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Agrimdtural and Horticrdtnral Societies. 



thereof, practises 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. 



Racing, etc., 

 declared un- 

 lawful, except 

 trials of speed 

 ut cattle 

 shows. 



Penalty. 



Of Offences Against Public Policy. 



[P. 8., Chapter 209.] 



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

 of a horse or other animal of the horse kind for a bet 

 or wager of money or other valuable thing, or for a purse 

 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 ; 

 and any person engaged in such racing, running, trot- 

 ting, or pacing, for any such bet or wager, purse or 

 stake, or aiding or abetting the same, shall be punished 

 by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprison- 

 ment in the jail not exceeding one year, or by both 

 such fine and imprisonment. 



Estate of 



agricultural 



BOcleties. 



Property and Persons Exempted from Taxation. 



[P. S., Chapter 11.] 



Sect. 5. The following property and polls shall 

 be exempted from taxation :..... 

 Ninth, The estate, both real and personal, of incor- 

 porated agricultural societies. 



