p. 452 | The Texas Sunday Law by R. M. Kilgore

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 29.

The Texas Sunday Law.

By R. M. Kilgore

THE Sunday law of Texas is not oppressive, but very liberal and merciful in its provisions. For the benefit of those who believe the seventh day is the Sabbath, and are not keeping it because they fear the consequences of violating the law, we append below the State Sunday Law as found in chapter 2 of title 7 of the Penal Code:—

Art. 183. Any person who shall hereafter labor, or compel, force, or oblige his employees, workmen, or apprentices, to labor on Sunday, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Art. 184. The preceding article shall not apply to household duties, works of necessity or charity, nor to necessary work on farms or plantations in order to prevent the loss of any crop, or the running of steamboats or other water craft, rail cars, wagon trains, common carriers, nor to the delivery of goods by them, or the receiving or stowing of said goods by the parties, or their agents to whom said goods are delivered, nor to stages carrying the United States mail, or passengers, nor to foundries, sugar mills, or herders who have a herd of stock actually gathered and under herd, or to persons traveling, nor to ferrymen, or keepers of toll-bridges, keepers of hotels, boarding-houses, and restaurants, and their servants, nor to keepers of livery stables and their servants, nor to any person who conscientiously believes that the seventh or any other day of the week ought to be reserved as the Sabbath, and who actually refrains from business on that day for religious reasons.

The Texas code protects those who keep the seventh day as well as those who observe Sunday.

R. M. KILGORE.