The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-08-09
LICENSES AND IT'S COLLECTION,

Sheriff Dan Patterson has handed us
the following extracts from laws govern
ing the issuing and collection of licenses,
which he desires published for the benefit
of all concerned. Considerable difficulty
has arisen in this matter from Ignorance
of the real facts of the law, and a careful
perusal is recommended. Hereafter the
Sheriff or his deputy will call but once
upon parties requiring licenses to carry
on their business, SO all would do well to
be prepared
Billiard tables, nine or ten pin or bowling al
leys, theatres. serenaders, opera or concert sing
ers. circus, caravan or menagerie, or any collec-
tion of animals for public amusement, show Of
figures, wire dancers, slight of hand perform
ances, buying foreign or inland bills OF exchange
or sight checks or drafts, loaning money at in
terest, buying or selling notes, bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness of private persons, or
State, county or city stocks or indebtedness, or
stock of incorporated or unincorporated eompa-
MES, or person or persons buying or selling gold
dust, gold or silver bullion, gold or silver coin,
keeper of savings banks, common carriers in
transmitting gold dust, gold or silver coin or
bullion, from any place in this State to any place
without this State, or from one to another place
within this State, receiving general or special
deposits of gold dust, gold or silver coin or bull
lion, brokers, bankers. etc, every person who
shall sell or vend any goods, wares, or merchan-
disc. or wines or distilled liquors, drugs or med
icines, jewelry, wares of precious metals and
persons who keep horses or carriages for rent or
nire, all persons who may dispose of any spirit
Gus, malt or fermented liquors or wines in less
quantities than one quart, all tavern, hotel or
inn-keepers, restaurants, public clearinghouse.
chop-houses or eating stands, all public lodging
houses, travelling merchant, hawker or peddler,
auctioneer, all games Of faro, monte, roulette,
lansquenette, rouge ct noir, rondo or any bank
ing games played with cards, dice, or any other
device, whether the same be played for money,
checks, credit, or any other representative of
value. See statutes 1864-65, page 293, for licen-
sing all business except gaming, for which see
statues 1869, page 1l9, amended in statutes 1871,
page 107.
Section CO, statutes 1s64-5, page 295 Any per-
son or persons who shall commence or continue
to carry on or transact any business. trade, pro-
fession or calling, for the transaction or carrying
on Of which a license is required by this Act
without procuring the proper license, such per-
son shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be- fined in any sum not
less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Section /. statute 1869, page 19 An Act to re-
strict gaming says Each and every person who
shall deal, etc, any of the above named games.
shall be punished by a fine Of not less than one
thousand, nor more than three thousand dollars,
or Imprisonment not less than three months nor
more than one year, or both fine and imprison-
ment. :
Section 6, same Act. says Every person who
shall knowingly permit any Of the games men-
toned in the first section of this Act to be play
ed, conducted, dealt, or carried on in any house
owned by him or her, i'll whole or in part, eN-
cept by a person who has received n license, as
provided, or his employe, and in the room de-
scrihed therein, shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished as provided in section l of
this Act.