§ 750.147Denial of equal public accommodations

Sec. 147.
    Any person being an owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee
 of any such place who shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from or deny to any person
 any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges thereof or directly or
 indirectly publish, circulate, issue, display, post or mail any written or printed
 communications, notice or advertisement to the effect that any of the accommodations,
 advantages, facilities and privileges of any such places shall be refused, withheld from or
 denied to any person on account of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or blindness or
 that any particular race, color, religion, national origin, sex or blindness is not welcome,
 objectionable or not acceptable, not desired or solicited, shall for every such offense be



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 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than
 $100.00 or imprisoned for not less than 15 days or both such fine and imprisonment in the
 discretion of the court; and every person being an owner, lessee, proprietor, manager,
 superintendent, agent or employee of any such place, and who violates any of the provisions
 of this section, shall be liable to the injured party, in treble damages sustained, to be recovered
 in a civil action: Provided, however, That any right of action under this section shall be
 unassignable. In the event that any person violating this section is operating by virtue of a
 license issued by the state, or any municipal authority, the court, in addition to the penalty
 prescribed above, may suspend or revoke such license.