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the same is to be 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 tine of one hundred
dollars, or to imprisonment for the term of sixty days, at the
discretion of the court.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 30, sec. 115. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 7.

180. If any person shall insure, or receive any consideration
for insuring, for or against the drawing of any ticket, or part of
a ticket, policy or certificate, in any lottery whatsoever, or shall
reeive any money, property 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 whatsoever, shall
prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or not drawn
on any particular day or any particular order or otherwise how.
soever, 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 imprisoned not less than three
nor more than six months, or may be both fined and imprisoned
as aforesaid.

Ibid. sec. 116. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 8.

181. 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.

Ibid sec. 117. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 9.

182. 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