The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1869-03-12
an ACT TO RESTRICT DINING.

shall deal, play. carry on, open or cause t.
b, opened, or who shall conduct either IA
owner or employee, whether f"r hire or not
except under license as hereinafter pro
,iried, any game of Fare. Nome, Roulette
Lan>quen, tie. R"u9e-tt-N"ir, Rondo. or any
Banking game pla,eG with cards, dice. Of
any other device whe, her the same be PLAYED
sentative of value. shall h" gui ~ If mi>de
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine IF not les than One
Fhnnsand nor more than Three Thousand
Dular> or BY iupri> nment IN the Count,
jill NOT less than three months nor more
than one wear, " BY both such fine and I'M
pri~0nniput.
SEC. ,. ANY person may procure license
for carry ny on an, one of the games men
toned in Section One of Il is Act. in any sin
gle room, upon the payment t" the Sheriff of
the C0unry in which the same is situated the
amount of lirense money fixed in Section
| Four Of this Act. and upon giving tn said
! Sheriff d, finite description Of the room in
| vhict, he designs to carry on said game, and
filing with the County Clerk of the County
:, cop, Of said description.
SIC, 3. Blank licenses shall be prepared
by the Count, Auditor whch shall he signed,
issued. and accounted for as is by law pro-
vided in respect to other county licenses
!
this Act to anv person shall contain tire name
of the licenSee, particular description of the
| room in which the licensee dPsir' $ to carry
on the game licensed, and shall by its terms
authorize the licen>ee u carry IN one OF the
mes 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
! l. r,1.,xE
acainS, any criminal prosecution for dealing
or carving ON the game mentioned in the
room described during said three months,
but not for dealing or carrying on any other
game than that spe, d, or the specified
game. in anv other plac" than the room so
described; Psorided. That the licen-ee hall
he entitled to deal, or play, or carr, on two
or more games in the same room by pay
ing license for each game so dealt or car
rid on.
SEC. 4. The amount to he paid to the
Sheriff for a quarterly license shall be as fol-
lows: In any county in which at the Gen
er,l Fl. ctr,n next preceding the time of ap
pication were poilei Tw" Thousand or more
votes. or in any county created after such
General E.lccrinn, Four Hundred D"il-r>;
in an. other comfy, Two Hundred aud Fifty
Dollars.
SEC ) All moneys received for licenses
under the provisions Of this Act. shall he
paid one half into the County Trea>ur, and
one half into the State Treasury, for general
County and State purposes respectively.
StC g. Every person who shall knowingly
perini, any Of the games meHtinned in the |
First Section of tli- Act TO be played. con-
Quoted dealt or carried on in any house
owned BY him or her, in VIII le ar in part, * |
cept bv Il person mo has rt ceiyed license,
as herein provided. OF his empl zee, and in
the room DESERT ed therein, shall he guilty nf
miSdemeanor, and on cnnvirti"n thereof
shall be punished, as provided in Section One |
of this Act.
SIC. Z Nome 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; and if any person carving on any
of said games shall knowingly permit to
enter or remain in any licensed room any
person under the age of seventeen wears, he
shall be deemed guilty of mi>demeanor,
and sh III be punished as provided i'll Section
One of SAID Act.
Sic s. No town, city, or municipal cor
poration in this State, shall hereafter have
power to prohibit, suppress or regulate anv
house. or game licensed provided
by this Act.
SIC. 8. No person otherwise competent
as a witness shall be disqualified or excused
from te>tifying as such, either before grand
or petit jury, any Court. to any facts con-
corning the OtfenseS mentioned in the FIRE
going Sections of this Act, On the ground
that his testimony may criminate himself
SEC. 10. The 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
ofIenses mentioned in this Act, which sum
shall be taxed as costs in the action, but in
no case shall such costs be charge against
the county.
SEC ii. An Act entitled IAN Act to
Prevent Gaming" approved February 18th,
1865, is hereby repealed.
D. o. ADDISON,
Speaker of the Assembly.
A. WHITFoRD,
Clerk of the Assembly.
JAMES s. SLINGERLAND,
President of the Senate.
JOHN WATSON,
Secretary of the Senate.
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. }
State of Nevada, March. 4, 1869.
This is to certify that Assembly Bill No. IS,
{ An Act to Restrict Gaming" passed the
assembly this [dayl, notwithstanding the
objections of The Governor. by the following
,ote yeas, %; na,s,7.
ID. o. ADkIsoS,
Speaker of the Assembly.
A. WHITFoRD,
Clerk of the Assembly.
SENATE CHAMBER. |
State Of Nevada, March 4 1869 (
This is to certify that Assembly Bill No. Is,
An Act to Restrict Gaming" passed the
'enate this day, rot~ith-tanding the ohjec-