STATUTES. 633 



latin g to a horse race or any other race, or any figlit, game, 

 sport or exercise, or as or for the consideration for any assur- 

 ance, undertaking, promise or agreement, express or implied, 

 to pay or give thereafter any money or valuable thing on any 

 such event or contingency, and any person giving any ac- 

 knowledgment, note, security or draft on the receipt of any 

 money or valuable thing so paid or given as aforesaid, pur- 

 porting or intended to entitle the bearer or any other person 

 to receive any money or valuable thing on the happening of 

 any such event or contingency as aforesaid, shall, upon sum- 

 mary conviction thereof before two justices of the peace, 

 forfeit and pay such penalty, not exceeding Fifty pounds, as 

 shall be adjudged by such justices, and may befurther adjudged 

 by such justices to pay such costs attending such conviction 

 as to the said justices shall seem reasonable ; and on the non- 

 payment of such penalty and costs, or in the first instance, if 

 to such justices it shall seem fit, may be committed to the 

 common gaol or house of correction, with or without hard 

 labour, for any time not exceeding Three calendar months. 



5. Any money or valuable thing received by any such person Money so re- 

 aforesaid, as a deposit on any bet, or as or for the considera- ceived may 

 tion for any such assurance, undertaking, promise or agree- ^f recovered 

 ment as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been received to or ^^^ y.c.r.cF-.Ar^r,- 

 for the use of the person from whom the same was received, the same. 

 and such money or valuable thing, or the value thereof, may 



be recovered accordingly, with full costs of suit, in any court 

 of competent jurisdiction. 



6. Provided alwaj's, that nothing in this act contained shall This act not 

 extend to any person receiving or holding any money or to extend to 

 valuable thing, by way of stakes or deposit to be paid to the stakes due to 

 winner of any race or lawful sport, game or exercise, or to the hor^rwin- 

 owner of any horse engaged in any race. ning a race. 



7. Any person exhibiting or publishing or causing to be Penalty on 

 exhibited or published any placard, handbill, card, writing, persons ex- 

 sign or advertisement, whereby it shall be made to appear hibiting pla- 

 that any house, office, room or place is opened, kept or used cards or ad- 

 for the purpose of making bets or wagers in manner afore- I-^Vhoues " 

 said, or for the purpose of exhibiting lists for betting, or with ° 

 intent to induce any person to resort to such house, office, 



room or place for the purpose of making bets or wagers in 

 manner aforesaid, or any person who, on behalf of the owner 

 or occupier of any such house, office, room or place, or person 

 using the same, shall invite other persons to resort thereto for 

 the purpose of making bets or wagers, in manner aforesaid, 

 shall, upon summary conviction thereof before two justices of 

 the peace, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding Thirty pounds, 

 and may be further adjudged by such justices to pay such 

 costs attending such conviction as to the said justices shall 

 seem reasonable ; and on the nonpayment of such penalty and 



