< Нелепые законы штата Алабама
Гражданам запрещено играть в домино по воскресеньям.
Section 13A-12-1
Certain acts prohibited on Sunday.
Any person who compels his child, apprentice or servant to perform any labor
on Sunday, except the customary domestic duties of daily necessity or comfort,
or works of charity or who engages in shooting, hunting, gaming, card playing or
racing on that day, or who, being a merchant or shopkeeper, druggist excepted,
keeps open store on Sunday, shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more
than $100.00, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail, or sentenced to
hard labor for the county, for not more than three months. However, the
provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of railroads,
airlines, bus lines, communications, public utilities or steamboats or other
vessels navigating the waters of this state, or to any manufacturing
establishment which is required to be kept in constant operation, or to
the sale of gasoline or other motor fuels or motor oils. Nor shall this
section prohibit the sale of newspapers, or the operation of newsstands,
or automobile repair shops, florist shops, fruit stands, ice cream shops
or parlors, lunch stands or restaurants, delicatessens or plants engaged
in the manufacture or sale of ice; provided, that such business establishments
are not operated in conjunction with some other kind or type of business
which is prohibited by this section. It shall also be lawful to engage in
motorcycle and automobile racing on Sunday, whether admission is charged or
not; except, that this proviso shall not be construed to prevent any
municipality from passing ordinances prohibiting such racing on Sunday.
Code 1852, §73; Code 1867, §3614; Code 1876, §4443; Code 1886, §4045;
Code 1896, §5542; Code 1907, §7814; Acts 1923, No. 417, p. 559; Code 1923, §5539;
Code 1940, T. 14, §420; Acts 1951, No. 433, p. 783, §1; Acts 1953, No. 230,
p. 297; Code 1975, §13-6-1.
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