The Placer herald., 1872-12-28
LOTTERY LAW.

The following win be the law to prevent
lotteries after the first Monday in January,
1878. Ladies read it before you make any
more ring cakes OF grab-bags.
Sec. 3l9 Alottery is any scheme for the
disposal or distribution of property by chance
among persons who haye paid or promised to
pay any valuable consideration for the chances
OF OBTAINING such property or portion of t,r.
or for any share or interest in such properly,
upon any agreement, understanding or ex-
pectaion that it is to be distributed OF dis
posed of by lot or chance, whether called
lottery, rattle or gift enterprise, on by what
ever name the same may be known.
Sec. 800. Every person who eontrves,
sets up, proposes or draws any lottery Is
guilty Of medemeanor.
See 32l. Eve:y person who sells, gives,
or in any manner whatever furnishes or trans
fers to or for any other person any ticket,
chance, share or interest, or amy paper, GER
tiicae or instrument purporting or under
stood to be or to represent any ticket, chance,
share or interest in or depending upon any
event of amy lottery, is guilty of INSIDE.
meanor.
Sec 322. Every person who aids or as
sists, either by printing, writing, advertising
publishing or OF erwise, in setting up, man
aging or drawing any lottery or in selling or
dsposng Of any ticket, chance or share
therein, is guilty of a misdemoanor
Sec. 1923. Every person who opens, sets
up or keeps by himself or by amy other per-
son, any Office or amy other place for the sale
of, or for registering the number Of, any
ticket in any lottery, or who, by printing,
writing, or otherwise, adyertlses or publishes
the setting up, opening or using Of amy such
office, is guilty Of misdemcanor.
Sec 32l. Every person who insures or re-
ceives any consideration for insurng Tor or
against the drawing of any ticket in any lot
terry whatever, whether drawn within the
State or not, or who receives amy valuable
consideration upon any agreement to repay
any sum, or deliver the same, or any other
property, if amy lottery ticket or namber of
any ticket in any lottery shall prove fortu-
nate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or rot
be drawn, at any particular time or in any
particular order, or who promises or agrees
to pay any sum of money, or 10 deliver any
goods, things in action or property, or to for
bear to do anything for the benefit of any
person, with or without Il consideration, upon
any event or contingency depending on the
drawing Of any ticket in amy Lottery; or who
publishes any notice or proposal OF any of
Jhe purposes aforesaid, is guilty of misde-
meanOr.
Sec 325. All moneys and property Of
fercd for sale or distribution in violation of
any of the provisions Of this chal ter, are for
ieied TO the State, and may be recovered by
information filed, or by an action brought by
the attorney general or by any district attor-
ney, in the name Of the State. Upon the
fling of the information or complaint, the
clerk Of The court, or if the suit be in a JUS
tees court, the justice, must issue an at
tachment against the property mentioned in
The complaint or information, which attach
mcnt has the same force and effect against
such property, and is issued in the same
manner as attachments issued from the dis
trict courts in ncivi cases.
Sec 1926. Every person who lets, or per-
ms to be used, any building or vessel, or
any portion thereof, knowing that it is to be
used for setting up, managing or drawing
any lottery, for the purpose Of selling or dis
posing of lottery tickets, is gully of a misde-
mcanor.