The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-05-10

Denouncing certain gambling III the Parish
of LatOurcho and establishing penalties
for the violation OF this ordinance, and
defining the duti les of public officers.
Whereas the State law in regard to gam
ing and banking games as follows:
Section GIL of Revised Statutes of 1870.
Whoever shall keep a banking game or
banking house, at which money or any
thing representing money, or any article OF
value shall be bet or bazarded, or shall aid
or assist in keeping one, shall ON conviction
for the first Offense shall be fined not less
than one thousand nor more than five thOus
and dollars, Il in conviction Of a second
offense not less than five thousand nor more
than ten thousand dollars, and be impris
oned at hard labor for not less than one nor
more than five years.
Section 942. The ines imposed by the pre-
ceding section shall when collected be p,.id
the Ofense is committed and that the other
half to the Charity Hospital OF New Or
leans.
Section 9l3. All persons engaged in gam
bling, where no current money is actually
exhibited or employed, but where in lieu
thereof, pieces, of bone, or any other mate
'ial or substance being the representation
Of money by virtue of any express OF tacit
understanding among the parties engaged
in gambling and all persons engaged in
playing or betting tor Or against such game
shall he deemed and taken to he within the
prohibitions of the proceeding sections !;
liable to all the penaities therein provided
against gambling houses aud banking
games.
Section GA. 1t shall I've lawful for any
pablo officer or other person to arrest and
take into custOdp any person keeping or
playing any banking game or aiding or as
sistins therin together with all the tables
money, representations Of money nipple.
ments and other paraphernalia, which NAV
he used in keeping such banking houses or
i'll playing such banking gaine and take or
hitting magistrate, who shall commit such
persons for trial ifupon q herein there he
sufficient cause therefore.
1t shall be the duty of the officers CON-
uniting snch offenders to take out ~invento-
ry OF all running or its representation, Ia
bies or other Implements, or paraphernalia
that may be seized and brought before him
all of which shall IN conviction be forfeited
one half for the use OF the Charity Hospi-
tai OF New Orleans the other half for tie
use Of the Parish in which the offense is
committed.
Is in its provisions insufficient to cry
down a great public evil and whereas it
is necessary that some action be taken by
the Police Jury of Lafourche regarding gam
bling in the streets andlon the public roads
and other public highways and bridges in
the PARISH Of Lafourche.
Section 2. Be it ordained that it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to play
any gambling game, or play any game.
whether it be OF cards or dice, where money
or anything representing money is bet or
h%azarded, in tue public road or on the levee
or on the gallery of any store, or coffee
playing they are exposed to public view
from any road or levee or in any manner
exposed to the view of the passers by such
person or persons shall be deemed guilty
OF q misdemeanor and upon due conviction
shall be fined not less than Twenty and
nor more han five hundred dollars and
imprisoned not less than one day nor more
than six months OF both at the discretion
of the Court.
Section 3. That any merchant or keeper
of any public house in the Parish of La
fourche who shall permit any Infringement
OF this ordinance by any person or persons
whomsoever and who shall in his store or
house or within is Enclosures permit any
gambling when the persons playing are ex
posed to public view, shall he deemed gull.
ty of a m~isdcmeanOr and shall be deemed
to be and taken to be within the prohibi-
tons IF the preceding sections and shall
in addition forfeit his License.
Section 4. That it is the intention of this
ordinance to punish gambling in public
places and i'll view of passes by on the pub
lie highways and it is made tho duty of all
constables and Justices of the Peace to as
sist in the rigid enforcement of this ordi-
nance and arrest or cause to be arrested
all such evil doors and take them or cause
them to be taken before some committing
who shall commit such person
or persons for trial if upon a hearing there
be sufficient cause therefor.
Section 5. Be it further ordained that
this ordinance do take effect from and af.
ter its passage.
P. G: ALEMAN,
President OF Police Jury.
GEO. W. SQUrREs. Secretary.