The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-05-04
CHAPTER 80.


AN ACT TO REPEAL SEC TIoNS 176, III
AND 17s OF ARTICLE q OF THE CODE
OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, TITLE
"CRIMES AND PUNISHMENIS;" SUB
TITE LOTTERIES" AND TO Rem
ACT THE SAME WITH AMENDMENTS.
SEcTIos 1. Be 1t enacted by the General
Assembly Of Maryland. That Sections 176,
III and IT'S of Article p of the Code OF Pub
lie General Laws. title Grimes and Punish
ments,' subtitle Lotteries, be and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted with
amendments 50 as to read as follows:
SECTION 176. If any person shall keep any
house, Office or other place for the purpose OF
selling or bartering any lottery ticket, policy
certificate or any other thing by which the
vendor or other person promises or guaran-
tees that any particular number. character
ticket or certificate shall i'll any event, or on
the happening Of any contingency in the ma
ture Of lottery. entitls the purchaser or hold
er to receive money. property or evidence OF
debt he shall be subject to indictment and upon
conviction he shall in the discretion of the
court. be fined a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars or imprisonment for
period not exceeding one year, or he may
be both fined and imprisoned.
SEC. 1T. The owner Of any house or Office
who shall permit the same to be used as n
place for selling lottery tickets or any of the
things in the aturethereof mentioned in the
preceding section shall he liable to indict-
ment ani upon conviction shall be, in the
discretion of the court, fined a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars. or shall be
imprisoned for period not exceeding one year
or shall be both fined and imprisoned; any per-
son who shall know that his house or Office is
used for such purpose shall be considered as
permitting the same.
SEC 16S. If any person shall bring into
this State any lottery ticket, policy ecrtit-
cate or anything by which the vender or
fhnr tNnrs p ycn- mt n ~
particular number, character, ticket or cer-
titicate shall In any event and upon the hap
peniny of any contingency in the nature of a
lottery, entitle the purchaser or holder to re-
ceive money, property or evidence of debt, or
if any person shall have in his possession in
record of the numbers drawn in any
lottery, whether in tlis State or elsewhere, or
any book, list. slip or record of any lottery
ticket. or anything in the nature there
of mentioned i'll this Section, or If any money,
received or to be received from. or for the
sale of any such lottery ticket, or thing in the
natuT, thereof as aforesaid. shall be liable to
indictment and upon conviction shall be, in
the discretion OF the court, fined any sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars or
shall be imprisoned for period not exceed,
ing one year. or shall be both fined
and imprisoned, provided. however that this
Section shall not apply to any person who
herein mentioned for the purpose of procur-
ing or furnishing evidence of violations OF
any of the provisions of law relating to lot,
teries.
SEC. . And be 1t further enacted. That moth,
ing in this Act contained shall apply to OF
effect any.crimnal or civil proceeding actu-
ally pending at the date of the passage Of
this Act.
Approved April s, 1894.
FRANK BROWN. Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
President of the Senate
JAMES H. PRESTON,
Speaker of the House Of Delegates.
We hereby certify that the aforegoing is a
correct copy of an Act Of the General AS
senlbly of Maryland, passed January Session,
1924.
j. ROGER McSHERRY,
Secretary of the Senate,
B. L. IMITH.
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.