St. Landry democrat., 1890-09-27
The Lottery Bill.

Washington. Aug. Ie-The following is the
text OF the anti-lottery bill passed by the SEN
ate yesterday
"No letter postal card. or circular concerning
any lottery SO called gift concern, or other smi-
lar enterprise offering prizes depenent upon lot
ordnance (or concerning schemes dviseti for the
purpose OF obtaining money or property under
| false pretcnses,, and no list of the drawings of
an: lottery or similar scheme, and no lottery
ticket or part thereof, and no check. draft, bill
purchase of any ticket, tickets or parts thereof,
OF any share or chance In any such lottery or
gift enterprise, shall be carried In the mail or
dcIverea at or through any post office or
branch thereof, or by any letterzcarrier nor
snail any newspaper, circular, phainphet, or
publications of any kind containing any a,lyer-
tiseme't Of any 10 terry or gift enterprise OF any
Kind Offering prizes dependent upon lot or
chance, or contai ing any list of prizes award
ed at the drawings of any such lottery or gift
enterprise, whether said list Ia of any part or
of all of the drawing. be carried in the mail or
delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier
ANY person who shall knowingly deposit or
cause to he depositet OF who shall knowingly
ed or delivered by mail anything herein for.
biden 10 be carried by mail. shall be guilty of q
misdeneanOr. and on conviction shall be pun
ishtd by q fine of not more than $780, or by i'm.
prisonment for more than one year. or by
Doth such fine and imprisonment for each Of
fense. ANY person violating any of the proyis-
ions lI Of this section may be proceeded against
punished either i'll the district at which the un.
Lawful! publication was mailed, or to which IL
ls s carried by mail or delivery according to the
direction thereon, or at which it Is caused to
be delivered By mail to the person to whom 1t
s addressed.
The postmaster general may, upon evidence
satisfactory to him that any person or COMPANY
Is engaged in conducting any lottery, gift en-
terprise or scheme for the distribution Of mon
ey or OF 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 prom. |
erty Of any kind through the mails BY means of |
false or fraudulent pretenses, rep esen tations
or promises, instruct postlnasters at any post |
office at which registered letters arrive directed
to any person or company, or to the agent or |
OF any suoh person or COM |
pany, whether such agent or representative In
acting as an individual or as q firm bank cor |
pOration or association of any kind to return |
all such registered letters to the postmaster at |
with the word fraudulent" plainly written or |
stamped upon the outside thereof. and all such |
Letters 30 returned to such pOStmasters shall I
ee by them returned to the writer thereof, un-
der such regulations as the postmaster general |
may prescribe. But nothing contained In this
section shall be construed as to authorize auy
postmaster or other person to open any letter
not addressed to himself.
''The public advertisement by such person or
company 80 conducting such lottery, gift en-.
ferprlse, scheme 7 device, that remittancrs for
the same may be made by registered letters TO
any other person, firm, bank corporation or az
sociation named therein, shall be held to he
prina faeia evidence of the existence of safd
agency by nil the parties named therein. Bnt
The postmaster general shall not be precludei
rom assertaing the existence of such agency
in any other legal way satisfactory to himself.
"The postmaster general may. upon evidence
'atisfrctory to him that any person or company
s ENGAGED in conducting any lottery, gift els-
terprise, or scheme for the distribution Of mon
~ or any real or personal property by Iok.
chance or drawing OF any Find through the
mails by means of false or fraudulent preten-
'es, representa- ations, or promises, forbid the
payment by any postmaster to said person or
company OF any postal money order drawn TO
lis OF Its order. or in bis Its favor or to the
agent OF any such person or company, whether I
uch person or company, whether such agent
d acting as an individual or as q firm. bank. |
corporation or association of any kind and
nay provide by regulation for the return TO
he remltters OF the sum named in such money
'rders. But this shall not authorize any person
% open any letters not addressed to himself
''The public advertiser nts by such person
y company so Q nducting any such lottery.
lift enterprise, scheme or device. that remit |
anceB for the same may be made by means of
postal mOnev order to any other person. firm |
corporation or association named therein. shall
70 held to be prima facie evidence OF the exis-
ence of said agency by all the parties named
her In; but the postmaster general shall not
g precedent from ascertaining the existence
4 such agency in any other legal way
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