Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-03-27
The Sunday Law.

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The following is the bill to which our hep.
resentatlve refers in his letter:
SECTION | Be II enacted by the General is,
seubfv OF the S'ate Of LOuistand, That from
aud alter the first Of jane, A. ID. 1880, all
stores. shops, groceries, saloons, and places oil
pubic business, which are or may be licensed
under any law OF the State Of Louisiana, or
undo: any municipal or parochlai law, are re-
Gnired to be closed at II o'clock on Saturday
night aud remain closed tor twenty -tuur hours,
during which period Of time 1t shall not be
lawful! for the proprietor or employees there
of 10 give. trade. barter or sell any OF the stock
IA trade Of such establishment, as the case may
he
SEC. >. L, Il fu = = enacted etc, That
whosoevcr snail Violate the provisions OF tins
act, for each oiien,e shall be deemed guilty oil
a niis.ieincanor. amt, on tridl and CONVICTION
thereof shall pay tine OF not less than 500
nor more than $500, or Imprisonment for no,
less than ten days nor more than thirty days,
or both fine and Imprisonment, "A! tie III secretion
oi the court.
SEC. 3 Be It E.rthtr enacted, ect, That the
PROVISIONS of TIN, act shall no, apply TO drug
stores. apoti,-cary shops. undcrIakers estab-
iishments public aud private markets, baker,
les, livery railroads, whether steam or horse.
ho,e!s boarding lvu,es aud steamboats, and
other vessels, warehouse. for receiving and
forwarding ireis hts. Restaurants and telegraph
offices provided, that stores may be opened
tor the purpose OF selling burial material: pros
vided further, that nothing IN tins act shall be
construed a. To allow hotels and boarding
houses 10 sell or give away spIr,ltouus liquors.
SEC. ! Be IL Iuito eaacted, That no alco
hole, vin"us or malt liquors shall be given. or
traded, or bariereI, or sold or delivered other
wise than bypre -criptien written 10y a licensed
physician tor person actually SICK IN bed,
and so stated 10 be 10y the physician IN the pres
scnption, IN or 10y any establishment, or place.
or c"nveranc, named IN section s OF tins act.
during the time liked IN section Of tins act.
under the penalty provided IN section of tins
act
SEC. S. BE IL further enacted, Tina, al! laws
or parts Of laws contrary TO or inconsistent
with the Provisions hereof shall be aud the
same are hereby repealed.
The fourth section Of The bill was introduced
by Representative Farmer as an amendment.
and it was amended by Representative Harris
by the al ii,lon OF the words after 'prescrp>
.ion. written b. 4 licensed physician for
person actually sick in bed and 50 stated 10
be by the physician in the prescription. ~
\ new counterfeit $40 United States Treas.
ury note of the series OF ls15. letter has
been issued, for which the public are not>
fled To he on the alert. The. most
striking feature about it is It's color, which is
considerably darker than that OF the genuine
The paper crur:bes with snap when hand.
led, and the dark fibre lines, instead OF being
worked into the paper as in the genuine bill,
are simply printed on The face in imitation of
the correct thing. There are number Of
minor discrepancies, which are readily detect.
ed on closer examination. The word d" SERIES
for instance, in the lower center OF the bill is
made up in letters fully Il third larger than
those in the genuine while the letters in the
words a, tie ,ob: Engraved and printed a,
Bureau Engraving and Printing" tip over
until they almost assume he italc character.
whereas in the genuine they are very clearly
Roman. The number, too, is even, when OH
the note with this letter it should lie odd, The
picture of Webster in the lower left hand cor.
ner is so decidedly off as to attract attention quite
as soon as any other pc, uari'y Of the bill save
its color -IIrksbarg Herald.