St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-17
TEXT OF THE CINCH BILL.
Wanamaker Is Judge, Jury and
IGXeCutiOner.

EXcCuUlOnGp.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16:-The anti
lottery bill which passed the house to-
day is in the following terms: No let
ter, postal card or circular concerning
any lottery. so-caIled gift concern or
other similar enterprise offering prizes
dependent upon lot or chance Tor con-
corning schemes devised for the pur-
pose of obtaining money or property
under false pretenses), and no list of the
drawings of any lottery OF similar
scheme, and no lottery ticket or part
thereof, and no cheek, draft, bill, money,
postal note or money order for the pur
chase of any ticket, tickets, or part
thereof, or of any space or any chance in
any such lottery or Gift enterprise, shall
be carried III the mail or delivered at or
through any pOStoffice or branch
thereof or by any letter carrier, nor
shall any newspaper, circular, pam
phlet or publication of any kind contain
ing any advertisement Of any lottery or
gift enterprise OF any kind Offering
prizes dependent upon lotteries or
chance. OF containing any list of prizes
awarded at the drawings of any such
lottery or gift enterprise, whether said
list is of any part of all of the drawing,
any postmaster or letter carrier. Any
person who shall knowingly deposit or
cause to be deposited or who shall
knowingly cause to be sent anything to
be conveyed or delivered by mail in
violation of this section, or who shall
knowingly cause to be deliuered by
mail anything herein forbid len to
be carried by mail, shall be deem ed
guilty of mlsdemeanor and on con-
victiOn shall be punished by a fine of
not mOre than $500, or by Imprisonment
for not more than one year, or by both
such fine and imprisonment for each
offenSe. Any person violating any of
the provisions OF this section may be
proceeded against by information or
Indictment and trial and punished
either III the district at which the I'M
lawful publication was mailed, OF 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 it is adj
dressed. The postmaster general may,
upon evidence satisfactory to him. that
any person Or company is engaged in
conducting any lottery, gift enterprise
or scheme for the distribution of money
or of any real or personal property by
lot, chance CT 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
pTetcnses, representations or promises
instruct postmasters at any p0stoffice at
which registered letters arrive directed
to any such person or company, or to
the agent or representative OF any such
OprS1n or cOInuanV. whether -Sunh agent
or representative is acting as an indi-
Vidual or as firm. bank, corporation or
association OF ally kind, to return all
such registered letters to the postmaster
at the Office st which they were origin
ally mailed with the word ''Fraudu-
lent plainly written or stamped upon
the outside thereof: and all such letters
so returned to such poStmasterS shall be
by them returned to the writer's thereof,
under such regulations as the post
master general may prescribe. But
nothing contained in this section shall
be so construed as to authorize any post
master or other person to open any let
ter not addressed to himself. The pubic
advertisement by such person or com
Dany so conducting such lottery, glft
enterprise or device that remlttanceS
for the same may be made by registered
letters to another person, firm, bank,
corporation or association named there
fin shall be held to be prinla facic evil
dence of Tie existence of said agency by
all the parties named therein. ltnt the
postmaster general shall not be pre-
Guided from ascertaining the existence
of such agency in any other legal wag
satisfactory - himself. I've postmaster
general may, u;cE evidence satisfactory