Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-05-29


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q shall be liable TO the action OF the party gTeved
:, tsin other cases. 8N E8
SEc 8 n any person Orrersons wat ev-
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8 fraud, s1llt, eozenage, ciIclnYe ION. dee
= unlaWlu device, or EVIL practice g
2 playing at 81 with cards, dee, Or any other
: game on games on ia or By bearing 4 share o.
z part Ia the stakes, Wagefs Or adventures, or n
, Or by betting on the sides Or hands Of such as
: do 81 shall play, win, obtain or acquire 20 HIM
e Or themselves or to any other a otheTz, any
= sum or sums of money Or ether valuable thing
{ or things whatsoever, every person so Win-
e ming BY such Ill practice, and being thefeo
; convicted By The verdictOf : jury, upon in
dictment Of Information, shall forfeit and nav
FIVE times the value of the money of other
: thing SO won, and shall be deemed Infamous,
and suffer such corporal punishment, as In ca
SEES Of Wiliul perjury. .a
SEC. 8. All moneys exhibited for the ptr-
pose Of afluring persons TO bet against, at any
game, and all moneys actually staked or bet
ted whatsoever, shall be liable 10 seizure, by a.
: such offence shall be committed or by any per-
ny justice Of the peace Of the county in which
son orpersons under warrant from such jus
: tlcc, wheresoever the same may be found and
all such moneys so seized shall be accounted
for by the person or persons making thesazure,
to the justice Of the peace issuing such waf-
rant, and be paid by him INTO the treasury Of
the State, for the use and benefit Of the htera-
ryfund, deducting thereout fifty per centuTl up
on all moneys SO seized, to be paid to the per-
son or persons making the said seizure.
Sec 10. Amy person or persons who shall
oppose the seizure of any such moneys as a.
bove described, by any person or persons so
authorised to make it. shall belable to penalty
Of fifteen hundred dollars, to be recovered IN
any court having cognizance thereof in the
name of the State, for the use of the literary
fund and shall be, moreover, liable to the ac-
ton of any party aggrieVed by such opposition
and any person or persons who shall take and
carry away any part of the said money, after
the said seizure shall be declared, shall be gull
| ty Of amisdemeanor, and on conviction there
| Of by the verdict of jury, shall be fined and
| imprisoned at the discretion of the court be-
fore whom such offender or offenders shall be
tried. TIT ~
SEC. "A. 1t any person or persons shall be
guilty OF keeping or exhibiting any gaming Ia
bic, commonly called A B C, or E Dor rou-
lette, or rowley pOwley, or rogue ct NOR, or a.
ny taro bank, or other gaming table, or bank of
the same, or like kind or description, under a.
ny other denomination whatever, or shall be in
any manner, either directly OF indirectly, inter-
ested or concerned In any of the aforesaid
gambling tables, bank or games, either BY fur
nlshlng money or articles for the purpose of
carrying on the same, being interested in the
loss or gain of said table or bank, or employed
in any manner in conducting, carrying on, or
exhibiting said table or bank, every person so /
offending, and being thereof convicted, shall |
pay fine at the discretion Of the court, not /
exceeding two thousand dollars, and shall stand /
in the pillory three days IN succession, one hour
in each day.
SEC IL If any owner, lessee, or occupant,
OF any house, clubhouse, or other building,
shall knowingly permit, or suffer any of the |
before mentioned tables, bank or games TO be
carried on, or exhibited, in their said houses.
or other buildings, and being there
of convicted, shall pay a fine not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than two Thousand
dollars.
SEC 10. It shall be the duty of every iudoe
Justice of thepe and city magistrate, tocanse
10 be taken and burnt, otherwise DESTROYED. an
tables and other gamiug apparatus or materi-
ais set up, or opened, for the purpose of gaming.
contrary to this act; and when any judge, ius-
nce OF the peace, or city magistrate NAV deem
it necessary, they and each Of them arehereby
authorised to call on any militia officer, COM
handing company in the county where such
offence may be committed, whose duty It shall
be to order out as many mihtiamen as he NAV
deem competent to aid and assist such JUDGE. /
justice or city magistrate, IN enforcing the fore
gong provisions; and every militia officer, or /
other person refusing to aid and assist therein, |
shall forfeit and pay fine of twenty dollars, to
be recovered before any justice Of the peace, /
ami maid nfrf Hee tot Al
benefit Of the literary fund.
SEC. IA. Any person wishing to set I'm. and
use billiard table for play, within this state,
may do the same by first obtaining license
rom the clerk of the county court Of the prop
er county; which license the clerk is hereby
authorised and directed to grant, for the term Of
one year from the date Of such license, OF for
SIX months, on the applicants paying INTO his
hands the sum of five hundred dollars If for
one year, OF one half thereof, If for six months.
and one dollar as the clerks fee for granting
tne same; and every billiard table, the owners
and Keepers thereof 80 set up and licensed as
AFORESAID. shan be exempted from an the mains
and penalties imposed by this ACT. until gnch
license shall have expired; and every clerk re-
ceivng any money for licensing any biIliardtable
as aforesaid, shall paythe same into the treasury
ofthe state, within two months thereafter, under
the penalty Of one thousand dollars, to be re-
covered before any court having jurisdiction
thereof, upon motion made by the attorney gem
eral or any district attorney IN the same man
ner as IS provided for the recovery of state
taxes by the auditor Of public accounts.
SEC. 10. If any person shall be guilty Of
keeping or exhibiting any billiard table. for 1lav.
D not beng licensed agreeable to law. or shall he
IN any way interested or concerned IN said ia
bic, and beng thereof convicted, shan nav :
fine Of not less than FIVE hundred dollars. and
7 and not more than two thousand dollars. ana
be imprisoned a term not exceeding Sly
months; and all and every owner, lessee or oc-
cupant OF any house, clubhouse or other bull
ding, who shall suffer or permit any such biz
: hard table not licensed agreeable to law, to be
carried on or exhibited, in his or their house.
clubhouse or other building, and being convie.
ted thereof shall pay fine not less than one
hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand
dollars. ~
SEC. l6. It shall be the duty Of an ;udoes
! justices of the peace, and CITY mag;sstrstos
who shall receive information. or have $500
cause to believe that any person IS SOiltv 81 q
ny Of the offences specified In this act 10 cause
such person or persons SO suspected to be ar
rested and brought before him and If on ex-
animation, the Judge, justice, Of city magis-
trate, shall be Of opinion, that such person i
guilty of the charge alleged against him, the
said Judge, justice or city magistrate, shall bind
hun IN recOgnizance, with good and snfi-
cient security, 20 appear At the next circuit
court Of the county wherein such offence NAV
be committed, if such court have cognizance
thereof to answer said charge, and also that he
u the mean time VII not be guilty Of the like