color, or previous condition
of sersitude.
Nin:h-That if any hotel. keeper, etc,
shall unlawfully or neglieently fail to
assert. and Insist upon his or their
rights and privileges. as provided for
in this act, they shall be liable to pre-
sentiment or indictment in any court in
the State, and shall forfeit not less than
$500 nsr more than $1,000, and be
imprisoned tor not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, and shall
for the space OF five years be ineligible
any office of honor, profit or trust
II this State, and incompetent as a wit
or Juror for a period of ten years
rom the date of his conviction, with