Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-02-14
NO GAMBLING.
Stringent Laws Passed by the
Legislature.

The following bills, known as House
Bills No. 1, No. and No. 3, prohibit
ing lotteries, gambling and betting
have passed the legislature, been
signed by the governor, officially pub
Eshed, and are now in force:
AN ACT
To prohibit lotteries, gift enterprises and
policy schemes in the nature OF lotteries
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
OF Kansas.
Section 1. ANY person who shall make, estab-
1iSh promote, aid or assist in making,
establishing promoting. or be in any manner
concerned, either by writing or printing or
otherwise in making, establishing pro-
noting any lottery. gift enterprise, policy or
scheme of drawing in the nature of lottery,
in this state. shall knowingly advertise or
make public. cause to be advertised or made
public, in any manner any lottery, gift enter
prise policy or scheme, In the nature or lot
cry, whether the same is being, or is to be con-
Quoted, held or drawn within or without this
state, and every person who, within this state
shall conduct, operate, manage or Superintend
any lottery, gift enterprise policy or scheme
in the nature of lottery, or, who shall in any
manner assist or participate in so doing, shall
be guilty OF felony and upon conviction shall
be punished by Imprisonment at hard labor in
the penitentiary for period not less than one
year nor more than three years.
Sec. =. Any person who shall sell, or offer to
sell. or expose, or keep for sale or advertise for
cerned in the sale, the offer to SELL exposure to
sale. or in advertising for sale, any lottery
ticket, or pretended lottery ticket, or any writ
ing, printing, token. device, or thing purport-
ing to be lottery ticket, any writing, certif-
cate, thing. intended to evidence the right
OF the holder to a chance to receive any money
or valuable thing as the result of any lottery
drawing and any person who shall sell, O1er to
sell. or advertise for SALE the chance to receive
any money or valuable thing from the opera
ton OF any real or pretended lottery, gift en-
terprise, policy or scheme in the nature of
lottery, and any person VINO shall nave In
charge and use any device in determining the
chance upon which property or money is to be
procured, either in whole or in part at another'S
expense shall be guilty of felony, and upon
conviction shall be punished by Imprisonment
at hard labor in the penitentfary for term
not less than one year, or more than three
years.
Sec. 8. In any prosecution under the preced-
ing sections, it shall not be necessary to prove
the actual existence of any lottery, gift enter
prise, policy or scheme in the nature of a lot
terry. or the authorization OF any such ticket,
pretended ticket, certificate, token, device or
thing, or the genuineness Of any signature
thereto, or that the same was issued by au-
thority Of the manager of any such lottery, gift
enterprise, policy or scheme in the nature of
drawing
Sec. 4. Any person who. by way OF lottery,
or by any scheme in the nature of lottery,
disposes of any property Of value, or under the
pretext or a SALE gift or delivery OF any other
property or any right privilege thing what
ever, diSpoSeS, or Offers, or attempts to dispose
Of property, with the intent to make the dis
posal thereof dependent upon, connected
with any chance by lot, dice, numbers, game,
hazard or other gambling Device whereby such
chance or device is made an additional induce
ment to the disposal or sale of such property,
and whoever aids, either by printing writ
ing, OF is in any way concerned with the setting
Up, managing drawing of any such lottery,
or in such disposal offer attempt to dis
pose of property by any such chance device
shall be guilty of felony and upon conviction
shall be punished by imprisonment at hard
labor in the penitentiary for term of not less
than one year nor more than two years.
Sec. 3. Any person who in any house, shop.
building lot premises under his control,
made felonies by this act, shall be guilty of
felony, and upon conviction shall be punished
by Imprisonment, at hard labor, in the peniten-
tiary for term not less than year, nor
more than two years. and when any tenant
knowingly permits the commission of any such
OffenSe upon the leased premises under his con-
troll. the lease which he holds shall be Of no
further validity
Sec. & The term lottery, used in this act
includes schemes for the distribution of money
or property, among persons who have given
agreed to give, q valuable consideration for the
chance, whether called a lottery, rattle gift
Sec z. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its publication in the off,
cial paper.