Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-01
MEETING OF THE MINISTERS
Pool Selling on Horse Racing
Discussed.
AND THE BILL AMENDED
They Decline to Take Hold of the Throttle of
the Sunday Freight lust Yet or to In
innate When They WILL
D THE BILL AMENDED

The ministers and citizens of the city
held a meeting, per announcement, yes
terday morning in the rooms of the Com
mercial club to take action relative to
furthering the passage of the bill now
pending in the legislature for the sup
preston of pool selling on horse racing.
The Spokesman at the meeting were OPP
posed to the mixing Of the public mind
with any other proposed legislation They
will make a center drive to do away
with pool selling on horse racing.
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
f. n. Cabaniss, who offered an amend
ment to the bill, which as amended reads
as follows:
A bill to be entitled an act to prohibit
bookmaking or pool selling on horse races
and other forms of gambling.
Section /. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly of Alabama, That If any
person shall buy or sell what Is COM
monty known as pool or any interest
or share in any such pool, or shall make
or take what is commonly known as
book upon the running. pacing or trot-
ting. or what purports to be the running
pacing or trottlng, either within or
without this state, of any mare,
horse or gelding, or upon any horse race,
or upon what purports to be any horse
state, such person shall be deemed guilty
OF q misdemeanor, and must, on convic-
ton, lie fined not less than $50 nor more
tina 2 $780, and may also be imprisoned lii
the county jail or sentenced to hard Ia
Dor for the county for not more than six
months.
See g. Be it further enacted, That
If any person shall give to or take or
receive from another any money or othef
thing Of value to be bet or hazarded, or
7. a1 IN htt1y it,cr nv al H.
terest in any pool, upon the event OF any
horse race, either within or without this
state, he shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and must on conviction, be
punished as provided in the preceding
section.
Section 8. Be it further enacted, That
if any person or corporation shall carry
on or conduct the practices commonly
known as bookmaking or pool selling or
either of them, or shall keep place 10
which persons shall resort for engaging
in such practices, or in either of them,
or for betting upon the event or any
horse race or other race or contest, e1thef
within or without the state, such person
or corporation shall be deemed guilty OF
a felony and must, on conviction, be pun
ished by a fine of not less than 500 nor
more than $500, and by Imprisonment In
the penitentiary for not less than one
year nor more than two years.
Section 4. Be 1t further enacted, That
1f PnY corporation OF lDlS SIttle SNAIL NC
convicted of violation of any Of the
provisions of this act, such conviction
shall have the effect to dissolve such
corporation and to render forfeit and
void it's corporate franchise and powers
without any other or further proceedings
no that end.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws. general or
special inconsistent with this act be and
the same are hereby repealed, and this
act shall take effect Immediately.
POOL ROOOMS.
The following resolution offered by DR..
G. c. Kelley, prevailed:
Resolved, That, in view of the enormity
of the evil now going ON in Birmingham
fin the operation of pool rooms and which
would become more universal with the
holidays, the senator and representatives
from jefferson county be urged to Sc
cure the passage of the anti-pool bill be-
fore the Christmas holidays.
1t was moved by DR.. A. b. Curry, and
passed, that the matter of holding
mass meeting in Birmingham be left to
the two committees from the ministers
and the citizens with power to call such
meeting at once when they should deem
1t wise to have the meeting.
After several earnest talks for the
abolition of the evil the meeting adjourn
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