The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-17
THIS MEANS DEATH TO THE LOTTERY.
rhe House Bill Passed by the Senate
Without Amendment.
Only the Presidents Name Needed
to Make II a Law.
Kennedy's Famous speech - The
French spoiiation Claims.
lSpecial TO the Press.l

WASHINGTON, September 16.-The Sen
ate today passed the House anti-lottery bill
and the measure which is likely to prove the
death blow of Louisiana's legalized swindle
only awaits the Presidents signature to be.
come law. The text of the bill is as fol
lows:
A BILL TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
THE REVISED STATUTES RELATING TO
LOTTERIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
BE it enacted By the Senate and House
Of America in Congress assembled,
That section thirty-eight hundred and ninety
four of the Revised Statutes be, and the
same is hereby, amended to read as follows
'Section SS94-No letter, postal card,or cir
cular concerning any lottery, so-called gift
concert, or other similar enterprise offering
prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or con-
cerning schemes devised for the purpose of
obtaining money or property under false
pretenses, and no list of the drawings
and any No feg lottery ticket af or S'n1@s part
thereof, and no check, draft, bill, money,
postal note, or money-order for the purchase
of any ticket, tickets, or part thereof, or of
any share or any chance in any such lottery
or gift enterprise, shall be carried in the
office or by any letter carrier; nor
shall any newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or
publication of any kind containing any ad-
vertisement of any lottery of gift enterprise
of any kind offering prizes dependent upon
lot or chance. or containing any list of prizes
awarded at the drawings of any such lottery
or gift enterprise, whether said list is of any
part or of all of the drawing. be carried in
the mail or delivered by any postmaster or
letter carrier aars Amy person who " shall know
who shall knowingly send, or cause to be
sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered
by mail in violation of this section, or who
shall knowingly cause to be delivered by
mail anything herein forbidden to be carried
by mail, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
by fine of not more than $500 Or by impris-
Onment for not more than one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment for each Of
fence. Aoy person violating any of the
provisions of this section may be proceeded
against by information or Indictment, and
tried and punished either in the district at
or to which it is carried by
mail for delivery according to the
direction thereon. or at which it is caused to
be delivered by mail to the person to whom
1t is addressed"
Section 2-That section 1929 of the Revised
Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amend
ed to read as follows:
Section 3929 The Postmaster General
may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that
any person or company is engaged in con-
ducting any lottery, gift, enterprise, or
any real or personal property by lot, chance,
or drawing of any kind, or that any person
or company is conducting any other scheme
or device for obtaining money or property of
any kind through the mails by means of
false or fraudulent pretenses, representa-
tions, or promises, instruct postmasters at
any postoffice at which registered letters ar
rive directed to any such person or company,
or to the agent or representative
Of any such person or company,
whether such agent or representative is act
ing as an individual or as a firm. bank, cor
poration. or association of any kind, to re-
turn all snch such registered letters to the
postmaster at the office at which they were
originally mailed. with the word fraudulent
plainly written or stamped upon the outside
thereof and all such letters SO returned to
such postmasters shall be by them returned
to the writers thereof. under such regula-
tions as the Postmaster-Generalm may pre-
scribe. But nothing contained in this sec
tion shall be so construed as to authorize
any postmaster or other person to open any
letter not addressed to himself. The public
advertisement by such person
or company. so conducting such
lottery Sayye na GIT enterprise iris the Sa seheme
be made by registered letters to any other
person. firm, bank, corporation, or assOcia-
tion named therein shall be held to be an ac-
acknowledgement of the existence of said
agency by all the parties named therein"
Section 3.-That section 4O41 of the Revis-
ed Statutes be. and the same is hereby,
amended to read as follows:
"Section 4041. The Postmaster General
may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that
any person or company is engaged in con-
Quoting any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme
for the distribution of money, or of any real
or personal property by lot, chance, or draw
ing of any kind, or that any person or COM
pany is conducting any other scheme for OBJ
tanning money or property of any kind
through the mails by means of false or
fraudulent pretences, representations or
promises, forbid the epayment by any post
master to said person or company of any
postal money orders drawn to his or its order,
or in his or its favor, or to the agent of any
such person or company, whether such agent
is acting an individual or as firm, bank,
corporation, or association OF any
kind, and may provide by reg
ulation for the return to the
remitters of the sums named in such money
orders. But this shall not authorize any
person to open any letter not addressed to
himself. The public advertisement by such
person or company so conducting any such
lottery, gift enterprise, scheme or device,
that remittances fol the same may be made
by means of postal money orders to any 9TH
er person, firm. bank, corporation or asso-
citation named therein shall be held to be ac-
knowledgement of the existence of said
agency by alrthe parties named therein"