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GENERAL BUSINESS LAW Laws 1909, Chap. 25. AN ACT relating to general business, constituting chapter twenty of the consolidated laws. Became a law February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as…
ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE Section 1. Short title.
§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "General Business Law."
ARTICLE 2 SABBATH Section 2. The Sabbath. 3. Sabbath breaking. 4. Punishment for Sabbath breaking. 5. Labor prohibited on Sunday. 6. Persons observing another day as a Sabbath. 7. Public sports and exercises on Sunday. 8. Trades, manufacturers, and mechanical employments prohibited on Sunday. 9. Public traffic on Sunda…
§ 2. The Sabbath. The first day of the week being by general consent set apart for rest and religious uses, the law prohibits the doing on that day of certain acts hereinafter specified, which are serious interruptions of the repose and religious liberty of the community.
§ 3. Sabbath breaking. A violation of the foregoing prohibition is Sabbath breaking.
§ 4. Punishment for Sabbath breaking. Sabbath breaking is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars and not more than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding five days, or by both, but for a second or other offense, where the party shall have been previously convicted, it…
§ 5. Labor prohibited on Sunday. All labor on Sunday is prohibited, excepting the works of necessity and charity. In works of necessity or charity is included whatever is needful during the day for the good order, health or comfort of the community.
§ 6. Persons observing another day as a Sabbath. It is a sufficient defense to a prosecution for work or labor on the first day of the week that the defendant uniformly keeps another day of the week as holy time, and does not labor on that day, and that the labor complained of was done in such manner as not to interrup…
§ 7. Public sports and exercises on Sunday. All public sports, exercises or shows, except professional golf tournaments and games of the World University Games conducted in Erie, Genesee and Niagara counties in nineteen hundred ninety-three, upon the first day of the week, and all noise unreasonably disturbing the peac…
§ 8. Trades, manufactures, and mechanical employments prohibited on Sunday. All trades, manufacturers, agricultural or mechanical employments upon the first day of the week are prohibited, except that when the same are works of necessity they may be performed on that day in their usual and orderly manner, so as not to…
§ 9. Public traffic on Sunday. All manner of public selling or offering for sale of any property upon Sunday is prohibited, except as follows: 1. Articles of food may be sold, served, supplied and delivered at any time before ten o'clock in the morning: 2. Meals may be sold to be eaten on the premises where sold at any…
§ 10. Prosecutions for conducting business on Sunday by certain persons. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be a sufficient defense to a prosecution pursuant to this article, for conducting any trade or business or public selling or offering for sale of any property on Sunday, that the defendant (1) a…
§ 11. Serving civil process on Sunday. All service or execution of legal process, of any kind whatever, on the first day of the week is prohibited, except in criminal proceedings or where service or execution is specially authorized by statute. Service or execution of any process upon said day except as herein permitte…
§ 12. Forfeiture of commodities exposed for sale on Sunday. In addition to the penalty imposed by section four, all property and commodities exposed for sale on the first day of the week in violation of the provisions of this article shall be forfeited. Upon conviction of the offender by a justice of the peace of a cou…
§ 13. Maliciously serving process on Saturday on person who keeps Saturday as holy time. Whoever maliciously procures any process in a civil action to be served on Saturday, upon any person who keeps Saturday as holy time, and does not labor on that day, or serves upon him any process returnable on that day, or malicio…
§ 14. Processions and parades on Sunday. 1. All processions and parades on Sunday in any city, excepting only funeral processions for the actual burial of the dead, and processions to and from a place of worship in connection with a religious service there celebrated, are forbidden; and in such excepted cases there sha…
§ 17. Days of rest and recreation. a. One day a week may be set aside for rest and recreation. b. A day of rest and recreation may be determined by the owners of a business or commercial enterprise, which shall include a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation. c. A retail merchants association or organization…
ARTICLE 3 AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS Section 21. Commissions; penalty. 22. Power of common council of cities. 23. Automobile auctioneer. 24. Mock auction. 25. Records to be kept by auctioneers. 26. Record open to inspection. 27. Penalties. 28. Limitation.
§ 21. Commissions; penalty. An auctioneer in any county, other than New York or Kings, shall not, without a previous agreement in writing, with the owner or consignee of the goods sold, demand or receive a greater compensation for his services than a commission of two and one-half per centum on the amount of any sale,…
§ 22. Power of common council of cities. Except as otherwise provided in the charter of the city, the common council of a city may designate such place within such city for the sale by auction of horses, carriages and household furniture, as it deems expedient.
§ 23. Automobile auctioneer. 1. Definitions. The term "automobile auctioneer" as used in this section means any person, not claiming title in himself, who sells or offers for retail sale more than five motor vehicles, motorcycles or trailers in any calendar year, or who displays or permits the display of three or more…
§ 24. Mock auction. A person who buys or sells, or pretends to buy or sell, any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any species of property except ships, vessels, or real or leasehold estate, exposed for sale by auction, if an actual sale, purchase, and change of ownership therein does not thereupon take place, is guilty…
§ 25. Records to be kept by auctioneers. Every auctioneer or person engaged in the business of selling goods at auction, whether acting in his own behalf or as the officer, agent or representative of another, shall, upon the receipt or acceptance by him of any goods for the purpose of sale at auction, and before offeri…
§ 26. Record open to inspection. The said book and the entries therein, made as provided by the preceding section, shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the inspection of the mayor and the head of the police department of the city in which the auctioneer conducts his business, the district attorney of any county i…