THE SUNDAY LAW OF TEXAS.
By R. M. Kilgore
To the Editor of the Herald. In answer to many inquiries whether it is not a violation of the law of the land for one to keep the seventh day and work on Sunday, the first day of the week, I wish to append the statute of Texas on the subject. I copy from the Revised Statutes of the State of Texas which took effect yesterday, May 28, 1879, in which is embraced the following:— “Penal code, title 7, chapter 2, article 183: Any person who shall hereafter labor, or compel, force or oblige his or her employes, workmen or apprentices, to labor on Sunday, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50.” “Article 184. The preceding article shall not apply to household duties, works of necessity or charity; . . . nor to any person who conscientiously believes that the seventh or any other day of the week ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and who actually refrains from business and labor on that day for secular reasons.”—R. M. Kilgore, in Denison Daily Herald, May 29, 1879.