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shall receive any money, property or evidence of debt, in con-
sideration of any agreement to repay any sum, or to deliver
the same or any other property or evidence of debt, if any
ticket or part of a ticket, policy, or certificate in any lottery
whatsoever, shall prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be
drawn or not drawn, or (on ?) any particular day or any par-
ticular order or otherwise howsoever, or shall promise or agree
to pay or deliver any sum of money, property or evidence of
debt, or forbear to do any thing for the benefit of any person,
with or without consideration, on the happening of any contin-
gency in the nature of a lottery, or shall publish any notice or
proposal for the purposes aforesaid, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine of any sum in the discretion of
the court, not less than one hundred dollars nor exceeding
one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not less than three nor
more than six months, or may be both fined and imprisoned
as aforesaid.

116*. Every grant, bargain, sale, conveyance or transfer of any
real estate, or of any goods, chattels, things in action, or any
personal property which shall hereafter be made in pursuance
of any lottery, or for the purpose of aiding or assisting in such
lottery, are hereby declared void and of no effect.

117*. If any person shall be a second time convicted of any
of the offences mentioned in any of the sections of this article
relating to lotteries, he shall on conviction be confined in the
penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years, and
any recovery of a penalty for violating any of the provisions of
this article relating to lotteries, whether by indictment or action
of debt, or before a justice of the peace, shall be regarded as a
first conviction under this section.

118*. The preceding sections relating to lotteries shall apply
to all lotteries, whether authorized by any other State, district
or territory, or by any foreign country, and the prohibition of
sale of any lottery ticket or other device in the nature thereof,
shall apply to lotteries drawn out of this State, as well as those
drawn within it.

119*. The courts shall construe the foregoing provisions re-
lating to lotteries liberally, and shall adjudge all tickets, parts
of tickets, certificates, or any other device whatsoever by which
money or any other thing is to be paid or delivered on the