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amount, as above. Pool-selling or book-making outside of any 

 race track or grounds on which racing is had, conducted by 

 racing associations duly incorporated for the purpose of improv- 

 ing the breed of horses, is a felony, punishable by imprisonment 

 in State Prison not less than one, nor more than five years. A 

 tax of five per cent, on the gross receipts of admissions to the 

 race grounds on race days, is payable to the Comptroller of the 

 State. The number of days upon which races may be con- 

 ducted is limited to thirty days in each year. All racing and 

 pool-selling shall be confined to the period between the 15th 

 day of May, and the 15th day of October, of each year; and 

 all pool-selling shall be confined to the tracks where the races 

 take place and on the days when the races take place. The tax 

 on receipts, paid to the State, is applied as a fund for purses 

 " for improving the breed of cattle, sheep, and horses at the 

 various county fairs throughout the State." It is a felony to 

 engage in pool-selling except as before stated. 



New Jersey: Race courses must be licensed; owners, 

 jockeys, and trainers must be allowed the privileges of the race 

 course unless they have been ruled off for fraud ; no person or 

 persons can make up stakes or purses, except those connected 

 with the management of fairs or agricultural societies duly 

 incorporated or authorized by law, under a penalty of six 

 months imprisonment or a fine of if 100, or both; it is unlawful 

 to maintain a race course not used prior to January 1, 1893, 

 unless a resolution is filed with the Secretary of State, adopted 

 by three-fourths of the members of the board of chosen free- 

 holders of the county in which such race course is proposed to 

 be maintained,that it is a public necessity. Book-making is not 

 a misdemeanor when carried on within the exterior enclosures 

 of the grounds of any race course, of any agricultural society 

 or other incorporated body, provided such book-making is car- 

 ried on only on the days of the races of said society or body. 

 It is unlawful to permit the racing, running, trotting or pacing 

 of horses between the first day of December of any year, and 

 the first day of March of the succeeding year, under a fine of 

 ^1,000 or not over $10,000, or imprisonment from six months to 

 two years, or both — this law to be enforced by the state police 

 or the militia of the State. "Welching" is made a penal 

 offence. 



North Carolina: For entering a horse under an assumed 

 name or out of his proper class, for any purse or stake, a fine 

 of from $200 to $1,000 is imposed, or imprisonment in the 

 penitentiary from one to five years, or both, at the discretion 

 of the court. 



