New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-28
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LAWS OF LOUISIANA.
No. 2l.l
AN ACT


! AN ACT
TO LICENSE THE VENDING OF LOTTERY TICKETS.
Y SECTION /. Be it enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the State Of Louisiana in
General Assembly conuened, That it shall here
\ after not be lawful for persons to sell lottery
tickets within the State of louisiana without COM
plying with the provisions of this act.
SEC. 2. Be ii further enacted, ETC., That every
individual, firm, partnership, association or corpo
ration, who shall make, sell or offer to SELL lottery
tickets or fractional parts thereof, or any token,
certificate or device representing, or intended to
spresent lottery ticket or any fractional part
hereof, or any policy of numbers in any lottery, or
hall manage any lottery, Or prepare schemes for
,tteries or superintend the drawing of any lot
sres, shall be deemed lottery ticket dealer within
lie meaning of the provisions of this act. The
hepers of all establishments where purchases
q melted by means Of gifts, known as gift sales
ogft enterprises shall be assimilated to lottery
tjket dealers. -as,|
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That every
person, or each member of any corporation
engaged in the business of lottery ticket dealer
within the limits of this State, shall pay annually
lcense of ten thousand dollars; and it shall not
be awful for any person or corporation TO engage
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befre paving the said license tax of ten thousand
dollars, or such portion thereof as may be ratea
blydue for the fractional part of the current year
un.xpired at the time said business is commenced,
and before obtaining license therefor from the
collector of State taxes.
SEC. a, Be ii further enacted, etc., That all lot
terry tickets or parts of tickets must be signed
stamped, previous to vending, by the Auditor Of
fa,., oh R,,ov hall too
lected by said Auditor on all such tickets SO
stamped or sgred. ....
Sec. S. Be further enacted, etc., That if any
person or persons shall exercise or carry on the
business of lottery ticket dealer or do any act
appertaning to said business as defined in this act
without having paid the tax and taken out the
license, and having said tickets stamped signed
as required by the provisions Of the preceding
sections, he, she or they shall, for every such
oHense, besides being liable to the payment of the
tax, be subject to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years nor less than six months, or
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, nor less
than five hundred dollars, or both, at the discre-
ton of any court of competent jurisdiction ;
one moiety of said fine to the use of the State of
Of Louisiana, the other moiety to the use of the
person who shall first give information of the fact
whereby said forfeiture was incurred
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That it shall
be lawful for each person duly licensed in accord
ance with the provisions Of this act, and other.
wise complying with the same, to keep open seve-
raj places of business, not exceeding ten in mum
Der; Prorided however, that no person shall
conduct the business of lottery ticket dealer in
more than one parish, without taking out q sepa-
rate license for each parish in which he shall con-
duct the same Provided, ftu'tAer, that at each
and every place of business the same shall be
conducted in the and for the account Of the
person taking out the license therefor; and that
he shall be personally responsible for all acts done
i'll violation of the provisions of this act, by any
agent employed by him. And any person licensed
under the provisions of this act, who shall be
guilty of evading the same by authorizing another
person to carry on the business of lottery ticket
dealer in the name of such licensed person. but
for the account of such other person, shall, upor
conviction thereof forfeit his license, and SHALL il
addition, be subject to fine of not more than one
thousand dollars, nor less than five hundred dol
lars, and to Imprisonment for not more than two
years, nor less than six months, Or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 7. Be 1t further enacted ETC., That any
person who shall purchase lottery ticket no
fore provided for, shall, on conviction of having
so done, be fined in sum not exceeding five hun
bred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars
and imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, no
less than ten days, or BOTH at the discretion o
the court.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC., That it shall
be the duty of the collector of State taxes, upor
receiving information of the violations of the pro
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Immediately to the district attorney in and for tn
parish in which said offense is committed who's
duty it shall be forthwith to take the necessar
legal steps to have the offender arrested and pun
ished.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That tn
funds arising from the licenses, taxes per centag
for stamping or signing lottery tickets, fines an
forfeitures collected under the provisions of thi
act, shall be devoted to the support and mainte
nance of the Charity Hospital of the city of Ne,
Orleans, and shall be paid to the treasurer of sue
Charity Hospital, upon his own warrant, approve
by the president of the board of administrator
of said hospital, whenever the same may be d.
manded of the Treasurer Of the State, after co
lection Provided, that not more than fifty tho,
sand dollars shall be paid to said hospital in an
one year; and that after the payment of fit
tHOuShilu uOIbrs, as dIOIeshlu, tHe eACSSS uIlslu
from such collection, shall be paid into the tres
sury on account of the general fund. 1t shall b
the duty of the State Treasurer to make a retur
to the General Assembly, at each session thereo
showing the amount of revenue collected undt
this act, and the amount paid to said Charity Ho
pital.
Sec. 10. Be il further enacted, ETC.. That it sha
be the duty of the judges Of the several distri
courts throughout this State, at each jury term
their respective courts to charge their grand jul
specially with reference to the provisions Of til
act I
SEC. II. Be 1t further enacted etc., Nothil
contained in the provisions of this act shall be co
strued to authorize the establishment of any Il
terry within this State.
SEC. H. Be it further enacted etc.. That
laws in conflict with the provisions of this act,
and the same are hereby repealed
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That IL
act take effect from and after its passage.
(Signed) DUNCAN S. CAGE.
Speaker of the House of Representative
(Signed) ALBERT VOORHEES,.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Seua-
Approved, February II, 1866.
(Signed) j. MADISON WELLS.
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