New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-12

was beaten. IL then appealed TO the uhl1c"
States Supreme Court, where the case has ho1
vet been reached. Pending the fni' decision
the Post Office authorizes permitted the use
of the mails f,r lottery purposes. That IS 'he
way in which the Government "apDIo1eS the
swinde
No, we did not cxaggeratc the force and
stringency of the laws Of this State prohibiting
the lottery business on the contrary, we pu' "
II Their mildly. The Constitution OF tins S'aVe
Qs1G, AIT. 1, Sec. O. IN mendcI in this par
ucular). says" No law shall be passed abild ing
1.-THE right of the people peaceabiy to ass noic
Ito petition the Government, nor snail any
LOTTERY hereafter he authorized or any sale oi
lottery tickets allowed within this State A.
if to emphasize The prohibition of lotteries Tue
clause is made part of that section which guar
antees one of the most sacred rights oi man.
that of petition. Only the vote OF tie Whole
people of the state, twenty years after Its al p
ton, could change this Constitution there mas
been only one vote on the Constitution since
and this clause was not changed.
The special laws since adopted are emphatic
and coI1obOrative of this prOhibitOry clause o!
the Constitution. The proprleors OF the Louis
lana or Kentucky lotteries are liable for three
times the sum they offer for prizes whenever
the Commissioners Of Charities choose to sue, as
they never do choose to do, though they are
liable to removal on the charge of any tax
payer foi their neglect Any person paying Tor
n ticket NAV sue for and recover the same. No
contracts with lottery de alers are valid. All
dealers are pronounced to be public nusalces,
and any individual may present them as such
It,,- AM IN
n lottery. except as buyer Of a ticket. constl-
tutes a misdemeanor punishable by me oI
So. 500 or Imprisonment i'll penltentlary iOl
two years or less, or boil fine and lmpIIson-
ment Any clerk Of any lottery Is thus lar re-
sponsbe. 1t is a misdemeanor to advertise OF
publish an account of any drawing. punishable
bv $50 fine, or three months imprisonment !;
and the printers Of the floIid accounts Of John
Brown, tailor drawing fabulous sum alter an
iniinitesimal expenditure, may be prosecuted
undcr this clause. Under section %, the
vendor, procuror, or abettor whether by selling
OF giving a ticket, buying or receiving for an
other. OF renting a building for the selling or
giving of tickets, may be prosecuted fOl mis-
dempanor and fined $500 or imprisoned one
wear. or |, th Al pIiz,s are forfeited (Sec. 81,
ART. /. Rev. STATE to the County Treasurer for
the benefit Of the poor, and it is tie
duty of the District Attorney of each
county to sue for the same. They never do,
and are liable to removal by the Governor fol
their failures; and even the Governor Is liable
to impeachmcnt if be does not call them to ac-
count for such neglect. Any purchaser of any
ii tEet which does not draw prize can sue for
and recover double the amount paid in. See. 80,
Ant i, Il. s. ioricits Tor the benefit OF the poor
any p1Ize drawn, and tie person drawing or add
hitting lie has drawn it Is liable IN the fun
amount. The opening of an office, OF the IN
sn lng or leasing of It for LOTTERY purposes, is
the commission Of q mi>dcm'anor: penalty,
81 900 fine and one years imprisoument. To
sell or transfer property to a lottery company
or dealer is an equal often There is no
license for lottery dealers under the C0nstliu-
ton, aud 40 law as to license of dealers gen
orally applies to this business