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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 429. 1899 1273
thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or by fine not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.
CHAPTER EIGHT.
OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
Sec. Sec.
135. Setting up or promoting lotteries 145. Disposing of opium other than to druggists.
136. Selling lottery tickets. 146. Selling opium.
137. Advertising lottery tickets. 147. "Opium den," defined.
138. Selling tickets in fictitious lotteries. 148. Frequenting opium den.
139. When defendant to prove existence of lottery. 149. Penalty for violating above sections.
140. Second conviction. 150. General reputation as evidence.
141. Profanation of Sunday. 151. Definition and punishment of vagrancy.
142. Selling liquor or firearms to Indiana 152. Gambling.
143. Suffering vicious animals to run at large.
144. Taking female under sixteen years of age without consent of parents.
Sec. 135. That if any person shall promote or set up an lottery for money or other valuable thing, or shall dispose of any property of value, real or personal, by way or means of lottery, or shall aid or be in any way concerned in setting up, managing, or drawing such lottery, or shall, in any house, shop, boat, shed, or building owned or occupied by him or under his control, knowingly permit or suffer the setting up, management, or drawing of any such lottery, or the sale of any lottery tickets, share of a ticket, or any writing, token, or other device purporting or intended to entitle the holder or bearer thereof, or any other person, to any prize or interest or share thereof, to be drawn in any lottery, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more than one year, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Setting up or promoting lotteries.
Sec. 136. That if any person shall sell, either for himself or another or shall offer for sale, or shall have in is possession with intent to sell or offer for sale, or to exchange or negotiate, a ticket. or share of a ticket in any such lottery, or any writing, token, or other device as is mentioned in the section last preceding, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than one year, or by fine not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. Selling lottery tickets.
Sec. 137. That if any persons shall advertise any lottery ticket or share in such ticket, or any writing, to en, or other device as is mentioned in section one hundred and thirty-eight, for sale, either for himself or another, or shall in any way invite or entice, or attempt to invite or entice, another to purchase or receive the same, or shall set up or exhibit any sign, symbol, or any emblematic or other representation of a lottery, where such ticket, share thereof, writing, token, or other device can be purchased or obtained, such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than one month nor more than six months, or by a fine not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. Advertising lottery tickets.
Sec. 138. That if any person shall make or sell or offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, exchange, or negotiate, either for himself or another, any false or fictitious lottery ticket or share thereof, or any writing, token, or other device as is mentioned in section one hundred and thirty live, or any ticket or share thereof in any pretended or fictitious lottery, knowing the same to be false or fictitious, or shall receive any money or other thing of value for any such ticket or share thereof. or for any such writing, token, or other device, purporting that the owner, holder, or bearer thereof shall be entitled to receive any prize or any share of any prize, or anything of value that Selling tickets in fictional lotteries.