The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-08
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.

An act signed by the governor,
May 23, 1907, to prevent and punish
the desecration of the flag of the
United States, and of this state.
Section BE it ordained by the
senate and house of representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
mia, in general assembly met, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of
the same; That any person who in
any manner for exhibition or dis
play, shall place or cause to be plac-
ed any word, figure, mark or picture,
design, drawing or any advertise
ment, of any nature, upon any flag,
standard, color or ensign Of the
United States, or of this state, or
shall expose or cause to be exposed
to public view any such flag, stand
ard, color or ensign upon which
shall be printed, painted or other
wise paced, or to which shall be at
tached, appended, affixed or annex
ed, any word, figure, mark, picture,
design or drawing, or any advertise
ment, of any nature; or who shall
expose to public view, manufacture,
sell, expose for sale, give away, or
have in possession for sale or to give
away for use, for any purpose, any
article or substance, being an arti-
Gle of merchandise or a receptacle of
merchandise, upon which shall have
been printed, painted, attached, or
otherwise placed a representation of
any such flag, standard, color or
ensign, to advertise, call attention to-,
decorate, mark or distinguish, for
the purpose of sale, barter or trade,
the article or substance on which so
placed or who shall publicly or pri-
vately mutilate, deface, defile or
defy, trample upon, or cast contempt
either by words or act upon, any
such flag, standard, color or ensign,
shall be deemed guilty of a felony,
and shall be punished by fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment for not more than six
months, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Section 2-The words flag, stand
ard, color or ensign, as used in this
act, shall include any flag, standard,
color, ensign, or any picture or rep
resentation of either thereof, make
of any substance, or represented on
any substance of any kind evidently
purporting to be either of said flag,
standard, color, or ensign of the
United States of America or of this
state, or picture or a representa-
tion of either thereof, upon which
shall be shown the colors, or any
color, or any combination of colors,
or either the stars or the stripes, or
the stars and the stripes, in any num-
Der of either thereof, or anything
which the person seeing the same,
without deliberation, may believe the
same to represent the flag, colors,
standard, or ensign of the United
States, or of this state.
Section 3-This act shall not ap-
ply to any act permitted by the
statute of the United States of Amer
lea, or by the United States army and
navy regulations; nor in case where
the government of the United States
has granted the use of such flag,
standard, color, or ensign as a trade
mark; nor shall it be construed to
apply to newspaper, periodical,
book, pamphlet, circular, certificate,
diploma, warrant, or commission of
to office, ornamental
picture, or badges, or stationery for
use in correspondence, on any of
which shall be printed, or placed
said flag, or representation thereof,
disconnected from any advertise
ment for the purpose of sale, bar
ter, or trade; nor shall it apply to
any patriotic or political demonstra-
ton or decorations.