An act to amend Section 291 of the Penal Code, relating to Children; became a law, with the approval of the Governor, April 22, 1889.
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION I. Section 291 of the Penal Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
A person who sells, pays for, or furnishes any cigar, cigarette, or tobacco in any of its forms to any child, actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
In 1890 it was amended, attaching a penalty for its violation, as follows:
AN ACT to amend Section 291 of the Penal Code, relating to Children; approved by the Governor, May 24, 1890.
SECTION I. Section 291 of the Penal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subdivision:
7. No child, actually or apparently under sixteen years of age, shall smoke or in any way use any cigar, cigarette, or tobacco in any form whatsoever, in any public street, place, or resort. A violation of this subdivision shall be a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars and not less than two dollars for each offense.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety.