The Indianapolis times., 1930-09-30
SAFETY BOARD
PLANS SMASH
AT RACE BETS
Considers Two Ordinances
to Stamp Out Gaming
in City.
LOTTERIES ALSO TARGET
Proposed Law Makes News
I of Ponies Results
Liable to Fine.

Two proposed ordinances designed
gto remove a legal stumbling blocl.
to prosecution of gambling cases
,were recommended by the safety
board today.
One would make unlawful posses
sion for sale of any lottery or base
ball pool ticket, or book, record,
ticket, receipt or memoranda used to
register a wager on the result Of
any horse race or game.
The second would prohibit dis
semination or reception of informa-
ton relative to any bet, or wager,
on a horse race or any game. by tel
ephone or telegraph
The ordinances were drawn by
James Deery, city attorney, and pre-
sented to the board and Mayor Reg
inald H. Sullivan by Walter Lewis,
board secretary, in a session this
morning.
The first reads:
IlIegaIity Is Defined
1T shall be unlawful for any per-
son to have in his possession, for
the purpose of sale, any lottery or
baseball pool ticket, or any book,
record, ticket, receipt or memo~
randa, used or to be used for the
purpose of registering or recording
any bet, wager or pool, on the re-
suit Of any horse race or any games.
1T shall be unlawful for the
owner or the lessee of any build
ing or room within the city of In
dianapolis to knowingly permit any
person having in his possession,
for the purposeof sale, any lottery
or baseball pool ticket, or any
book, record, ticket, receipt or
memoranda, used or to be used by
such person for registering or re-
cording any bet or pool, on the re-
suit of any horse race or any gameA.
to be in or occupy any such build
ing or room.
$500 Fine Suggested
ANY person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance, shall
upon conviction, be fined in any sum
not exceeding $500, to which may
be added Imprisonment not exceed
ing six months"
The second ordinance is:
1T shall be unlawful for any T.
son to send or receive by telephone
or telegraph within the city of In
dianapolis any bet or wager or in
formation of any kind relative to
any bet or wager on the result of
any horse race, baseball game, or
other contest, or for any telephone
or telegraph company to knowingly
permit any person to transmit any
bet, wager, or information relative
to any bet, or wager, OH the result of
any horse race, baseball game, or
any other game or contest, over any
telephone or telegraph lines main
tanned and operated by such tele-
phone or telegraph company be-
tween points within the city of In
dianapolis, or from any place within
said city and any place within the
state of Indiana"
Penalties Are Similar
It's penalties on conviction are
similar to that of the preceding
proposed bill.
Purpose of the ordinance, which
viii be recommended to the city
council at its next meeting Monday,
is a legal barrage against gambling
in the city, after city officials and
police have found themselves un-
able to prove to satisfaction Of mu-
nicipal courts that tickets actually
represent wagers in which money
was won or lost in some contest.
Deery this morning also reminded
the board that under an old statute,
= ooolroom is defined as a single
room. The statute, he said, would
aaect many places having rooms
nartitioned off for drinking or
r,oy,,hiff1cr rllrDOSeS.