Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-04-13
THE ANTl-GAMBLING LAW

Following Is the antl-gamDllng law
passed by the recent legislature:
Section I. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person to deal. play or carry on.
open or conduct in any capacity what
ever, any game of faro, monte, roulette,
lansquenet, rouge ct nOir, rondo, tan,
fan tan, stud horse poker, seven-and-a-
half, twenty-one. hokey-pokey, craps,
klondyl1e, poker, whist, bridge whist,
five hundred, solo, frog, or any other
card game, or any banking or per
centage game played with cards, dice,
or any device, for money, property,
checks, credit or any representative of
value; or any gambling game i'll which
amy person keeping, conducting, mana
ying or permitting the same to be
carried on receives. directly or Indirect
IL, any compensation or reward, or any
percentage or share of the money or
property played. for keeping, running
carrying on or permitting the said game
to he carried on; to play, maintain or
keep any slot machine played for money
or for checks or tokens redcemable in
money; OF to buy sell or deal in pools or
make books on horse races; and any
person who violates any of the pro-
visions of this section shall he guilty Of
~ felony and upon conviction thereof
shall be imprisoned in the State Prison
fer Il period of not less than one year or
more than five years.
y Il,
permits any of the said games or slot
machines mentioned in the preceding
section to- he played, conducted, dealt,
or maintained in any house, building or
part thereof owned or rented by such
person, shall he punished as provided
in the preceding section, and every day
Of the violation of any Of the provisions
of this Act shall be deemed separate
ofense
Sec. 3. IF any pcrion shall keep,
exhibit, or have in his possession, any
cards, tables, checks, wheels slot
machines or gambling devices of any
nature used or kept for the purpose of
playing any Of the games mentioned
in Section of this Act shall aid assist
or permit others to do the same. upon
conviction thereof shall b. punished by
a fine of not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment in the county jail not
less than one month nor more than six
Incnths, or by both such fine and i'm
prs0nmcnt
Sec. 4. 1t shall 10 the duty of all
Shoriffs, Constables, police and other
pence officers whenever it shall come to
the knowledge of such officer that any
cards, tables checks, balls, wheels slot
machines or gambling devices of any
nature or kind used or kept for the
purpose of playing ut any Of the games
mentioned in Section of this Act, or
that any cards, fables checks. balls,
wheels, slot machines or gambling
devices used or kept for the purposes
aforesaid may he found in any place, to
seize and take such cards, tables, checks
halls, wheels, slot machines or other
gambling devices. and convey the same
before IL magistrate of the county in
winch said devices shall H. found: and
1t shall he the duty of such Judge to
inquire of such witnesses as he shall
summon or rs may appear before him
IN that behalf, touching the nature of
such gambling devices, and if such
judge shall determine that the same are
used OF kept for the purpose of being
used at any game or games of chance