Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-05-19
AN ACT to prevent and punish Gamb.

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AN ACT to prevent and punish Gamb-
ling:
Sec. i. Be it enaciea By TIE Coun-
cit and House Of Representatives. 0f
the Territory Of Wis:oasin, That all
promises, notes, bills, bounds, coven-
ants, contracts, agreements, judgments,
mortgages, or other securities or con-
veyanccs, made given granted, or en-
tered into, or executed, by any person
or persons whomsocver for the whole
or any part, or shall be for any money.
propeaty, or any valuable thing won
by gambling, or playing at cards, dice,
or other games Of hazard whatsoever,
or by betting on the side or hands with
any person or perions playing or gamb-
ling as aforesaid, or for the rcimburs-
ing or paying any money or other va
liable thing, lent or advanced at the
time Of such playing, knowing the in
tention Of the borrower so 10 let OF
hazard the same shall be good and val.
id in all courts Of law and equity in
this Territory and colleciablc as pro.
vided in the second section Of this act
SEC. 2. Ifany person, who shall al
any time by playing or betting at cards.
dice or any other game or games or
hazard whatsoever, or by betting OH
the side or hand of such as do be; or
game, lose any money or other valua-
Bile thing, and shall pay or deliver the
same. it Shall be lawful for any person
or persons to sue for and recover in the
name Of the board Of county coo,mis-
sioners Of the county in which such
money or other valuable thing was lost,
for the use Of such county, from tine
respective winner or winners, with
cost of suit, in any court having COM
petent Jurisdiction, in which action it
shall be sufficient for the plaintiff TO
declare generally as in actions Of debt
or assumpsit for money had and recciv-
ed by the defendant TO the use Of the
plaintiff, or as in actions of dciinuc or
trover upon supposed fading and de-
tanning, or conveying the money or
property of the plaintiff, TO The use Of
the defendant, whereby an action hath
accrued to the plaintiff according to the
form of this act, wi bout setting forth
the special matter, the testimony Of the
person losing in the absence of other
testimony shall be received in any &C.
ton brought as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Every person who shall Set
up or keep any table or gambling de-
vice, commonly called faro-bank, EO
Roulette, equality or any kind ofgamb-
ling device, adopted, devised and de-
signed for the purpose Of playing any
games Of chance, for many or property,
and shall induce, entice or permit any
person to bet or play at or upon any
sach gaming table, or gambling device,
or at or upon any game played at or
by any means oil s icn iahin ar sa ,,L.ing
device, or on the side or against the
keeper thereof, shall on conviction
be adjudged guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and punished by fine not exceeding one
thousand dollarsan not less than TWEEN
ty-fve dollars, or by imprisonment
not exceeding three months and less
ten days, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
SEC. 4 Every person who shall bet
any money or property, or play at or
upon any gaming table, bank or device
prohibited by the preceding section, or
who shall bet upon or play at any game
PLAYED at orby means ofany such gam
ing table or bank, or other device, OF
on the side or against the keeper there
Of, shall on conviction thereof be adj
Judged guilty Of misdemeanor, and
punished by fine not exceeding FIVE
hundred and not less than ten dollars.
SEC. S. Every person, who shall suf-
fer or permit any gaming table, bank
ordeyice, prohibited by the proceeding
provisions, to be set up or used for the
purpose Of gaming, in any house build
ing shed, lot or out house, yard garden,
out lot 0, other premises to him be-
longing, or by him occupied, or Of
which he hath at the time the posses
sion or control, shall, on conviction,
be adjudgel guilty Of a m;sdemeanor,
and punished by fine not exceeding S
hundred dollars nor less than one hun
dred dollars for every such offence, or
by imprisonment not exceeding three
months nor less than ten days, or by
both; such Gne and Imprisonment at
the discretion Of the court.
SEC. 6. Every person, who shall
knowingly lease or let to another any
house or other building, for the purpose