Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03

They were more wise than modern
| Legislatures in defining drunkenness.
| See the following act of 1916
"If an ordinary (toverp) do suffer
our townsmen to set drinking In his
! house above an hour at any one time.
the Ordinary keeper shall pay for every
such default I'D. end by d uDkenness IS
understood any person that either iisps
or faiters in his speech by reason OF
such d ink, or Il ST staggers IN his going
or cannot follow his calling"
Was the Blair Lee evelope voting
system modelled after this statute?
1852 Ordered by the Court that
whereas in regard TO age or disc obi lItN OF
Urgent action and other Inconvenience
that do accrue sundry Of the frccmen a-e
hindered that they cannot appsar at
courts of election in conslde. alton there
OF, il is ordered a0d enacted by the
Court that any fleemcn OF this coFpo. a
ton shall have liberty to send his vote
by proxy for the choice of Governor, as
sistants, Commissioners and Treasurer.
1865. Whereas complaint Is made
unto the Court of great abuses IN sundry
houses of this jurisdiction by persons
there misbchaviug themselves profanely
by being without doc, ut o meeting house
on the Lrod's Day in time Of eXclcisc.
and there misdemeaning themselves by
testing. sleeping or the like; it is enacted
by the Court and hereby ordered that the
oopstables OF each township of this JuIis-
diction shall III their respective towns
take special notice Of such persons and
to sdmopwh them. and IL, notwithstand-
ing they shall persist IN such practices,
that he shall set them in the stocks, and
10 case this will not reclaim them that
they return their rames To the Court
l6CS 1T is enacted by the Court that
oil the kings highways within this Govern
mcrt shall be 80 feet IN breadth ut
least
1860. 1T is enacted by tho Court
that some ono III every town be appointed
To see that the beer shall be suitable
% the price they sell il for =
1869 Whereas great Inconvenience
, hath arisen by slng,c persons IN this col
ons being by themselves and not taking
themselves 20 live IN well-govcrned fami-
lies II is enacted by the Cour. that hence
forth no single person be suffered 10 live
0! himself OF any family, but as the Sc
lcctmcn Of the town shall approve of.
and II any person or persons shall refuse
or neglect Ia attend such order as shall he
given them by the Selcctmen that such
p.rson or persons shall be summoned to
tho court TO I've proceeded with as the
matter shtll require.
1860. 1T is enacted by the Court
that any person or persons that shall be
found smoking tobacco on the Lord
Day going 10 or coming from the meetings
within two miles Of tho meeting house,
shall pay IL pence for every Fuch default,
colony use.
1860 An act tn prevent the profana-
tion OF the Lord s Day ''Fe i enacted
bv the Court, and the authorities thereof,
that tho Scicctmen Of tho several towns
81 this jurisdiction may or shall, As there
mav be occasion, take with him tho con-
stable or his deputy and repair TO any
house or place where they may suspect
that any slothful do lurk at home or get
worship Of God. or profane the Lords
Day. They shall return the names Of
tho persons 20 the next Court, and give
notice also Of any particular miscarriage
that thew may have taken notice Of that
dsv may be inquired into.
l6 l. 1T is enacted hy the Court
that no rum shall he sold in this Govern
mcnt 10 exceed the price Of about 5
shillings gallon, or 4 retailcd, 2pence
a gill
They bad their Garfield conservation
special orders, even in those days. As
follows:
1875 1T is ordered B, the Court
that whoSoever shall shoot of any gun
on any unnecessary occasion Or n any
thing whatsoever. except at an ind'an
o. wolf. shall forfeit 5 shillirgs every
sach shot uutil further hcrty Is gwen
1855 Order that the secretaries
wages be Is pounds wear in corn at ;
shilling per barrel.
1853 ordered by this Court that If
any person. EHglish or Indian, apprc-
hcnd and bring before authority any
man that is an Indian enemy he shall
have 10 pounds for 8 reward II he brIT z
him alive and pounds, i Killed, pro-
vided i he evident it wss an enemy
Indian
June, 1871. Section /. Tie it en-
acted by this Court. ard the authority
thereof, that any person, having had
the knowledge OF the true God, openly
and manifestly have or worship any
other god but the Lord God, he shall be
put TO death.
Sec. 2. "If any person within this ju-
risdiction, protesting the true God, shall
Willingly or willingly presume TO bias
pherne the holy name OF God, Father,
Son or Holy Ghost, with direct. express
OF high-hauded hlasphemy either by deny
ing OF the true God or His crca,ion
OF government of the world; o. shal
curse God, Father. Son or Holy Ghost,
such person shall be put 70 death.
Sec. t. II any person slayeth another
suddenly in anger. aud cruelty Of pas
sion, ne shall be put to death"
Sec. s. If any Christian (so-called)
be witch-that Is. hath or consulted
with S similar spirit-he or they shall
bt put to death.
Sec Is. IF any child or children
above I6 wears old, and OF competent up-
dertssuding, shall curse or smite their
natula al father or mother, be or she shall
be put to death, unless II can be sulfi-
gently testified that the parents have
been very Negligent in the educstion Of
such children, or so provoke them by ex-
treme and cruel correction, that they
have been forced theIeuDto to preserve
themselves from death or manning.
II Is enacted by this Court. that who
soever shall commit adultery with mar
ried woman. or one bet-othed TO another
mar. both Of them shall be severely pun
lshed by whipping two scpa ate times,
VIZ, once when the court is IN being at
v hlcn they were convicted OF feet, sn
the second tune as the Court shsll order,
and likewise to wear two capital letters,
a. D.. cut out OF cloth and sewed Oh their
uppermost garments. on the arm or
back; and If at sny time they shall be
found without the said letters SO worn
whilst Ln this Government TO be forth