[189] Acts of New Jersey, 1915, p. 904.
[190] Revised Statutes of Maine, 1916, ch. 16, sec. 52; Laws, 1907, ch. 182, p. 199; ibid., 1915, ch. 176.
[191] No attempt is made to treat legal holidays where the law requires observance by simply specifying the dates of such days. They are discussed only when the enactments indicate patriotic exercises to be held within the public schools, or where the purpose of teaching history through the observance of such days is stated.
[192] Laws of Kansas, 1886, ch. CXXV, p. 167. Approved February 18, 1886. Especially active in their desire for a proper observance of Memorial Day were the G. A. R., who in annual encampments frequently expressed a faith in it as a means for promoting patriotism as well as for memorializing the deeds of their comrades.
[193] Statutes of Vermont, 1894, no. 25, par. 685, p. 21; Public Statutes, 1906, ch. 46, sec. 1005, p. 275; General Laws, 1917, ch. 57, sec. 1240.
[194] Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1890, ch. III, sec. 1, p. 94; Laws of New Hampshire, 1897, ch. 14, p. 16; also Laws, 1921, ch. 85, sec. 23, p. 127. The latter date in New Hampshire might indicate a reënactment. South Dakota, in 1921, specially designated Memorial Day as “Citizenship Day.” See page 98.
[195] Laws of New York, 1898, ch. 481, Vol. II, p. 1191. Laws of Arizona, 1903, no. 19, p. 25. Laws of Kansas, 1907, ch. 319, p. 493.
[196] Laws of New York, op. cit. Laws of Arizona, op. cit. Laws of Kansas, op. cit.
[197] Statutes of California, 1909, ch. 527, p. 861, approved April 13, 1909. Acts and Resolves of Maine, 1909, ch. 190, sec. 1, p. 190. Acts of New Mexico, 1909, ch. 121, sec. 7, p. 342. Acts of West Virginia, 1911, ch. 40, p. 117. Also in West Virginia Code, 1916, ch. 15, par. 1, p. 246. General Laws of Vermont, 1917, ch. 57, sec. 1241, p. 295.
[198] Acts and Resolves of Rhode Island, 1914, ch. 1071, sec. 2, p. 110; also Acts, 1901, ch. 818, p. 55.