The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-08-06
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND
GAMBLING.

In answer to the foregoing inquiry
70 give the law as we find 1t IN the
;ode and Acts of subseq uent date.
Code, Vol. l, chapter 25, section
O43, reads:
eff any keeper OF an ordinary,
or house of entertainment, or of
house wherein liquors are retailed,
shall knowingly suffer any game,
at which money or property, or
anything of value, is bet, whether
the same be in stake or not, to be
played in any such house. or on
any part OF the premises occupied
Herewith !; or shall furnish per-
sons so playing or betting with
drink or other thing for their COM
fort or subsistence during the time
of play, he shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and fined not less
than ten dollars, and BE- imprison-
ed not more than thirty days."
Laws of 1891, chapter 20, reads:
ssSectlon l. That it shall be un-
lawful for any person to play at
any game of chance at which
money, property or other thing of
valae is bet, whether the same be
in stake or not, anu those who play
and those who bet thereon shall
be guilty OF misdemeanor."
Laws of North Carolina 1901, chap
ter 1853, reads:
"Section l. That section 1913
of The Code OF North Carolina be
and the same is hereby amended
by inserting after the word bet
ting aud before the word with in
line seven thereof the words 'eith-
er on said premises or elsewhere
and by striking out the word ter
in line nine (9) thereof and insert
ing in lieu thereof the words five
hundred and by striking out the
word more in line ten thereof
and inserting in lieu thereof the
word, less and by striking out in
line ten thereof the words thirty
days and inserting in lieu thereof
the words six months
''Sec. 2. That the said section
1O43 be and the same is hereby
further amended by adding at the
end of said section and as a part
thereof the following: ANY per-
son who shall be convicted under
this section shall. upon such con-
viction, forfeit his license to do
any OF the businesses mentioned
In this section, and shall be forever
debarred from doing any of the
said businesses in this State, and
the Court shall embody in its
judgment that such person has
forfeited his said license, and no
Board of County Commissioners,
Board of Town Commissioners or
Board of Aldermen shall hereafter
haye power or authority to grant to
such convicted person or his agent
license to do any of the bust
nesses mentioned berein.'
'Sec. 3. That the said section
1O43 Of The Code be and the same
Is hereby further amended by
adding thereto and as part there
Of the following: 1T shall be the
duty Of every police officer OF the
cities, towns and villages of this
State to make dlllgent inquiry and
to exercise constant watchfulness
to discover whether any of the
offences enumerated in said Sec
= ton are being committed, and to
> eport-aneea..wesk under. oath to
::zAhe< Mayor or other chief officer Of
=+hisnity, town or village, whether
:esnehzoffences are being committed.
Il the 4aete Hirhin~h knowl-
:. edge. ar.sof which he has infor-
:; nation: relating thereto, and ii
e any such police officer shall
know or have information that
such offences are being committed
and shall fail or neglect to report
the same to such Mayor or chief
officer, together with all the infor-
nation known to him, as to the
person or persons committing the
same, the time and place of the
commission and the names of the
witnesses thereto, he shall be guilty
OF . misdemeanor, and upon con-
victlon shall be fined or imprison-
ed or both, in the discretion of the
Court and shall forfeit his office.
And it shall be the duty of such
Mayor or chief officer to require
the said report herein provided
for, and to require that the same
shall be verified by the oath Of
such policeman, and if it appears
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