penalties; and repealing inconsistent laws.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the word "municipality,"
as used in this act, shall be construed to include every city,
borough, town, and township of this Commonwealth.
Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person,
copartnership, association, or corporation to stage or engage in
the playing of the game of polo, regardless whether a charge or
admission thereto is made, or whether labor or business is
necessary to conduct or stage the same, on the first day of the
week, commonly called Sunday, before the hour of one o'clock
postmeridian and after the hour of seven o'clock postmeridian.
It shall not be unlawful for any person, copartnership,
association, or corporation to stage or engage in playing the
game of polo, regardless whether a charge or an admission
thereto or incidental thereto is made, or whether labor or
business is necessary to conduct or stage the same, on the first
day of the week, commonly called Sunday, after the hour of one
o'clock postmeridian and before the hour of seven o'clock
postmeridian, unless the voters in the municipality have first
voted against the playing of polo on Sunday during such hours.
In any municipality wherein the voters have voted against the
playing of polo on Sunday, it shall be unlawful thereafter to
stage or engage in the playing of said game on Sunday between
the hours of one o'clock postmeridian and seven o'clock
postmeridian.
Any person, copartnership, association, or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), and, in default
of the payment of such fine and costs of prosecution, such
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