872 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. [ART. 27

1888, art. 27, sec. 173. 1860, art. 30, sec. 108. 1856, chs. 28, 195.

278. All devices and contrivances designed to evade the
provisions of the preceding section shall be deemed offenses
against it.

Ballock v. State, 73 Md. 2.

Ibid. sec. 174. 1860, art. 30, sec. 109. 1860, ch. 386, sec. 1

279. Every person, his aiders and abettors, offending against
any of the provisions of the two preceding sections, shall be
deemed guilty oi 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.

Ibid. sec. 175. 1860, art. 30, sec. 110. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 2.

280. In addition to the penalties prescribed in the preced-
ing 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 evi-
dence 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.

Ibid. sec. 176. 1860, art. 30, sec. 111. 1860, ch. 388, sec. 3. 1894, ch. 310.

281. 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,
entitle the purchaser or holder to receive money, property or
evidence of debt, he shall be subject to indictment, and upon
conviction, he shall in the discretion of the court be fined a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for a
period not exceeding one year, or he may be both fined and
imprisoned.
Ballock v. State, 73 Md. 2. Banner v. Gisriel, 85 Md 525.