The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-02-14
AMENDMENTS TO
GAMBLING Law
Especial Correspondence.)


Carson City, Feb. 13, 1911.
While there have been many bills
introduced in both houses of the leg
islature during the past week, it is
probable that public interest centers
in the two proposed amendments to
the gambling law. On February 7th
two bills relative to gambling were in
troduced in the assembly, the one by
Mr.. Kemm differing but little from
the law now in force, under which
the offense is a felony, punishable by
term in the penitentiary. The bill Of
fered by Mr.. Fitzgerald, however,
changes the present law in many re-
spects, chief among which is the re-
duction of the offense from a felony
to a misdemeanor. The full text of
the bill is as follows:
Section L. Section one of said act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section L. / shall be unlawful for
any person to deal, plav or carry on,
open or conduct in any capacity what
ever, any game of faro, monte, rou-
lette, lansquenet, rouge ct noir, rondo,
tan, fan-tan, stud-horse poker, seven
and half, twentyone, hokey -pokey,
craps, klondike, poker or any banking
or percentage game played with cards,
dice, or any device, for money, prop
erty, checks, credit or any representa-
tive of value; or gambling game in
which any person keeping, conducting,
managing or permitting the same to be
carried on receives, directly or indi-
rectly. any compensation or reward,
or any percentage or share of the
mony or property played, for keeping,
running carrying on or permitting the
said game to be carried on; and any
peson who violates any of the provis-
ions of this section shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than three hun red dollars.
Section 2. Section two of said act
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2. Every person who know
ingly permits any of the games men
toned in the preceding section to be
played, conducted. dealt. or maintain
ed in any house, building or part
thereof owned or rented by such per
son, shall be punished as provided in
the preceding section, and every day
of the violation of any of the provis-
ions of this act shall be deemed
separate offense.
Section g. Section three of said act
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 3. If any person shall keep,
exhibit, or have in his possession, any
cards, tables, checks, wheels or gam
bling devices of any nature used or
kept for the purpose of playing any OF
the games mentioned in section 1 OF
this act or shall aid, assist or permit
others to do the same, upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine of
not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than three hundred dollars.
Section 4. Section of said act is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
all sheriffs, constables, police and 9th
er peace officers whenever it shall
come to the knowledge of such officer
that any person has in his possession
any cards, tables checks, balls, wheels
or gambling devices of any nature or
kind used or kept for the purpose OF
playing at any of the games mentioned
in section | of this act, or that any
cards, tables, checks, balls, wheels or
gambling devices used or kept for the
purpose aforesaid may be found in any
place to sieze and take such cards,
tables, checks, balls, wheels or other
gambling devices, and convey the
same before a magistrate of the coun-
ty in which said devices shall be
found; and it shall be the duty of such
Judge to inquire of such witnesses as
he shall summon or as may appear be-
fore him in that behalf, touching the
nature of such gambling devices, and
If such Judge shall determine that the
same are used or ket for the purpose of
being used at any game or games OF
chance described in section l of this
act it shall be his duty to destroy the
same. 1t shall be lawful for officers
in executing the duties imposed upon
them by this section to break open
doors for the purpose of obtaining pos
session Of any such gambling devices;
and all persons having such possession
of any of the articles aforesaid, shall
be conveyed before a magistrate of
such county and held or committed for
appearance to answer any complaint
which may be preferred against them
for violation of any of the provisions
of this act.
Section 5. No person, otherwise
competent as witness, shall be ex-
empt from testifying as such concern
ing offenses of gambling, as set forth
in this act on the ground that such
testimony may criminate himself; but
no prosecution can afterwards be had
against him for any offense concerning
which he testified.
, Section 6. The term "person
where used in this act shall include all
individuals. firms, partnerships, asso-
Citations and corporations.
Section T. Section seven of said
act is hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
Section 7. All fines collected fos
violation of this act shall be paid into
the county treasury of said county in