15This article is drawn from a larger study of the experiences of Jehovah' s Witnesses in Arkansas, 1913-1946.

Persons going from house to house or from place to place selling and delivering religious books are peddlers, and may be required to obtain and pay for a license.

Without abridging religious liberty or freedom of conscience the state may enact laws prohibiting distribution of religious literature without a licence or permit.

And a tax on hawkers of books does not impinge the free exercise of religion even though the tax impedes the sale of such literature.

[CITATION] Bowden v. Fort Smith

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[CITATION] Toward benevolent neutrality: Church, state, and the Supreme Court

[CITATION] Justice Douglas and freedom of speech

[CITATION] Law of Indian and American Constitutions