The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-16
The Ordinance of the Civic
Federation Has Been
Formulated.
FULL TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT.
Loopholes Through Which the
Gamblers Now Escape VIII
Be Closed.

mat famous lOLIery ordinance Dy IuedHS
of which the Civic Federation hopes to
finish the work begun by The CALL and
put an end to the lottery evil has been
formulated and will shortly be placed be-
fore the Board of Supervisors for its APP
proval or rejection.
Should it pass in the form it has been
drawn up by Attorney c. W. Reed, the
legal adviser of the organization, the prob
abilities are that several loopholes left by
present existing ordinances will be closed
and that convictions will be the rule, where
now the gamblers escape through the in
efficiency of the law.
One of the main objections to the present
ordinance Is that in order to gain convic-
ton the prosecution is compelled TO prove
that the tickets found on the accused
usually the main evidence-are for draw
ing to take place at a future period. Those
for past drawings are held, under the law.
to be merely worthless bits of paper and
not, in fact, evidence Of a violation of the
ordinance
The new measure will make all lottery
araphernalia-tickets, instruments, rec
Ords, etc.-evidence of an infraction OF the
law.
The federation has always held that the
publication of lottery advertisements, lists
of alleged winning numbers and other
matter pertaining 10 lotteries is one of the
main rea sons why the lottery evil has
hourished. and the proposed ordinance
has provided for the punishment of those
who abet lotteries in this manner, either
by advertising drawings TO take place in
the future or anything pertaining to them,
except such matter as is intended TO ex-
pose their criminality or aid in suppress
-. L, ION ms hx-y y Inh fha
tickets are identified as genuine by the
dealers are included in the inhibition, and
past, present and future are apparently
fully provided for.
Following is the full text of the measure:
Order No. 1897 of the Board of Supervisors
of the City and County OF San Francisco, State
of California, is hereby amended by adding
section rs thereto, so as TO read as follows:
"An ordinance to prohibit the publishing of
Information concerning the setting up, man
aging or drawing of any lottery after the
drawing has taken place.
Section 7S. a. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person, after the drawing OF any lottery has
taken place, to publish, advertise or otherwise
make known the name OF any person, CON-
pany or corporation that conducted or drew
such lottery as having conducted or drawn the
lottery. or the name OF the lottery or lottery
company, or the winning numbers in the lot
terry, or the name OF any person winning
prize in such lottery as having won prize in
such lottery, or to give information to any one
concerning the organization, management,
business or winnings of any such lottery.
"(2) Any person violating any of the proyi-
sions OF this section shall be guilty of q misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine of not more than $500. or
by Imprisonment for not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
s.(3) The provisions of this section shall not
apply to any publication made for the purpose
OF exposing the criminality OF lotteries or
of aiding in the suppression OF lotteries"
Section 20 of order number 1887 OF the
Board OF Supervisors of the City and County of
San Francisco, State of California is hereby
amended 10 read as follows prohibiting per
sons from having in their possession lottery
tickets, whether before or after the drawing of
the lotteries, or OF any instrument used or in
tended to be used or that has been used in
making lottery-tickets):
Section 20. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son TO have in his possession, unless it be
shown that such possession is innocent, or for
lawful purpose, any lottery ticket, either be-
fore or after the event of the lottery which
it depends, or has depended, has taken place
ticket certificate, paper or instrument repre-
sentng or purporting TO represent or that has
represented or purported to represent any
chance share or interest in or depending
upon the event OF any lottery, tool,
instrument, stamp, paper or device used
or intended to be used, or that has been
used in contriving, setting up, preparing or
drawing any lottery, or used or intended TO be
used, or that has been used in contriving, pre-
pairing, making, writing, printing, stamping
OF getting TtduE lOr Sdle OT
any lottery ticket or tickets: any
boook, paper, instrument or device re-
lating to the sale of lottery tickets or giving
information of the numbers OF tickets in a
lottery or of the distribution of tickets in lot
terry, whether the event upon which the lottery
depends has or has not taken place.
Any person violating any of the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of misde-
meanor and on conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine OF not more than $500, or
by imprisonment for not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
The latter section is aimed at the Chinese
lotteries, the managers of which keep a
record of all tickets sent out in scroll or
book, which is so mixed as to dates, ETC.,
as to be valueless as evidence under the
present ordinance, but which under the
proposed measure might assist in gaining
convictions.