The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-04-07

to approve all bills passed b. con
9rcsS. If he diSapproves or return:
! t with his veto and then specifically
lit IS provided that # not returned by
him within ten days, Sunday except
; cd" after It shal, have been present
! ed to him, i becomes a law. Similar
provisions are found in the constitu-
,ion of most of the states. In no less
than three-fourths of the constitutions
! of the states we fnd The same EXPIRES
<ion. Sunday excepted"
In both constitutions Of this state
adopted since 1860 We find the fol
loving provision, VIZ: If bill OF
Joint resolution shall not be returned
! by the governor within three days
afre, it shall have been presented to
him, Sunday excepted, il shall have
the same force and effect as if he had
signed It, unless the general assembly
by adjournment prevents its return.
IL which case It shall have such force
and effect unless returned within two
davs after the next meeting"
In the state of Louisiana where the
words Sunday excepted" were omit
ted from the constitution in 1881, the
court unanimously held that Sunday
was to be excluded" and in the
co,,+,s on;nion i was said "under
The law Sundays are generally excIud-
ed as day uoon which the perform
ance of anv act demanded by the law
is not REQUIRED. They are held to be
dies non iuridici. And in the Chris
tan world Sunday is regarded as the
Lords day, and a holiday-a day of
cessation from labor
So that it Will appear that even
where the words Sunday excepted
do at appear in the constitution, the
court vii! read them in, as a day
apcn which, in our Christian civili-
cation, work is not TO be done By
exnress command CT congress studies
are not pursued at the military or
naval academy, and distilleries are
prohibited from operation on Sun
days, while chaplains are required to
hold religious services once at least
on that day.
In many Of the states the runnlng
Of freight trains on Sundays is pro-
hibited. By judicial decisions in many
states a contract made on Sunday Is
Invalid and cannot be enforced. BY
the general course of decision no Ju-
dicial proceedings can be held on Sun
day. All legislative bodies, Whetner
municipal, st@ce or national, ABSTAIN
from work on that day. indeed the
vast volume Of ofiiclal action, legls!a-
tive or judicial, recognizes Sunday as
g day separate and apart from others
a day devoted not to the ofdlnary
pursuits of life. BY our own statutes
no civil or criminal process can be
served on Sunday (civil code, Section
1173); the sheriff may retake an es-
capped prisoner on Sunday (code, Sec
ton 1174). Any commercl2! paper
maturing on Sunday or any legal hol-
iday shall be deemed as maturing on
Che next day thereafter (code OF
laws, Section 2534l. we may con-
tinue ad infinitum to show Dy lliustra-
ton that Sunday is a day recognized
by the English speaking people as
day of rest and as day upon which
no ordinary work is to be performed.
In fact, 1 need not go any further
than the custom Of our own general
assembly. 1t retlres from business
every Sunday during the session, anc
why it should at the ia-1 moment con-
tinue its work upon that day IS in
COMPREHENSIVE 1t will not be out