Albuquerque morning journal., 1907-02-19
NEWB|LLTOEND
GAMBLING.
GOES IN
COUNCILMAN SPlESS
FATHERS THE MEASURE
Provides Fine of Not to Exceed
$500 and Six Months I'M
priSonment ON Conviction
Under Indictment, ~
The Morning Journal Bureau, I
SAntA Fe. Y. NJ. Feh- 1NI

The Morning Journal Bureau
Santa Fe. n. NJ. Feb. Isl
! When the council convened this
afternoon the third bill of the session
aimed to suppress gambling was intro
/ duced by President Sniess of the
council
While the measure is not so strin-
/ gent as the ones which have been pre-
viously introduced, it is claimed for
the bill that It can be enforced and
that it is sufficient ystringent to stop
gambling. The text of the bill! fol-
lows:
The text of the bill follows:
An act to prohibit gambling in the
! territory of New Mexico.
Be It enacted by the thirty seventh
! legislative assembly of the territory CT
| New Mexico.
Section lit shall hereafter be un-
lawful to run or operate any banking
games Of chance such as faro. monte,
pass faro, pass monte. twenty-one.
roulette chuck-a-luck. hazard. fan
tan poker. stud poker. red and black,
high and low. or any other banking
games or games Of chance played with
dice or cards by whatsoever name
known, in the territory of New Mex
/ ico.
Sec. ANY person who Is the
owner or possessor of the games men,
toned i'm section one or an;' person
engaged In operating such games, or
who is in actual possession and con-
| troll as lessee or otherwise of the
premises uoon which games are run
or operated, shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less
: do ~
more than five hundred (s500 00) dol
lars. and shall be imprisoned in the
county Jail for not less than six
months
Sec. Sit shall be the duty of all
district attorneys to report any and
all violations Of this law to the grand
jury and it shah be the duty of the
grand jury to investigate for them
selves and cause Indictments to be.
brought against any violator of anv
of the foregoing games mentioned in
section one of this act whether in on
Grafton at the time of Investigation or
at any other time after the passage
of this act and within three years
! from the date OF the commission OF
| the offense.
| See. 1.-The fines assessed and col e
/ lccted unler the provisions of this act
| shall go to the benefit of the school
fund of the school district. town or
city. in which such Offense is commit
ted, except in towns or cities Of over
one thousand inhabitants. in which
case onc-half of all fines shall so to
the town or city.
/. Sec. 5.--All laws and parts of laws
authorizing the licensing of gambling
in the territory of New Mexico and all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
See 6.-This act shall take effect
and be in fun force from and after
May 1st. 1907.
The council spent the remainder of
the afternoon in committee of the
whole considering council bill No. 3,
in which considerable progress was
made.
Brief Morning Session In Council.
A brief and unimportant session of
the council was held this morning,
Councimen Dalies. Richards and Mi
era being absent. Councilman Dalies
has been forced to keep his room
again by a recurrence of his recent
Illness, while the other two members
arrived on the morning train from the
south.
Mr.. Sargent introduced council bill
No. Al, an act for the maintenance of
charitable institutions not supported
by territorial appropriations. The bill
which was referred, to the committee
on territorial affairs provides that on
the petition of a sufficient number of
taxpayers, the county commissions
may have power TO make a special
levy for the support Of of such charit-
able institutions.
House substitute for house bin 20.
passed in the house last week and re-
qulring county officials To maintain
their offices at the county seat. was
read and referred to the committee on
territorial affairs.
Council bill No. 49, by Mr.. Sargent
favorably reported from the commit
tee on territorial affairs. and proVid-
ing power to Justices of the peace TO
| Issue marriage licenses under certain
conditions. when parties desiring such
license live more than ten miles from
n county seat. was passed in the reg
ular order, by a vote Of to 0.
Council bill No. 90, relating 10 the
Improvement Of the Rio Grande, re-
turned from the house OTTER a nom
concurrence, was recommitted to the
committee on irrigation.
1 The counci! then went Into recess
4 until d\'lock.