1889.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 4. 391 



Of the Suppression of Common Isuisances. 



[P. S., Chapter 101.] 



Sect. 10. The mayor and aldermen or selectmen of „°JJJ^^;®**^'' 

 any place, upon complaint made to them under oath ll'^^H' f^-' 

 that the complainant has reason to believe and does show^^ etc., 



'■ ^ how removed. 



believe that a booth, shed, or other temporary erection, 

 situated within one mile of a muster-field, cattle-show 

 ground, or other place of public gathering, is used and 

 occupied for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquor, 

 or for the purpose of gaming, may, if they consider the 

 complaint well founded, order the owner or occupant 

 thereof to vacate and close the same forthwith. If the 

 owner or occupant refuses or neglects so to do, the 

 mayor and aldermen or selectmen may forthwith abate 

 such booth, shed, or erection as a nuisance, and pull 

 down or otherwise destroy the same in any manner they 

 choose, or through the agency of any force, civil or 

 military. 



Of Gaming. 

 [P. S., Chapter 99.] 



Sect. 11. Whoever during or within twelve hours Gaming at 

 of the time of holding a cattle-show, military muster, musters^^c.' 

 or public gathering, within one mile of the place 

 thereof, pi'actises or engages in any gambling or unlaw- 

 ful game, shall forfeit for each offence a sum not ex- 

 ceeding twenty dollars. If he is discovered in the act, 

 he may be arrested by any sheriff, deputy-sheriff, con- 

 stable, or other civil officer, and lawfully detained, by 

 imprisonment in jail or otherwise, not exceeding twenty- 

 four hours, until a complaint is made against him for 

 the offence. 



Of . Offences Against Public Polict. 

 [P. S., Chapter 209.] 



Sect. 11. All racing, running, trotting, or pacing Racing, etc., 



of a horse or other animal of the horse kind for a bet lawful, excJpt 



or wager of money or other valuable thing, or for a purse at'cau*ie ^^'^^ 



or stake, made within this state, except trials of the * °^^* 

 speed of horses for premiums offered by legally consti- 

 tuted agricultural societies, is declared to be unlawful ; 



