New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-02
1,r-NISJJNENT FOR POOLSE1.LEltS.

AssrMDI.yMAN wILDs OFFERS AMENDMENTS 10
THE rENAI. CODE IMPOSING SEVERE:
PENALTIES UPON OFFENDERS
Albany Feb / 1SpeciaD-The subject OF les'sia-
t,on 70 carry out the provision Of the new Cen
s,i,ution prohibiting pooseNns al All '''hes a"a
81 ali places has engaged the attention Oh
scrnblyman Howard Payson Wilds. OF the Mist
Nea-York City District. fortnight ago ne '""o
dnced q bill amending the Ives Pool lew 30 as ~
make II conform to the provisions Of the new con
sttution and repeating the so-called Saxton ameno
mcnt OF 1893. which made more srhhse"' o
statutes against poolseing. and was espec,ans
aimed q, tie men who pretended TO transmit DC"
nv telegraph TO the racetracks. Mr. Wiids TO-DAY
supplemented his proposed amendment 10y NJ
ducing two amendments to the Penal Code. mat
affecting Section 3e of the Code merely '""Nes
some verbal changes and strikes out d c.
to the Ives law. The other measure anenuS seo
ton ISL OF the Code to read as ioHo"s' inc nv"
matter being in quotation marks:
ANY person who engages In poosellins or BOOK
making al any time or place. or ary person n ~mo
n ,sn, bootn or 2uding float or vessel or any
part thereof. or who occupies any place rounds
Of Amy XII, knd s,at Upon Win snS
paraphernaa for the purpose Selling ~ poois pon
the result OF trial or contest OF SKILL or pon the
power Of endurance Of man or sppon;ment or
election "or upon the result OF any ,o,' hatso
sSsq or any person who receives registers. records
or forwards or purports or pretends to receive
register record or forward, In any manner wnat-
ever: any money thing or consideration OF vaiue.
her or wagered or offered for the purpose OF pelnS
bet or wagered for any other person. or sells Poois
upon any such result: or any person VINO oens
the owner, lessee occupont or any room, snsu::
tenemennt tent. booth building, "hoat or vessel;
or part thereof "or of any grounds witnin TINS
Stale" knowingly permits the same 10 De useu VI
occupied for any OF these purposes or therein keeps
exhibits or employs any device or apparatus ior
the purpose OF recording or registering such pes
or wagers or the selling of such pools, or becomes
the custodian deposiary for gain, hire or re
ward. Of any money. property or thlne OF vaiue,
staked wagered or pledged. "or to be wasered OF
pledged upon any such result; "ors any person
who aids assists or abets in any manner IN any
OF the said acts, which are hereby forDidden Is
kuilty OF a felony, and upon conviction Is puhisn-
able by IMPRISONMENT 'in the State Prison lot d
period not less than one year nor more than TWO
years. o. by such imprisonment together Win .
hne not exceeding 2.0OO.
II viii be seen that the provision OF the Saxtoh
law against the so-caled commission poolrooms
Is inserted here and that the penalty for VIOLATION
Of the law is made more severe AT present the
offender may be imprisoned for one year or nned
not more than 5000 or both. Mr. Wilds proposes
that ne be imprisoned from one TO two years the
Judge cannot allow him to go with mere nne put
may add fine Of not exceeding 5000 TO the penauy
of imprisonment. Another important change Is 10
the effect that. II convicted, the offender must De
sent to State Prison the court has no discretlon 10
make the penitentiary the place of Imprisonment