Chapter 191. For the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United States
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CHAP. 191.— An Act For the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United States.March 2, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Lotteries.Punishment for bringing tickets, etc., into the country, etc. That any person who shall cause to be brought within the United States from abroad, for the purpose of disposing of the same, or deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or carried from one State to another in the United States, any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, so called gift concert, or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or shall cause any advertisement of suchAdvertisements. lottery, so called gift concert, or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, to be brought into the United States, or deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or transferred from one State to another in the same, shall be punishable in the first offense by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both, and in the second and after offenses by such imprisonment only.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections thirty-nine hundred andProvisions of law applicable.[R. S., secs. 3929, 4041, pp. 763, 778](/us/rs/t/s3929/4041pp/763/778). twenty-nine and forty hundred and forty-one of the United States Revised Statutes as amended, respectively, and the provisions of sections twenty-four hundred and ninety-one and twenty-four hundred and[R. S., secs. 2491, 2492, p. 457](/us/rs/t/s2491/2492/p457). ninety-two of the United States Revised Statutes, and of sections eleven, twelve, and thirteen of the Act of Congress of October first, eighteenVol. 26, pp. 614, 615, 964 hundred and ninety, entitled “Chapter twelve hundred and forty-four, and an Act. to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” and all other provisions of law for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of any such tickets, chances, shares, or interests in or other matter relating to lotteries, or for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of obscene books or articles of any kind, shall apply in support, aid, and furtherance of the enforcement of this Act. 964 Sec. 3.
That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal byLaws not repealed.[R. S., secs. 3894, 3929, 4041, pp. 758, 763, 778](/us/rs/t/s3894/3929/4041/pp/758/763/778). implication sections thirty-eight hundred and ninety-four, thirty-nine hundred and twenty-nine, or forty hundred and forty-one of the United States Revised Statutes, or any part thereof, nor any provisions of the Vol. 20, p. 39.Act of Congress of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to prevent the sale of policy or lottery tickets Vol. 26, p. 465.in the District of Columbia,” nor any provisions of the Act of Congress of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to lotteries, and for other purposes,” nor any provision of the laws whatsoever against the establishment of lotteries, or games, or other schemes, or prizes, or chances, or the traffic in or circulation of tickets and other such papers or instruments, or the publication of advertisements or notices in anywise relating thereto.
Sec. 4. That the powers conferred upon the Postmaster-General byPostmaster-General’s powers.Vol. 26, p. 466. the statute of eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter nine hundred and eight, section two, are hereby extended and made applicable to all letters or other matter sent by mail. Approved, March 2, 1895.