The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-04
NO. l0.
Am Act.

Relative to crimes and offenses, to declare
the rate 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 |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative 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 wri-
ting, certificate, token or device, intended or
purporting to entitle the holder or bearer or
any other person to any prize, or share OF
interest i'll 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 thereof
shall be condemned for each ofense to inn
prisonment in the Parish Prison for q period
not exceeding one month nor less than ten
days, and to 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 offense is committed.
Sec. 2 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, OF 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 draw
ing of any, such lottery, or who shall IN any
house, shop or building owned or occupied
by him or under his control, knowingly per-
nit the setting up, managing or drawing OF
any such lottery, or the sale OF any lottery
tickets, or share OF q ticket, or any other
writing, certificate, bill, token OF other de-
vice purporting or intended to entitle the
holder bearey or any other person TO any
prize or to any share OF, or interest In any
prize to be drawn in a lottery, shall be
| guilty of a. misdemeAnor and shall on con-
| yiction for every such offense 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 par
/ ish in which said otfense is committed.
/ 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
i this ct, TO prove the existence OF any lot
/ terry in which any ticket, share or part OF 9
/ ticket, device, token or certificate thereof
purports to have been issued, or the actual
signing of any such ticket, or share, device
token or certificate, thereof or of any pre-
j tended ticket, or share, or device, token o.
| certificate thereof of any pretended lottery
nor that any ticket, share or interest, device
token or certificate thereof was signed o.
/ issued by the authority of any manager, O
Of any person assuming to have authority a
manager, but in all cases proof of the sale
furnishing, bartering, giving or procuring 0
any ticket, share or interest therein or o
any instrument purporting to be ticket, o
part or share of any ticket, device, token o
certificate thereof, shall be conclusive ev
dence that such ticket, share or interest
device, token or certificate thereof wa
signed and issued according to the purpor
thereof.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted. etc, Tha
/ this act shall take effect from and after i
passage.