The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-12

THE CONNECTICUT BLUE LAWS.

| THE CONNECTICUT BLUE LAWS.
The territory now comprised in the State
Of Connecticut was formerly two colonies,
Connecticut and New Haven. The colony Of
Connecticut was planted by emigranh from
Massachusetts,, ct Windsor. in 1858, and Hart
ford and Wethersfeld, in 1886 Sc. The other
colony, styled by its founders the Dominion
of New Haven, was founded by emigrants
from New England, in 1885, The two colo
MES were united in 1865. The statutes,
copied below, from an ancient volume, re.
lating the history Of the American colonies,
were enacted by the people of the "Do-
minion of New Haven, end being printed on
blue paper, came to be generally known as
blue laws:
The Governor and magistrates, convened
in General Assembly, are the supreme power.
under God, Of this Independent dominion.
From the determination of the Assembly
no appeal shall be made.
The Governor is amenable to the voice of
| the people.
The Assembly of the people shall not be
dismissed by the Governor, but shall dismiss
| itself.
Conspiracy against the dominion shall be
punished with death.
Whoever says there is power and jurisdic-
ton above and over the dominion, shall suf-
fer death and loss of property.
Whoever attempts to change or overthrow
| the dominion shall suffer death.
The judges shall determine no controver-
sizes without jury.
No one shall be freeman, or give vote,
unless he be converted, and member of one
of the churches allowed in the dominion.
Each freeman shall swear by the blessed
God, to bear true allegiance to this dominion,
and that Jesus is the only king.
No Quaker, no dissenter from the estab.
lished worship of this dominion, shall be al
lowed to give vote for the electing Of mag
istrates or any other officer.
No food or lodgings shall be offered to Qua.
ker, Adamite or hereto.
If any person turns Quaker, he shall be
pain of death.
No priest shall abide in the dominion; he
shall be banished, and suff.r death on his re-
turn.
Priests may be seized by any one without
warrant.
No one to Cross river, but an authorized
clergyman.
No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except re-
verently, to and from meeting.
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make
beds, sweep houses, cut hair or shave, on the
Sabbath day.
No one shall kiss her children on Sabbath,
or fasting days.
The Sabbath shall begin at sunset on Sat-
urday.
To pick an ear Of corn, growing in q neigh.
boris garden, shall be deemed theft.
A person accused of trespass in the night
shall be judged guilty unless he clears HIM
self by his oath.
When it appears that the accused has con-
federates, and he refuses to discover them, he
may be racked.
None shall buy, or sell, lands without per-
mission of the selectmen.
A drunkard shall have master appointed
by the selectmen, who is to bar him from the
liberty of buying and selling
Whoever publishes q lie to the prejudice of
his neighbor, shall be set in the stocks, and
whipped ten stripes.
No minister shall keep school,
Every ratable person who refuses to pay
his proportion to support the minister of the
town or parish, shall be fined by court FL As
every quarter until he or she pay the rate to
the minister.
Men stealers shall suffer death.
Whoever wears clothes, trimmed with gold,
silver or bone lace above Is per yard, shall be
presented by the grand jurors, and the select
debtor in prison, swearing he has no es-
tate, shall be let out and sold to make Salts
faction.
Whoever sets fire in the woods, and it burns
a house, shall suffer death; and persons sus-
pected of this crime shall be imprisoned with
out benefit of bail.
Whoever brings cards or dice into this do
minion shall pay a fine of e5.
No one shall read common prayer books,
keep Christmas or set days, eat mince piees,
dance, play cards, or play on any instrument
of music, except the drum, trumpet or Jews
harp.
No gospel ministers shall join people in
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 conve-
nient marriages, the magistrates shall deter
mine the point.
The selectmen, on finding children ignorant,
may take them away from their parents, and
put them in better hands, ct the expense of
their parents.
Formation shall be punished by compelling
or as the court shall think proper.
Adultery shall be punished with cath.
man that strikes his wife, shall pay fine
of GlO.
A woman that strikes her husband shall be
punished as the law directs.
wife shalt be deemed good evidence
against her husband.
No man shall court maid in person, or by
letter, without first obtaining consent of her
parents s5 penalty for first offsnse; el0 for
the second and for the third, imprisonment
during the pleasure of the court
Married persons must live together, or be
Every man must have his hair cut round
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