Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-18
BILLS PENDING.

The People Of the state Of Necoda,
Represented 10 Senate dad ASSen2-
6Ly do enact as F0iJoWS:
SECTION l. An Act entitled " An
Act to restrict gaming passed
March fourth, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 2. Every person who deals,
| plays or carries on, opens or causes
to be opened, or who conducts either
as owner or employe, whether tor
hire or not, any game of faro, monte,
roulette, lansquenet, rouge ct noir,
rondo, keno, or any banking game
played with cards, dice, or any other
device, for money, checks, credit, or
any other representative Of value, is
punishable by fine of one thousand
| dollars.
SEC. 8. Every person who know
ingly permits any of the games men
toned in the preceding section 10 be
PLAYED, conducted or dealt in any
house, tent or enclosure Ofany kind,
owned or rented by such person, in
whole or in part, is punishable by
fine OF one thousand dollars.
SEC. i. Every person who, by any
fraud, cheat or device, or false pre-
tense whatsoever, while playing at
any game Of chance, or while bear
ing any share in wagers played for,
or while betting on sides or hands
of such play, wins or acquires to
! himself or another any sum of mon
ely or valuable thing is guilty of
misdemeanor.
SEC. ). Every person duly sum-
moned as a witness for the prescott
! ton, on any proceedings had under
| this act, who negiects or refuses to
attend as required, is guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon CONVICTION
thereof shall be fined III the sum Of
three hundred dollars.
SEC. 6. No person, otherwise COM
petent as witness, is disqualified
from testifying as such concerning
the o1tense Of gaming, on the ground
/ that such testimony may criminate
/ himself; but no prosecution can al
forwards be had against him for any
oi1ense concerning which ne testified.
| SEC. :. Every District Attorney,
| Sheriff, Constable or police officer
must inform against and diligently
prosecute persons whom they have
reasonable cause to believe offenders
against the provisions Of this Act,
| and every such officer refusing or
neglecting so to do, shall be fined in
the sum OF five hundred dollars, and
shall be imprisoned III the county
1 jail until such fine and costs of pros
ecution are paid.
SIC. s. This Act shall take effect
and be in foree-- thousand
eight hundred and seyenty-dye.
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 5.-Introduced
by MIR. Morrill, An Act to Amend
an Act Entitled an Act to Reg
ulata Proceedings in Criminal
Cases in the Courts of Justice in
the Territory of Nevada APP
proved November Twenty
Eighteen Hundred and SiX,y-one.
The People Of the STATE Of Nero3n,
Rcprcscnetd il Senate o'la AS5em-
dIy, do enact as f0ioJrs:
SECTION 1. Section three hundred
and forty Of said Act IS hereby
amended so as to read As follows:
Section Three hundred ana FORTY
\ challenge Tor lmpile DIS may "7
taken for all or any or the loiIo"lAS
causes and Tor no ether:
Eirst--GonSanSUini-y OF aIH'''y
/ Within the tour'h degree 10 l"' PER-
SON d-Ie9'.' 10 "', '-~'' -'s ~. -
the commission OF 'He "-is''re c'l'I5-
ed, or on whose com pi3tle tA5 prose-
cution was instituted, or 10 inc u9-
PENDANT III the acioh'
Second-SIandin& IN lHa fel'''o',
OF guardian ana ""Iu' "''oIiic5 an
1 client, employer ana Servants I"il"-
lord and tenant, or peInS a li!eI''OeL
OF the family OF the ue'eh"a,'o or Oh
inc person. "'IeTo" 10 h"'o ~
/ jured by the commission Oh VH1 o.
Tense charged, or ON whose con, an
the prosecution was IhStI'uLed' or IN
his employment Tor com pell9"''oil
Ihlrd- i1eiAg q party "''No'9e "
the defendant III Il c'NH oc'IoH' OF
having com 'i''I'le9 against pi Dle'i
accused by nun IN Il cFlin'H'l ac'loi'