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State Laws
(Alabama)
Betting on elections in this State
Any person who bets or hazards any money, bank notes, or other thing of
value, on any general, primary, municipal or special election authorized
by law to be held in this state, must, on conviction be fined not less
than $20.00 nor more then $500.00.
Raffling
Any person who sells tickets, or chances in such device or scheme of
raffling, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Betting with minor or apprentice
Any person, being of full age, who bets or hazards any money or other
thing of value, with a minor, or with an apprentice, must on conviction,
be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be
imprisoned for not more than 6 months.
Gaming
Any person who keeps, exhibits, or is interested or concerned in keeping
or exhibiting any gaming table, of whatsoever name, kind, or description,
not regularly licensed under the laws of this State, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
History and Archives
Any person who shall explore or excavate any of the aboriginal mounds,
earthworks, or other antiquities of this State, contrary to the laws,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not
exceeding $100.00 for each offense.
Trespassing of animals
Any horse, mare, mule, ox, bullock, cow, jack, jennet, sheep, goat, or
hog, may be taken up and confined by any person into whose enclosure such
animal may have broken through a lawful fence.
Probate Judge
It is not necessary for a Probate Judge to be learned in the law.
Voters
No election district within this state shall contain more than three
hundred legal voters.
Head rest on barber chair
No barber shall permit any person to use the head rest of any barber's
chair under his control until after the head rest has been covered with a
towel that has been washed since having been used, or with clean new
paper.
Road tax
No road tax shall be charged in counties of one hundred and fifty thousand
population or more.
Stealing examination papers (Schools)
Any person who purloins, steals, buys, receives, sells, gives or offers to
buy, sell or give any examination questions before the date of the
examination shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Governor age
The Governor of this state must be at least 30 years of age when elected.
Quarantine Officer intimidating people
Any quarantine officer or guard, who uses any violence or displays a
deadly weapon, for the purpose of intimidating people, and thus enforcing
compliance with his orders shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on
conviction shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 for
each offense.
Divorce (Insanity)
The court will grant a divorce in favor of either party, where the other,
after marriage, shall have been confined in an insane asylum for a period
of twenty successive years.
Divorce (Estate)
A divorce from the bonds of matrimony bars the wife of her dower and of
any destributive share in the personal estate of her husband.
Compensation
Compensation for the death of any employe shall be paid only to dependents
who at the time of death of the injured employe were actually residents of
the United States.
Stallions and Jacks
If any stallion or jackass is found running at large, such animal may be
brought before any Justice of the county, who must cause the same to be
advertised, with description of his marks, color, size, and age, in three
public places in the county.
Garnishments
The wages of employes, residents of this state, for personal services, to
the amount of $25.00 per month, shall be exempt from levy under writ of
garnishment.
Secret order badges
Any person who shall wear any badge emblem, or insignia of or pertaining
to the order of any secret society, order or fraternity, chartered under
the laws of the State of Alabama, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Illegal voting
Any person who votes more then once for the same office at any election
held in this State, must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary
for not less than two nor more than five years.
Selling cigarettes to minors
Any person who sells, barters, exchanges, or gives to any minor, any
cigarettes, or cigarette tobacco, or cigarette paper, must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50, and may be imprisoned for
thirty days.
Burke
Text from: Library of
Congress, Manuscript Division, WPA Federal Writers' Project Collection
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