1827,

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 160	at which dealing in lottery tickets is carried on, and any per- son herein offending, shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars; and each and every days continuance of such permission or sufferance, shall be considered as a complete offence, and indicted and punished accordingly.
Penalty for signs of persons not li- censed,	SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That no person not licensed as aforesaid, shall expose or set up to public view, any sign board, card, notice or device, whereby the people of this state, or any of them, may be informed or induced to believe, that such person, or any other person, not licensed as aforesaid, is a dealer in lottery tickets, and any person herein offending shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction, shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars; and each and every days exposure, or setting up to the public view, the prohibited subject aforesaid, shall be considered a complete offence, and indicted and pun-
Penalty for adver- tising.	ished accordingly. SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That no person shall advertise in any newspaper printed in thia state, any matter, card or no- tice, whereby the readers of such newspaper may be informed where any ticket or tickets, parts of ticket or tickets, chance, share or any kind of interest in, or any knowledge of any lot- tery scheme, or class of any lottery, not authorised by the laws of this state, may be had or obtained within this state; and any person herein offending, shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined the sum of fifty dol- lars.
Penalty for sign or information of lot, teries not author- ised.	SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That no person shall expose or set up to public view, any sign board, card, notice or device, whereby the people of this state or any of them, may be in- formed or induced to believe that any ticket or tickets, parts of ticket or tickets, chance, share or any kind of interest or any knowledge of any lottery scheme or class of any lottery, not authorised by the laws of this state, may be had or obtain- ed within this state, and any person herein offending, shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined the sum of fifty dollars; and each and every day's exposure and setting up to public view the prohibited subjects aforesaid, shall be considered a complete offence, and indicted ana pun- ished accordingly.
Jurisdictment for of- fence under 1st section	SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the matters and facts ne- cessary to constitute an offence under the first section of this act, may be given in evidence either under an indictment, framed according to the principles of the common law, or un- der indictment which shall set forth, that ———— , the occupant of an office in ———— county, or ———— city, (as the case may be,) being a person not licensed to sell lottery tickets in this state, did on the — day of —— , permit or suffer a certain sign board, card, notice or device to be exhibited from a cer- tain office, room or house in —— county, (or —— city, as the case may be,) by means whereof a place at which dealing in lottery tickets within the state is carried on, was pointed out;