The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-02
Rest Day

The following is the full text of the
proposed amendment to article 20 of
the constitution of the State of Cali
fornia, which the Legislature which
is to meet January Z. of next year will
be asked to submit to the voters of the
State in the interest of a Sunday rest
day:
Section 81. The necessity of encour-
aging and fostering the observance Of
one day in seven as day of rest is
hereby recognized as essential to the
welfare of the state, and to that end it
Is hereby provided:
% That the keeping open of bars,
saloons and coursing grounds on the
first day of the week is prohibited. and
the legislature shall provide penalties
for the proper enforcement of the
same.
(2J That the Legislature may pro-
vide that stores, workshops, banking
houses and other places of business
OF any class or calling shall not keep
open on the first day of the week and
shall provide penalties for the violation
thereof ~
CD That the legislative body of any
city. city and. county or county may
provide by. ordina1ee that stores. work
shops, banking houses and other places
of business of any class or calling shall
not be kept open on the first dav of
the week and shall provide penalties
for the violation thereof; provided that
SuSu may enlarge out cam
not restrict or limit. the scope or pen
alties of any provision enacted by the
Legislature on the same subject; pro-
vided, further, that whenever a petit
ton Is presented to the Legislative body
OF any city, city and county or county
signed by 10 per cent of the voters
thereof asking that any ordinance au-
thorized under this: subdivision to be
passed by such legislative body set
forth in said petition be submitted to
the qualified voters of said city city
and county Or county for their ap-
tive body must submit the same to the
voters of said city, city and county or
county for their approval or rejection
at the next general election held there
in or at Special election called by
such Legislative body for that purpose
At least two weeks notice shall be
given of. such. election by publication In
city and county or county. If approved
by a majority vote of the voters voting
thereon the same is thereby adopted
and becomes binding as a valid ordi-
nance of said city, city and county or
county, as the case may be- and SUPER
sedes any ordinance in conflict there
with and can only be modified or re-
pealed by a majority vote of the voters
of said city, city and county or county
voting upon the question of the modi-
fication or repeal thereof.
"a Provided. however, that any law
or ordinance passed or adopted under
the second or third subdivision of this
section shall not apply to persons who
conscientiously believe that the sew
enth day of the week should be OBJ
served as the Sabbath and who actu-
ally refrain from opening their places
of business on that day.
At the meeting of the Church FEEDER
alton. when this was brought up on the
report of Rev. Louis ]. Sawyer of the
committee on Sunday rest. he said that
there are but three states in the Union
that have no Sunday law, five have
strict Sunday law, eighteen have strin-
gent laws on the subject and thirteen
have weaker laws The others have
laws bearing on the subject