New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-12
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

AAV IN
Relative to crimes and Offenses, to declare
the sale of Illegal lottery tickets or the
drawing OF any illegal lottery a misde-
meanor, and to provide for the punish.
ment of the same, and to regulate the evil
dence to be received upon the trial of
such offenses.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House OF Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That whoever shall sell, barter, exchange,
give, or otherwise dispose of. or offer to sell,
barter, exchange, give, or otherwise dispose
of, either for himself or others, or shall have
in his possession within this State with in
tent to sell, or offer for SALE or with intent
to barter, or exchange, or give, or other
wise dispose of any lottery tickets, or share,
or fractional part thereof, or lottery policy,
or combination, or device, or any other writ
ing, certitc ate, token or device, intended or
purpOrting to entitle the holder or bearer or
any other person TO any prize, or share Of
interest in any prize drawn or to be drawn
in any lottery not now authorized by the
laws of this State, shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction there
of shall be condemned for each Otfense to
imprisonment in the Parish Prison for
period not exceeding one month nor less
than ten days, and to a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars;
one half for the use of the infOrmer, and the
other half for the benefit of the parish in
which the said Otfense is committed.
SEC. 9 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
every person who shall set up, or promote
any lottery not now authorized by the laws
of this State, or shall dispose of any prop
erty 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 shall in any way be concerned
in setting up, promoting. managing or
drawing of any such lottery, or who shall in
any house, shop or building owned or occu-
pied by him or under his control, know.
ingly permit the setting up. managing or
drawing of any such lottery, or the sale
of any lottery tickets, or share of ticket,
or any other writing, certificate, bill. token
or other device purpOrting or intended
to entitle the holder, bearer or any other
person to any prize or to any share OF, or
interest in any prize to be drawn in .
lottery, shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and shall upon conviction for every such
Otfense be punished by imprisonment in the
parish Jail, not less than one month nor
more than three months, and shall be fined
not less than one hundred dollars 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 sdlu OutuSb Is COuuQlttcu
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
it shall not be necessary, in the trial of any
suit or prosecution under the provisions Of
this act, to prove the existence Of any lot
terry in which any ticket, share or part of a
ticket, device, token or certificate thereof,
purpOrts to have been issued, or the actual
signin of any such ticket or share, device,
token or certificate thereof, or of any pre-
tended ticket, or share, or device, token
or certificate thereof of any pretended lot
terry, nor that any ticket, share or interest,
device. token or certificate thereof was
signed or issued by the authority Of any
manager, or of any person assuming to have
authority as manager, but in all cases proof
of the sale, furnishing, bartering, giving or
procuring of any ticket, share or interest
therein, or of any instrument purporting to
be a ticket, or part or share of any
ticket. device, token or certificate there
of, shall be conclusive evidence that
such ticket, share or interest, device, token
or certificate thereof was signed and issued
according to the purport thereof
SEC. a. Be it further enacted, etc., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
lSigned) CHARLES w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
tSigned) C. C. ANTOINE,
lieutenant Governor and President CT the
Senate.
4 true copy:
j. G. DEsfONDE,
Secretary of State
Received in the office of the Secretary of
State, February 10, 1874. The foregoing
act having been presented to the Governor
of the State of Louisiana for his approval,
and not having been returned by him to
the house of the of the General Assembly
in which it originated within the time pre-
scribed by the constitution of the State of
Louisiana, has become law without his
approval.
T. G. DESLONDE,
SECRETARY of State