Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-03-18
THE GAMBLING ACT.

An Act to amend an Act to restrict
gaming, passed March 4th, 1869,
and all Acts amendatory thereof.
The People.of the State of Nevada,
@ represented in Senate and AS
sembly, do enact as follows:
y.r Section, / b Section one of said
act is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. l. Each and every person
who shall deal, play, carry on,
open, or cause to be opened, or
= who shall conduct, either as owner
or employe, whether for hire or
not, except under license as here
matter provided, any game of faro,
monte, roulette, lansquenete,
rouge ct noir, rondo, keno, fantan,
twenty.one, red, white and blue,
red and black. or Diana, or any
banking game played with cards.
dice, or any other device, whether
the. same, be, played for money,
checks credit or any other val
liable thing, or representative of
value, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof,
shall be punished by fine of not
less than one thousand, nor more
than three Thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment in the County Jail,
not less than three months nor
more than one year, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Sec. 2. Section four of said act
is hereby amended so as read as
follows: .......s
Sec. 4. The amount to be paid
the Sheriff as a quarterly license,
shall be four hundred dollars, and
such license shall be paid for ac-
tually, and not constructively,
quarterly in advance.
Sec. 3. Section seven of said
act is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. z. None of the above-men-
toned games shall be carried on,
nor shall any license issue to carry
on the same, in any front room of
the first or ground floor of any
building, and if any person carry
ing on any of said games shall
knowingly permit to enter. or re-
main in any licensed room, any
person under the age of twenty
one years, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be punished by the same penalties
as are prescribed in Section l of
this act for violation of its pro
visions.
Sec. 4. No sign, notice or dew
ice of any description shall be ex-
hibited anywhere outside OF room
in which game is licensed to be
played, or published in a news
paper, or printed or written card.
handbill or poster, whereby the
character of the business carried
on in room licensed for gambling
shall be indicated. Any person
violating any of the provisions OF
this section shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and shall, on
conviction thereof, be punished by
a fine of not less than two hundred
dollars, nor more than five hun
dred dollars, or by imprisonment
in the County Jail not less than
one hundred days nor more than
six months, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment; and it is hereby
made the duty of any sheriff, mar
shal, constable, or police officer to
complain Of any violation within
his knowledge of any of the pro-
visions of this section, and a failure
to do 80 shall be deemed misde-
meanor, and upon conviction there
of, said officer shall be subject to a
fine of not more than one hundred
dollars, nor less than fifty dollars,
or by imprisonment in the County
Jail not less than twenty days nor
more than fifty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment. maya
Sec. 5. All acts or parts OF acts
in so far as they conflict with this
act. are hereby repealed.
Approved March 4, 1915.