NEWS: 30 Apr 1880, Sentinel Democrat addition, Montgomery Co.,Ky

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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 00:10:12 -0400
From: "Elizabeth Smith" <lizsmith@setel.com>

Sentinel Democrat
Friday, 30 April 1880

I didn't transcribe this article earlier, but noticed that the topic is discussed often in the 
subsequent issues, so decided to go on and post it.

          THE NEW SUNDAY LAW
A great deal of discussion has been indulged in regarding the new Sunday law, and in oder that our 
people may fully understand the law we publish both the old and the new simply remarking however without 
discussing its merits, that the new law was really included in the old.

          Here is the old law:
Section 10 of article 17 chapter 29 of the General Statutes, provides that: "No work or business shall 
be done on the Sabbath day except the ordinary household offices, or other work of necessity or charity. 
If any person on the Sabbath day shall himself be found at his own or any other trade or calling, or 
shall employ his apprentices or other persons, in labor or other business, whether the same be for 
profit or amusement, unless such as is permitted above, he shall be fined not less than two nor more 
than fifty dollars for each offence. Every person or apprentice so employed shall be deemed a separate 
offence. Persons who are members of a religious society, who observe as a sabbath day any other day in 
the week than Sunday, shall not be liable to the penalty prescribed in this section if they observe as a 
Sabbath one day in each seven, as herein provided.

The Gathright bill is as follows: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 
That section 10, article 17, of chapter 29 of the General Statutes be amended by the addition of the 
words following, to wit. "Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any tavern-keeper (whether licensed 
by the State or by the authority of the County Court or Trustees, or other authority of city or town), 
or for any saloon-keeper, or any other dealer in spiritous [sic] vinous or malt liquors, to have open a 
barroom or other places for the sale of such liquors, or in any way to sell, give or otherwise dispose 
of spiritous [sic] vinous or malt liquors on Sunday.

"Sec. 2. If the keepering [sic] open a bar or store, or any other place for the sale of such liquors, or 
the selling or otherwise disposing of such liquor on Sunday, shall be deemed a violation in the statute 
to which this act is an amendment, and shall, upon conviction, subject the offender to the pains and 
penalties provided there for; and and [sic] shall, moreover, for the third offence, forfeit his license, 
whether State, City, County Court or Town license. 
"That all acts or parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.  "This act shall take effect 
from its passage."