The Springfield herald., 1899-07-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BAcA COUNTY.
SOME QUEER LAWS
Curious Legislation In Some of the
Western States.
statutory Enactmehts to Promote
Sobriety and Morality Which
Arc Peculiar to That Por-
tioH of the Country.

For many years the two western
states which have enjoyed generally
virtual monopoly of peculiar Legislation
are Kansas and Nevada, but there are
few western states which have not, at
some time or other, and do not now,
from time to time, adopt statutes which
seem unduly radical in conservative
communities in the east and south.
The "anti-treating" law, statute de-
signed by the Carson legislature to
abate the evils of inteinperance in Ne
vada, did not work well in that state
and was repealed.
Recently there has been presented at
the Michigan legislature proposition
intended to promote the cause of So
briefly in the Wolverine state by n
statutory enactment of a somewhat
similar kind: 1t proposes to decrease
the number of customers of liquor sa-
looms by taxing each individual drink
er. Cities and towns may issue Tip
pling licenses" ut Uniform price of
five dollars head The name and num-
Der of every license mist be published,
so that the thirsty ones in each com
munity may be known TO the general
public if they are not already known.
No dispenser OF drinks may sell Il man
any spirituous beverage until he pro-
tluces his license, and no license is
transferable.
The constitution of Idaho excludes
from the rights of citizenship the per-
sons following: ANYONE under guar
dianship, idiotic or insane, or who has,
at any place, been convicted of treason
felony, embezzlement of the public
funds, barterine or selling or offering
to barter or sell his vote, or purchasing
or offering to purchase the vote of an
other. or other infamous crime, and
who has not been restored to the rights
of citizenship, or who, at the time of
such election, is confined in prison on
conviction of a Grim iual otfense, or who
is bigamist. or is living what is known
as patriarchal plural or celestial mar
riage, or in violation of any law of this
state or of the United States forbiddinS
any such crime; or who, in any manner
teaches, advises, counsels. aids or en-
courages any person TO enter into big
amy. polygamy. or such partriarchal,
plural or celestial marriage, or to live
nit any such crime; or who is q mem-
ber of or contributes to the support, aid
or encouragement of any order, organi-
Iation, association, corporation or So
riety which teaches, advises, counseis.
encourages or aids any person to enter
into bigamy, pqlygamy or such patri-
nrchal or plural marriage, or, which
teaches or advises that the laws of this
state prescribing rules of civil conduct
are not the supreme law. of the state.
nor Chinese or persons of Mongolian
descent"
InIown a license is REQUIRED bya house
movers. In Florida there is license
Zee of S25 imposed on, all persons who
are not citizens, of the United States
who engage in the culture OF sponges.
In Missouri there is II law against the
maintenance of n saloon within 500 feet
of any of the principal parks of st.
Louis, and, also against display of any
oil painting deemed to be of an immoral
,charncterin any liquor saloon. In Geor-
gia it was misdemeanor under law
passed in 1897, to shoot any firearms on
an excursion train OF at II picnic--eN-
cept in self-defense. In Virginia there
was y my iiHloScu ioi7 pIoiulilts' ou'-
side Of the CITIES and incorporated
towns. In Kansas. prohibition state,
wine 6rgcider from fruits grown by the
maker for his own use" (or that of his
family do not come within the inhibi
-iion, against spirits. since 1888. In
,Idah4 the sale Of liquors within one
mile of any camp meeting is prohibited,
under Il penalty of $500!
by Virginia: law articles for use in
billiards or pool are not to be let or sold
,to college students under 81. Under
the Idaho constitution three-quarters
pf the jury may render verdict, and
the legislature is authorized to provide
that in,icascs of misdemeanor five
.siNths of the jury may render ver-
dict In civil actions, too, jury may
consist of any number of jurors less
;thNn 12 upon which the parties lnuV