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80 in the territorial prison not more than one year nor less than six months.

Sec. 18. Every person who shall cruelly beat or torture any horse, ox, or other animal, whether belonging to himself or another, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than thirty days, or by fine not exceeding fifty dallars, nor less than five dollars.

Sec. 19. No person shall keep open his shop, warehouse, or work house, or shall do any manner of labor, business, or work, except only works of necessity and charity, be present at any dancing, or any public diversion, show or entertainment, or take part in any sport, game or play, on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday; and every person so offending shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two dollars for each offense.

Sec. 20. For the purposes of the provisions of the nineteenth section, the Lord's day shall be understood to include the time between the midnight preceding, and the midnight following the same day.

Sec. 21. No person shall serve or execute any civil process from midnight preceding, to midnight following the said Lord's day, but such service shall be void, and the person serving or executing such process shall be liable in damages to the party aggrieved, in like manner as if he had not had any such process.

Sec. 22. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction of the offenses mentioned in the fifth, fourteenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth sections of this chapter.

Sec. 23. No person shall on the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's day, within the walls of any house of public worship or near the same, behave rudely or indecently, whether in the time of public service, or between the forenoon or afternoon services, or if any person or persons shall disturb any religious meeting by speaking in the same, or in any other manner conduct himself or themselves, so as to prevent the stated and orderly proceedings and exercises of such meeting or shall make such disturbance while the people are assembling at or leaving their place of worship, and shall not desist therefrom when requested, he may be removed from such meeting or place of worship by any individual.