T. HOLLIDAY HICKS, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

1860.

abettors, offending against any of the provisions of
the two preceding sections, one hundred and
eighth and one hundred and ninth of the afore-
said article, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined
for each offence, any sum in the discretion of the
court not less than two hundred dollars, nor ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars or imprisoned not
less than three nor more than twelve months or
may be both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid.

CHAP. 388.

SEC. 2. In addition to the penalties prescribed
in the preceding section any person who may give
money or any other thing for any lottery ticket,
certificate, or any other device by which the vender
promises that he or any other person will pay or
deliver to the purchaser, any money, property or
evidence of debt on the happening of any contin-
gency 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
and such person shall be a competent witness to
prove the giving of the money or other thing.

Selling of lot-
tery tickets
&c., prohibit-
ed.

SEC. 3. 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 thing by which the vender or other person
promises or guarantees that any particular num-
ber, 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 a penalty of one thou-
sand dollars for each offence, to be recovered either
by indictment or by action of debt in the name of
the State, one-half of which shall go to the in-
former, and the other half shall be for the use of
the common schools in the counties and the city of
Baltimore respectively.

Penalty for
keeping house
for the sale of
lottery tick-
ets, &c.

SEC. 4. The owner of any house or office, who
shall permit the same to be used as a place for sell-
ing lottery tickets, or any of the things in the na-
thereof, mentioned in the preceding section, shall
be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars to
be recovered and disposed of as mentioned in the

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Liability of
the owner of
house.