1080 ARTICLE 27.

or on the happening of any contingency entitle the purchaser or holder
to receive money, property or evidences of debt.

A lottery defined, and an Austrian bond held to be a lottery ticket within the
meaning of this and the following sections; the prohibition of the sale of such bonds
does not violate treaty stipulations or constitutional provisions. Ballock v. State, 73
Md. 2. And see Horner v. U. S., 147 U. S. 449. For a definition of a lottery, see Long
v. State, 74 Md. 568.

Where there are separate proceedings against several parties (for a violation of the
lottery law, a joint bill of discovery canftot be filed against them. Where parties
are being prosecuted under one section of lottery law, they cannot be compelled to
answer interrogatories which bear upon an'other section. Power of lottery commis-
sioner to file a bill of discovery upheld. Acts of 1846, ch. 109, 1847, ch. 284, and
1854, ch. 138, construed. Broadbent v. Statfe, 7 Md. 425. And) as to the validity of
the portion of act of 1847, ch. 284, directing answer under oath, etc., see Day v.
State, 7 Gill, 321.

Proceedings under act of 1854, ch. 138, held to be civil actions and that part of
said act prohibiting an appeal from judgment of justices, held unconstitutional.
State v. Mace, 5 Md. 346. And see Day v. State, 7 Gill, 321.

As to lottery commissioners and their powers, and lotteries in general, see Lucas v.
Lottery Coms., 11 G. & J. 491; State v. Scribner, 2 G. & J. 246.

This section referred to in construing sec. 342. Ford v. State, 85 Md. 474.

As to indictments for lotteries, see sec. 556.

An. Code, sec. 303. 1904, sec. 278. 1888, sec. 173. 1856, chs. 28, 195.

337. All devices and contrivances designed to evade the provisions of
the preceding section shall be deemed offenses against it.
See notes to sec. 336.

An. Code, sec. 304. 1904, sec. 279. 1888, sec. 174. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 1.

338. Every person, his aiders and abettors, offending against any of
the provisions of the two preceding sections, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined for each offense
any sum in the discretion of the court not less than two hundred dollars
nor exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not less than three nor
more than twelve months, or may be both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid.
See notes to sec. 336.

An. Code, sec. 305. 1904, sec. 280. 1888, sec. 175. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 2.

339. In addition to the penalties prescribed in the preceding section,
any person who shall give money or any other thing for any lottery ticket,
certificate, or any other device, by which the vendor promises that he or
any other person will pay or deliver to the purchaser any money, property
or evidence of debt, on the happening of any contingency in the nature of a
lottery, such person so giving may recover, as small debts are recoverable,
from the person to whom he gave the same, or his aiders or abettors, the
sum of fifty dollars for every lottery ticket, certificate or other device in
the nature thereof so purchased or obtained by him.

An. Code, sec. 306. 1904, sec. 281. 1888, sec. 176. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 3. 1894, ch. 310.

340. If any person shall keep any house, office or other place for the
purpose of selling or bartering any lottery ticket, policy, certificate or any
other thing by which the vendor or other person promises or guarantees
that any particular number, character, ticket or certificate shall, in any
event or on the happening of any contingency in the nature of a lottery,