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of the peace, for the first offense shall be fined not less than five nor more
than twenty dollars, and stand committed to jail until the fine and costs
are paid; and for the second offense shall be fined as aforesaid, and be
imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

As to " Religious Corporations," see art. 23, sec. 274.

As to indictments for selling liquor, unlawfully, see sec. 561.

An. Code, sec. 425. 1904, sec. 373. 1888, sec. 236. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 2. 1827, ch. 29, sec. 1.

472. If any person shall commit an offense against the provisions of
the preceding section he shall in addition to the penalties therein men-
tioned forfeit all such spirituous or fermented liquors and other articles
of traffic, and all the chests and other things containing the same, belong-
ing to and in the possession of the person so offending, together -with such
booth, stall, tent, carriage, boat, vessel, vehicle or other contrivance or
thing prepared and used in violation of said section. And it shall be the
duty of any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, if he sees any person vio-
lating the preceding section, to arrest the offender and carry him before
a justice of the peace. The sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, when he
arrests the offender, shall seize the property hereby declared to be for-
feited, or shall seize the same on a warrant against the offender, if such
offender cannot be found; and the justice of the peace before whom such
offender is convicted, or before whom the warrant is returned that the
offender cannot be found, shall enter judgment of condemnation against
such property, and issue a fieri facias for the sale thereof; provided, the
person who has been returned not found and whose property has been con-
demned in his absence may appear at any time before the sale of the prop-
erty and have the case tried as if he had appeared at the return of the
warrant.

An. Code, sec. 426. 1904, sec. 374. 1888, sec. 237. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 3.

473. The provisions of the two preceding sections shall not apply to
any licensed tavern-keeper, merchant, shop-keeper, farmer or other per-
son, in the usual and lawful transaction of his ordinary business in the
usual place of transacting such business, or to any person having permis-
sion in writing from the supervisor of such meeting to sell such articles as
may be named in such permission.

An. Code, sec. 427. 1904, sec. 375. 1888, sec. 238. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 5. 1827, ch. 29, sec. 2.

1849, ch. 195. 1882, ch. 116.

474. Whosoever shall wilfully interrupt or disturb any religious con-
gregation, society or meeting, by blowing horns, exploding firearms, horse-
racing, noisy, riotous or disorderly conduct or conversation shall, on con-
viction before a justice of the peace in the county wherein such offense
shall be committed, be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty
dollars, and be committed to jail until the fine and costs are paid.

An. Code, sec. 428. 1904, sec. 376. 1888, sec. 239. 1824, ch. 53, sec. 2. 1849, ch. 195.

475. All fines imposed and collected under this sub-title for disturb-
ing religious meetings shall be paid to the county, and nothing in the four