Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-11-20

sentence against it. And it is as unla,rfa
as it is immoral The laws of Pennsylva
MIA are sufficiently plain and stringen
to cover everything Of this nature. Here
are a few of them:
ACT Of l7M February, 17G2.
Whereas many mischievous and unlaw
full games, called lotteries, have been Sc,
up IN this province, which tend to the
manifest corruption of youth, and the ru
IN and impoverishmout of many poor fam
lilies; and whereas such pernicious practi.
ces may not only give opportunities to
evil-disposed persons to cheat and defraud
the honest inhabitants of this province,
but prove introductive of vice, idleness and
immortality, injurious to trade, commerce
and industry, and against the common
good, welfare and peace of this province :
For remedy thereof, BE 1t enacted That,
( SECT. |. All lotteries whatsoever, " he.
ther public or private, are common and
public nuisances, and against the common
good and welfare Of the province.
SECT. Ill. All and every person and
| persons whatsoever, that shall Juv, sell or
expose to sale, or that shall adrertise or
cause to be advertised, the sale of any
ticket or tickets, or device ,chatsoeuer in
such lotteries, plays or devices, or that
shall be aiding, assisting, or in anywise
concerned in managing, conducting or car
rying on such lotteries, plays and devices,
Iy 'chdtsoerer name Tie same may be called,
and be legally convicted thereof in either
of the courts aforesaid, shall forfeit and
pay the sum of twenty pounds, lawful
money of Pennsylvania, for every such Of.
fence.
ACT Of lst March, 1888.
SECT. l. From and after the thirty
first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-three, all and every
lottery and lotteries, and derice and deriices
an The nature Of lotteries, shall be utterly
and entirely abolished, and are hereby de-
c!ared to be thenceforth unauthorized and
unlawful
SECT. II. From and after the day
aforesaid, any person or persons who
shall sell or expose to sale, or cause to be
sold or exposed to sale, or shall keep on
hand for the purpose of sale, or shall ad
rertise or cause to be odrertised for sale,
or shall aid or assist, or be in any wise
concerned in the sale, or exposure Ia sale,
of any lottery ticket or ticket,, # any
share or part Of any lottery ticker, in any
fDttery or deuice in tie nature or loRery,
within this commonwealth OR ELSEWHERE,
and any person or persons who shall al
rertise or cause to be advertised, the draw
ing of any scheme in any lottery, or to be
in any ruy concerned IN the managing,
conducting, carrying on or drawing of any
lottery or dertce an The nature Of u lottery.
and shall be convicted thereof in any
court of competent jurisdiction, shall, for
each and every such offence, forfeit aud
pay a sum not less than one hundred dol
lars, and not exceeding ten thousand dol
lars, or be sentenced to undergo an impris-
onment not exceeding six months, at the
discretion of the court
A plan or arrangement whereby land
or houses, divided into lots of unequal val.
ue, is distributed by chance among the
purchasers of tickets, or certificates, such
purchasers having had 10 previous inter-
est in the lands or houses, is lottery, and
prohibited by law. 4 S. & r. ISL
No one can deny that his advertising
the Georgia, Alabama, &c, Lotteries, is
clearly illegal, and subjects him daily to
punishment for which his few dollars or
"chances" would be no equivalent. And
yet we would prefer, as to honesty and
fair dealing, these frank, outspoken lotte-
ry venders, to the mer who skulk under
the law and attempt to evade it by various
''devices in the nature of lottery"
Nearly every week, we receive orders to
publish something of this kind, and have
declined several hundreds of dollars Of
such patronage in its infinitude Of disgui-
ses. We presume, therefore, that there
are many sharpers who obtain rich liyings
by fleeing country dupes into belief of
the truth of their flaming Lottery Adver-
tisements. We often, also, notice that
the managers Of these devices are brought
to punishment. A few weeks since,
gentleman from Stephenson Co., Ill.,, in
formed US that reputable citizen of that
county-as honest proprietor of "gift
enterprise as can ever be found-was
fucd 800, and lost about $4,000, by a
speculation exploded by the Grand Jury.
1t would be blessing to the cause Of re.
ligiOn and morality, and save money to
many country towns and townships, if ev-
of this nature were suppressed,
and papers persis.ing in these violations
of plain law were kept from the sight Of
the young and improvident, or their pub
fishers made to learn the penalty in that
case provided, in more experimental
manner