1829.
LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAP. 188.
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any token or device which in fact may or shall be
accepted
by the purchaser thereof, as and for a ticket, or part of a ticket,
or as evidence of a right to the avails, in part or in whole
of any ticket in any lottery.
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Prohibited from
selling any instrument
referring to
any device, &c.
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Sec. 3. And be it enacted,
That no person shall hereafter
sell, barter, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or offer to sell,
any instrument, which may, directly or indirectly, refer to any
device or any other instrument—be the terms of such device
or other instrument what they may,—which may be intended
in fact to evade the lottery system of this state, or the laws
thereof, in relation to the said system.
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Prohibition to sell
any devices intended
to evade the
lottery system.
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Sec. 4. And be it enacted,
That no person shall hereafter
barter, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, sell, or offer to sell,
any instrument, token, or device,—be the terms thereof what
they may,—which may in fact be intended to evade the lottery
system of this state, or any of the laws thereof, in relation to
such system.
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Offence defined—
penalty.
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Sec. 5. And be it enacted,
That any person violating any of
the aforesaid provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof, as in other criminal cases,
shall, for the first offence, be fined a sum not less than fifty
dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars; for the second offence,
shall be fined as aforesaid, and be confined in the common
jail of the county where the conviction may be had, for a
term not exceeding six months; and for the third offence shall
be fined as aforesaid, and imprisoned for a term not less than
one year, nor more than two years.
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Witnesses shall
not refuse to answer.
Answers shall not
criminate.
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Sec. 6. And be it enacted,
That it shall not be lawful, in
any prosecution under this act, for any person, examined as a
witness, to refuse or decline to answer any question in reference
to the commission of any of the offences created by this
act, because the answer to said question will criminate, or may
tend to criminate such witness, or will subject, or may tend to
subject, him or her to any penalty or forfeiture; Provided,
that no answer which may be given to any such question, shall
hereafter be evidence against him or her in any case whatsoever.
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Persons licenses
exempt.
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Sec. 7. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act contained
shall be so construed as to prevent persons duly licensed to
sell lottery tickets, authorised by this state, from vending the
same during the continuance of such licence.
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City court have
cognizances.
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Sec. 8. And be it enacted,
That Baltimore City Court shall
have jurisdiction of all offences created by this act, which
may be committed within the limits of Baltimore city.
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Exception of past
offences.
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Sec. 9. And be it enacted,
That nothing in this act contained
shall be construed in any manner to affect offences committed
before the passage thereof, which shall be punished as heretofore.
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Game—name.
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Sec. 10. And be it enacted,
That in prosecutions for violations
of this, or any other act of Assembly, having relation to
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