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Laws Of the State of Louisiana.
PUBLISHED ny AUTHORITY.
= ,:e.eq4a 81. 9r.t. s. No. 10.
AN ACT ss4
Relative to crimesi and offenses. to
: declare the sale of illegal lottery
tickets or the drawing Of any aille-
gal lottery a misdemeanor, alld- to
provide for the punishment Of the
same, and to regulate the evidence
to be received upon the trial ofsuch
offenses. i1 j. ,,1 T. ~
OECTION. 1. Be it enacted by
~ the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the State of Lonisi.
ana in General Assembly co1veu-
ed That whoever shall sell, bar
ter, exchange, give, or otherwise
dispose Of, or offer to sell, barter,
exchange, give, or otherwise dis
pose OF, either for himself or 9th
ers, or shall have in his poses
sion within this State with intent
to sell, or offer for sale, or with
intent to barter, or exchange, or
give, or otherwise dispose of any
lottery tickets, or share, or trac-
tional part thereof, or lotterypoli,
cy, or'combitlation. Or device, or
any other Writing, certificate,
token or device, intended or Ipur-
porting to entitle' the holder or
bearer of any other person to any
prize. or share OF interest in any
prize urawn or to be drawn in any
lottery not now authorized by the
laws Of this State, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be
condeinned for each offense to i'm
prisonmcnt in the Parish Prison
| for a period not exceeding Que
| month nor less than ten days, aud
to fine of fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars; one half for
the use of the inforlner, aud the
other half for the benefit Of the
parish in which the said of1eDse is
committed. +-'.+
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That every porson whoshall
set up, or promote any lottery not
now authorized by the laws Of
this State, or shall dispose of any
property Of value, real or personal,
by way of lottery or shall set up
any such property to be disposed
OF by way of lottery, and every
person who shall aid either by
printing or writing, or shallin any
be concerned in setting up, pro-
noting, managing or drawing of
any such lottery, or who shall in
any house, shop or building own
eaor occupied by him or under
his control, knowingly permit the
setting up, managing or drawing
OF any such lottery, sor thels sale OF
any lottery tickets, or share of a
ticket, or any other writing, Ger
tificate, bill, token Or other device
purportiBg. or intended to- entitle
the holder, bearer or any other
person to any prize or to any share
of, or!interest of any prize to be
drawn III a lottery, shall be guilty
OF misdemeanor, and shall upon
conviction for every sucll otfense
be punished by imprisonment i'll
the parish Jail, not less than one
month nor more than three
months, and shall be fined not less
than one hundred nor more than
two hundred and fifty dollars, one
half for the use of the informer
and the other half for the benefit
OF the parish in which the offense
is committed.
Sec. 3. Be il further enacted,
etc, That it shall be necessary,
in the trial of any suit or prosecu-
ton under the provisions of this
act, to prove the existence of any
lottery in, which any ticket, share
| or part OF a ticket, device, token
Or certificate thereof, pufports to
have been issued, or tile actual
signing Of any such ticket, Or
share, device, token or certificate
thereof, or ofany pretended tick
ct, or share, or device, token or
certificate thereof of any pretend
| ed lQttOrv nor that our fieknr