Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-03-07

The Maupin anti-gambling bill,
intended to prohibit gambling upon
the grounds of agricultural fairs,
driving parks &C., which, it was
feared at one time would be stifled
in the Senate, passed that body on
last Saturday, by vote of 30 in its
favor to in opposition and was
signed by the Governor on the same
day. No other bill, perhaps, has
been passed by our Legislature which
will be more generally approved and
it is not likely that the members who
voted for it will ever have occasion
to regret the passage of a bill so dis
tinctly in the interest of order and
good morals.
The following is the full text of the
bill, which is now a law:
A bill to prevent gambling and sell
ing or making books, pools or mu-
tuals within the Commonwealth of
Virginia:
/. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly Of Virginia, That it shall
be unlawful for any person or per-
sons, or association of persons, cor
poration or corporations, to occupy
any ground, or room, shed, booth, tent,
tenement, or building, or any part
thereof, erected on the grounds of
any agricultural association, grange
association, baseball park, driving,
or riding club or association, public
or private parks, or elsewhere within
the limits of this Commonwealth,
with books, apparatus or parapher-
MALTA for the purpose OF recording
bets or wagers, or Of selling or max
ing books, pools, or mutuals upon
the result of any game Of baseball,
football, ior the trial of speed or power
of endurance of any animal or beast,
or being the owner, lessee, or oc-
cupant of any room, shed, booth.
tent, tenement, building, or grounds,
or part thereof, knowingly to permit
the same to be used for making bets
on any game or games of baseball
and football, or trial of speed or
power or endurance of any animal or
beast, or therein or thereon to keep.
exhibit, or employ, Or permit to be
kept, exhibited, or employed, any
device or apparatus for the purpose
of recording or registering such bets
or wagers, or the selling or making
of such books, pools, or mutuals. or
to become the custodian or depository
for gain, hire. or reward of any
money, property, or thing of value
bet or wagered, or to be wagered or
bet, contrary to the provisions OF
this act; or to receive. register, re-
cord, forward, or purport or pretend
to forward, to or for any race course
any money, thing, or consideration
of value offered for the purpose OF
being bet or wagered upon the speed
or power of endurance OF any animal
or beast; or for any person or persons
to occupy any place. building. or
grounds, or part thereof, with books,
paper, apparatus. or paraphernalla
for the purpose of receiving, record
ing. or registering any bets or wagers,
or to aid, assist or abet in any man
ner whatsoever in any OF the acts Tor
hidden by this statute.
2. That nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent agricultural
associations and riding and driving
clubs or associations offering a purse
or premium at such trial of speed OF
animals or beasts as may be held by
them.
3. That any person or persons, or
associations of persons. corporation
or corporations, violating the pro
visions of this act shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars, one half OF which
shall be paid to the informer, and be
imprisoned not less than six months
nor more than one year in jail.
4. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
5. This act shall be in force from
its passage.