The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-04
BUSY SESSION OF
CITY Commissioners
CITY FATHERS INTRODUCE RIGID
ORDINANCE AND PASS IT TO
SECOND READING LAST NIGHT.

An ordinance was presented at the
meeting OF the city commissioners
and passed to its second reading last
night the framer OF which would
make the authors of the ola Puri-
tanical blue laws look like pikcrs.
One of the best attorneys in the
city looked the ordinance over this
morning and stated that if it was
passed and rigidly enforced that the
people OF the city had as well remain
in bed all day Sunday and subsist
on Meats Milk and Fish as speci-
fled in the ordinance.
This attorney stated that under
the rules Of that ordinance he could
prevent the sale of a newspaper,
cigar close up the livery stables,
and in fact doubted not that he could
stop the railroads from running their
trains through the city, and tie mp
the street car traffic of the town.
The ordinance is herewith submitted
TO the public for perusal;
ORDINANCE NO. ----
An Ordinance defining the Sabbath
and what shall constitute Sabbath
breaking and the penalty therefor
and declaring an emergency.
BE it ordained by the board OF
commissioners of the City pf Ard
more:
Section 1. The first day of the
week being by very general consent
set apart for rest and religious uses,
the law forbds to be done on that
dav certain acts deemed useless and
serious interruptions Of the repose
and religious liberty of the communi-
ty
Section >. Under the term day
as employed in the phrase first
day of the week. is included all
the time from midnight to midnight.
Section =. The following are the
acts forbidden 10 he done on the first
dav of the week, the doing of any of
which is Sabbath breaking 1st. Ser
vile labor. 2nd Public sports 3rd
Trades manufactures and mechanica!
employments 4th. Public traffic mad
ali manner of service labor on the
first day of the week is prohibited
except works of necessity or charity.
Section T. Il is a sufficient defense
in proceedings for servile labor on
the firSt day of the week to show
that the accused uniformly keeps an
other day of the week as holy time,
and does not labor upon that day, and
that the labor complained of was
done in such manner rs not to inter
rnpt or disturb other persons in oh
serving the first day of the week/as
holy time.
Section ;. All manner Of public
selling, or Offering or exposing for
sale publicly, of any commodities
upon the first day OF the week, Is
prohibited except that meats milk
and fish may be sold at any time
before 9 o'clock in the morning and
except that food may be sold TO be
eaten upon the premises where sold,
ana drugs and medicines and Surgical
appliances may be sold At any time
of the day
Section i. All shooting. sporting,
horse racing, gaming or other public
sports on the first day of the week
are prohibited.
Section Z. Every person violating
any provision of this ordinance shall
upon conviction therefor in the Mu-
nicipal Court he fined in any sum
not exceeding one Hundred CS1OO.OOl
DOllar.
Section s. All former ordinances
or parts of ordinances relating to the
Sabbath are hereby repealed.
Section 9. Owing to the immediate
necessity for the preservation of the
punlic peace and safety an emergency
is hereby declared, by reason where
Of, this ordinance shall take effect i'm
mediately upon its passage and ap.
proval.
Passed and approved this ---
day of October, 1911.
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Mayor.
Attest:
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City Clerk.
Captain Wilmington appeared be-