| Date | 1792 |
|---|---|
| Law/Legislation | Law |
| Jurisdiction | VA |
| Title | Chapter 72 |
| Description/Full Text | If any person on a Sabbath day is found laboring, or shall employ his apprentices, servants, or slaves in labor or other buisness, except in household offices of daily necessity, or other work of necessity or charity, he shall forfeit the sum of $1.67 for every such offens; the punishment for profane swearing, cursing and drunkenness is set in this act at 83 cents for every such offense, and for the adultery and fornication of every person not a servant or slave $20.00 and $10.00, respectively |
| Additional Information | – |
| Source | Black Laws of Virginia, By: June Purcell Guild |
| Transcriber Notes | – |
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