No worldly employment or business, except works
of necessity and charity, shall be performed or practiced by any person
within the Borough of Prospect Park on the first day of the week,
commonly called and hereinafter designated as "Sunday."
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed
to prohibit the preparation and sale of drugs, meals, prepared food,
perishable agricultural and horticultural products and nonalcoholic
beverages on Sunday, nor to apply to sales of alcoholic beverages
which are otherwise subject to regulation under Title 33 of the Revised
Statutes of New Jersey.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter,
any person may, on Sunday:
A. Print, publish and sell newspapers, magazines and
periodicals;
B. Sell and deliver milk, bread and baked goods;
C. Walk, ride or drive for recreation;
D. Hire conveyances for riding and driving, and sell
gasoline and other petroleum products for motor vehicles;
E. Engage or take part in any form of recreation, sport
or amusement that is not unlawful on other days of the week, if in
so doing such person does not disturb others in their observance of
Sunday;
F. Sell and dispense, either directly or by vending machine,
cigarettes and other tobacco products;
G. Exhibit, sell and offer for sale residential dwellings
located within the Borough of Prospect Park.
If any person should be charged with having
labored or worked on Sunday and shall prove to the satisfaction of
the Magistrate that he uniformly keeps the seventh day of the week
commonly known as the "Sabbath," habitually abstains on that day from
following his usual occupation or business and from all recreation,
and devotes the day to the exercise of religious worship, and if the
work or labor for which such person is charged was done and performed
in his own home or workshop or on his premises and has not disturbed
others in the observance of the first day of the week, commonly known
as "Sunday," as the Sabbath, then the defendant shall be discharged.
This section shall not be construed to allow any such person to openly
expose to sale on Sunday any goods, wares, merchandise, or other articles
or thing in the line of his business or occupation.
Any person who shall violate this chapter or
any provisions thereof shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine
of not more than $500.