Page:1971 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/220

220 CHAPTER 135

HOUSE BILL NO. 1394

(Gerl, Mushik, Bunker)

PUBLIC DANCING ON SUNDAY

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12-21-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public dancing on Sunday, and providing a penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.) Section 12-21-19 of the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

12-21-19 SUNDAY DANCES PROHIBITED - PUNISHMENT.) No person shall keep open, run, or permit the running of any place for public dancing, or permit the use of any place for public dancing between the hours of one o'clock a.m. Sunday and eight o'clock a.m. the following Monday morning. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.

Approved March 27, 1971