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drawn, or the prizes therein, or any of them, or the price of a ticket or a
share therein, or where any ticket may be obtained therein, or in any way
aiding or assisting in the same, he shall on conviction be subject to a fine
of one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for the term of sixty days, at
the discretion of the court.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 344. 1912, sec. 310. 1904, sec. 285. 1888, sec. 180. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 7.

413. If any person shall insure, or receive any consideration for in-
suring, for or against the drawing of any ticket, or part of a ticket, policy
or certificate, in any lottery whatsoever, or shall receive any money, prop-
erty or evidence of debt, in consideration 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 whatso-
ever, shall prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or not drawn
on any particular day or any particular 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 anything for the benefit of any person,
with or without consideration, on the happening of any contingency 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 be imprisoned not less than three nor more than six
months, or may be both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 345. 1912, sec. 311. 1904, sec. 286. 1888, sec. 181. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 8.

414. 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 pur-
pose of aiding or assisting in such lottery, are hereby declared void and of
no effect.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 346. 1912, sec. 312. 1904, sec. 287. 1888, sec. 182. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 9.

415. If any person shall be a second time convicted of any of the
offenses 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.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 347. 1912, sec. 313. 1904, sec. 288. 1888, sec. 183. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 10.

416. The preceding sections relating to lotteries shall apply to all lot-
teries, 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.
See notes to sec. 405.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 348. 1912, sec. 314. 1904, sec. 289. 1888, sec. 184. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 11.

417. The courts shall construe the foregoing provisions relating to lot-
teries liberally, and shall adjudge all tickets, parts of tickets, certificates,
or any other device whatsoever, by which money or any other thing is to