Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-10-16
AFTER THE LOTTERY MEN.
The Attorney General of Louisiana Look
Ing Up the Law.

\ short time ago Attorney General
Alfred Caldwell received the following
letter from Attorney General Vance, OF
| Louisiana:
..The Louisiana Lottery Company, being
now prohibited the use of the mails, ad
vertises that it will use the express com
panies for transmitting money and tickets,
and that circulars announcing the result oil
the monthly drawings may be had frOu
express agents. In short, the express
companies are made the agents of the lot
terry. Can this be prevented and pun
ished by your criminal laws! Can the
charters of express companies be forfeited
for doing this nefarious business. If your
criminal laws apply, will you kindly call
the matter to the attention of the several
prosecuting attorneys IF not asking too
much, would be glad if you will advise
me rs to your criminal law on this point
"W. NJ. VANCE,
Attorney General"
In reply to this. Attorney General
Caldwell wrote General Vance, calling
attention first TO the provisions of See
tion 3G, of Article 6, of the Constitution
of the State. which reads
36. The Legislature shall have no power
to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises Tor
any purpose. and shall pass laws to pro
hibit the sale of lottery or gift enterprise
tickets in this State.
General Caldwell then quoted the
laws passed in pursuance of this Consti-
tutional mandate, they begin Secs. 10,
II and 10 of chapter 15l, as follows:
10. The buying selling or transferring OF
tickets or chances in any lottery Shall be
and is hereby prohibited.
II. If any person shall set up or promote,
or be concerned in managing or drawing a
lottery or rafile, for money or other thing
of value, or knowingly permit such lottery
in any house under his control, or knowing
ly permit money or other property to be
rafiled for in such house, or TO be won there
in. by throwing or using dice, or by any
other game Of chance, or knowingly permit
the sale in such house of any chance
or ticket in, a share of ticket in lottery
or any writing, certificate, bill or
token or any other device purporting or in
tended to guarantee or assure to any per
son. or entitle him TO a prize, or a share of,
or interest in prize TO be drawn in lot
terv. or shall for himself or another person,
buy. sell or transfer, or have in his posses
sion for the purpose of sale, or with intent
to exchange. negotiate, or transfer, or shall
aid in selling, exchanging, negotiating, or
transferring. chance or ticket in,
or share of 4 ticket in
n lottery. or any such writing
certificate. bill. token or device, he shall be
confined in jail not more than oae year,
and fined not exceeding five hundred dol
lars.
l2. All money and things of value, drawn
or proposed to be drawn by an inhabitant
of this State, and all money or things of
value received by such person by reason of
his being the owner or holder Of a ticket,
or share in any lottery, or pretended lot
terv. contrary to this chapter, shall be for
feited to the State.
In addition to this, General Caldwell
said he would be very glad 20 cooperate
with the Attorney General of Louisiana,
and if case was To be made, he would
call the attention Of the Prosecuting
Attorney TO the matter.