Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-02-13
Assembly Bill No. 7S.-Introdncod by MIR.
Gray

Gray
AN ACT TO RESTRICT GAMING.
Tho PEOPLE of the State of Nevada, repre-
sented in Sc nate and Assembly, DO enact rs
foHops:
SECTION l. Each and every person who
shall deal, play, carry on, open or cause to DO
opened, or who shall conduct either as owner
or employee, whether for hiro or not, except
under q license as hereinafter provided, any
game. of Faro, Monte, Roulette, Lansque-
nette, -Noir, Rondo, or any banking
game played with cards, dice, or any other
device; whether the same be played for money,
checks, credit or any other representation OF
value, shall DO guilty Of misdemcanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine Of not less than one thousand nor more
than three thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the County Jail not less than three
months nor more than one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
SEC. 2. Any person may procure a license
for carrying on any one Of tho games men,
toned in Section l Of this Act, in any single
room, upon the payment to the Sheriff OF the
county in which the same is situated, the
amount Of licensc money fixed in Section 4 Of
this Act, and upon giving to said Sheriff a
definite description Of the room in which hc
desires to carry on said game, and filing with
the County Clerk Of the county q copy OF said
description.
SECS Blank licenses shall be prepared by
the County Auditor, which shall be signed,
issued and accounted for us is by law provided
in respect to other county licenses. Each
license delivered by the Sheriff under this Act
to any person, shall contain the name Of the
~licensee, q particular description Of the room
in which tho ~licensee desires to carry on the
game licensed, and shall by its terms author
ize the licensce to carry on one OF the games
mentioned in the first section Of this Act,
specifying it BY name, in the room therein
described, for the period Of three months
next succeeding the date OF issuance Of the
license. The said license shall protect the
lieensee and his employee or employees
against any criminal prosecution for dealing
or carrying on the game mentioned, in the
room described, during said three months,
but not for dealing or carrying on any other
game than that specified, or the specified
game in any other place than the room so
described.
SEC. 4. The amount to DO paid to the
Sheriff for a quarterly license shall be paid az
follows: In any county in which at the gen.
eral election next preceding tho timc OF ap-
plication, were polled TWO thousand or more
votes, or in any county created after such
general election, four hundred dollars, in any
other county two hundred and fly dollars.
Sic. s. All moneys received for licenses
under the provisions Of this Act shall be paid
one-half into the County Treasury and one
half into the State Treasury, for general
county and State purposes respectively.
SIC. 6. Every person who shall knowingly
permit any Of the games mentioned In the
first section Of this Act to be played, con-
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owned by him or her in whole or in part, cx-
cept by a person who has received a license
as herein provided, or his employee, and in
the room described therein, shall be guilty OF
q misdemcanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be punished as provided in Section Of
this Act. ,
SEC. 7. Mono Of the above mentioned
games shall be carried on, nor shall any
license issue to carry the same on, in any
front room Of the first or ground floor OF any
building.
p~orntion in this State shall hereafter have
power to prohibit, suppress or regulate any
gaming house or game licensed as provided
by this Act.
SEC. Q. No person otherwise competent as
q witness shall DO disqualified or excused
from testifying as such either before n Grand
or Petit Jury or any Court to any facts con.
corning the offenscs mentioned in the forego-
ing section Of this Act on the ground that his
testimony may criminate himself.
SEC. 10. Tho District Attorney Of the
county shall receive two hundred and fifty
dollars for each conviction Of any person
charged with the commission Of any Of the
offenses mentioned in this Act, which sum
shall be taxed as costs in the action.
SEC. IL. An Act entitled "An Act to pre-.
vent gaming" approved February %, 1865, i,
hereby repealed.