St. Landry democrat., 1890-12-06
The Lottery Bill.

Washington, Aug. 16-The following is ths
text OF the; anti-lottery bill passed by the Sen
ate yesterday:
n letter, postal card, or circular concerning
any LOTTERY, so called gift concern, or other SINH
lar enterprise Offering prizes depenent upon lot
"Ichallct COR concerning chemesdiyisedfo Tor the
lalsc ptctenses), and no list Of the drawings OF
any lottery or similar scheme, and no lottery
ticket Or part thereof, and no check, draft, bill,
,n"ntS, POSTAL hote, or money order, for the
purchase OF any ticket, tickets or parts thereof,
VI any snare or chance in any such lottery or
gllt enterprise, shall be carried in the mali or
.lellVcrcu at or through any post ofHee ar
bralich thereof, or by any letter carrier; nor
SlI IIL any neWspaper, circular, %phamphlet, or
tlSc1ncnt OF any lottery or gift enterprise az anv
kind Offering prizes dependent InOn lot ~
chance, or containing any list OF prizes award.
cd at the drawings of any such lottery or aift
enterprise, whether said list is OF any part or
Of all of the drawing, he carried in the mai or
delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier.
Any person who shall knowingly deposif or
cause to be deposited or who shall knowingly
send or cause to be sent anything to be convey
CT or delivered by mail anything herein for
hidcn to be carried by mail, shall be guilty Of a
mi.dcIncanor, and on conviction shall be pun
l5llctt ny a line OF not more than $500. or by I'M
rI,I"l'ln9nt Tor not more than ono year. or by
lcllae. Any person violating any OF the provis-
iI"nS Of this section may he proceeded against
ny ~ormati or Indictment ana trial, and
punished either i'll the district at which the un-
iiNl'li llinllcatlhn was mailed, or to which it
IS carried by mail or delivery according to the
direction thereon, or at which it Ia caused to
Is addressed.
1lhc postmaster general may, upon evideace
satisfactory 10 nm that any person Or company
~ en?aScd IN conducting any lottery, girs Gu.
tcrlllSe or scheme for tho distribution Of mon.
'y or or any real or personal property Dy lot.
chance or drawing OF any kind. or that any
person or company is conducting any othey
scheme or device for obtaining money or pron.
cry OF any KIND through the mails by means OF
1llsc OF fraudulent pretenBes, representations
OF promises, instruct postmastcrs at any Dost.
office at which registered letters arrive directed
10 any person or company, Or to the agent or
representative of any such person or com.
pany, whether such agent or representative il
acting as an individual or as a Arm bank cor.
pofation or association OF any kind to return
all such registered letters to the pOstmastst' al
the office at Which they were originally mailad
win the word 'frandulent' plainly written on
stamped upon the outside thereof, and all such
icttc1s so returned to Slch pOstmastcrs shall
lie by them returned to the writer tliefeOf.s In
der such regulations as the postmaster general
may prescribe. But nothing contained, In. this
section sllall he construed as to authorize any
postmaster OF other person to open any letter
not addressed to himself.
The public advertisement by such persou III
so ~cOnductlnS such lottery, gift en-
terl'rlSe, scheme OF device, that remittaHees foS
the same may be made by registered letters to
any other person, firm, bank, corporation OF as
NAMED therein, shall be held to be
lflnla facla evidence of the existence of said
agency by all the parties named therein. But
Tue postmaster general snail not be pgecl0ded
from a5sertalng the existence of such agency
III any other legal way satisfactory to himself.
me postmaster general may, upon evidence
>: .atlslrctoly to him that any person Or company
IL engaged in conducting any lottery, gift en-
terprlse, OF scheme for the distribution OF mon
OF any real or personal property by lot,
nance or drawing of any kind through the
mails ny means of false or fraudulent prstea-
representations or promises, forbid the
payment by any postmaster to said person or
company OF any postal money order drawn to
us or It's order, or in his or its favor, or to. the
agent OF any such person or company, whether
'uch person or company. whether such agent
$ acting. as an individual or as a firm, bank,
orpordtlon Or association OF any kind, and
nay provide ly regulation for the return to
relnltters OF the sum named i'll such money
orders. But this shall not authorize any person
% open any letters not addressed to himself.
The public advertisements by such person
company SO conducting any such lottery,
mt enterprise, scheme or device, that remit
ances 1or the same may be made by means of
postal money order to any other person, firm,
or association named therein, shall
lleld to be prima tacie evidence Of the exis-
ence OF said agency by all the parties named
lertln put the postmaster general shall not
precedent from ascertaining the existence
i such agency in any other legal way.