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CHAPTER 56.

FORCE, JAMES.

AN ACT entitled "An Act Restoring James Force, of Albany County, Wyoming Territory, to the Rights of Citizenship."

WHEREAS, James Force, of the county of Albany, Territory of Preamble. Wyoming, was, on February 13th, 1874, convicted of the crime of manslaughter before the district court of the second judicial district, held in and for the county of Albany, and upon said conviction was sentenced on February 17th, 1874, to be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the Territory of Wyoming for the term of one year, which said sentence has been fully complied with; therefore:

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the
Territory of Wyoming :

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SECTION 1. That the civil disabilities which the said James Civil disabili Force was deprived of, and under which he now rests, in pursuance Force removof said sentence and imprisonment, be, and the same are hereby ed. removed, and he, the said James Force, is hereby restored to all his civil rights as a citizen of the United States, and of this Territory, as though he had not received said sentence of the said court, and undergone said term of imprisonment.

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This act shall take effect and be in force from and after In force.

Approved, December 10th, 1875.

CHAPTER 57.

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FRAUDS AND PERJURIES.

AN ACT to prevent Frauds and Perjuries.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representativee of the Territory of Wyoming :

SECTION 1. In the following cases every agreement shall be void unless such agreement, or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party to be charged therewith;

First, Every agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within one year from the making thereof;

Second, Every special promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person;

Third, Every agreement, promise or undertaking made upon consideration of marriage, except mutual promises to marry, and no action shall be brought to charge any person upon any breach of promise of marriage, either upon mutual promises or promise in writing, unless such action shall be brought within one year after the making of such promise;

Fourth, Every special promise by an executor or administrator, to answer any demand out of his own estate;

Fifth, Every agreement or contract for the sale of real estate, or the lease thereof, for more than one year.

SEC. 2. Every contract for the sale of any goods, chattels or things in action for the price of fifty dollars or more, shall be void, unless; First, a note or memorandum of such contract be made in writing and be subscribed by the party to be charged thereby, or, Second, unless the buyer shall accept and receive part of such goods, or the evidences or some of them, of such things in action, or, third, unless the buyer shall at the time pay some part of the purchase money.

SEC. 3. To charge any person upon, or by reason of a representation or assurance concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of another, to the intent or purpose that such other may obtain thereby, credit, money or goods.

SEC. 4. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to apply to any contract or transaction made or happening before the passage of this act.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, 14th December, 1871.

CHAPTER 58.

GAMING.

AN ACT to Restrict Gaming.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

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SECTION 1. Each and every person who shall deal, play, carry Misdemeanor, on, open or cause to be opened, or who shall conduct, either as owner or employe, whether for hire or not, except under a license as hereinafter provided: Any game of faro, monte, roulette, lansquenette, rondo, vingtun, commonly known as twenty-one, keno, props, or any banking game played with cards, dice, or any other device, whether the same be played for money, checks, credits, or any other representatives of value, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a Punishment. fine of not less than three hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not less than three months, nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

SEC. 2. Any person may procure a license for carrying on any Licenses. one of the games mentioned in section one of this act, except as hereinafter provided, in any one room or apartment, upon payment to the sheriff of the county in which the same is situated, the amount of license money fixed in section four of this act, and upon giving to said sheriff a definite description of the room in which he designs to carry on said game, and filing with the register of deeds of said county a copy of said description.

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SEC. 3. Blank licenses shall be prepared by the register of Licenses predeeds, which shall be signed, issued and accounted for, as is by register of law provided in respect to other county licenses. Each license deeds. delivered by the sheriff under this act to any person, shall contain the name of the licensee, a description of the room in which the licensee desires to carry on the game licensed, and shall by its term authorize the licensee to carry on one of the games mentioned in the first section of this act, specifying it by name, in the room described therein for the period of three months next succeeding the date of issuance of the license. The said license shall protect the licensee and his employer or employers, against any criminal prosecution for dealing or carrying on the game mentioned in the room described during said three months, but not for dealing or carrying on any other game than that specified, or the specified game in any other place than the room so described; Provided, Proviso.

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That the licensee shall be entitled to deal, or play, or carry on two or more games in the same room by paying a license for each game so dealt or carried on.

SEC. 4. The amount to be paid to the sheriff for such quarterly paid to sheriff license shall be one hundred and fifty dollars, and all moneys received for licenses under this act, shall be paid into the county treasury, and applied to the general county fund.

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SEC. 5. Every person who shall permit any of the games mentioned in the first section of this act to be played, conducted, dealt or carried on in any house, tent, booth, or shed, owned or occupied by him or her, in whole or in part, except by a person who has received a license as herein provided, or his employe, and in the room described therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in section one of this act; and in any prosecution for a violation of this section it shall only be necessary to prove the accused to be the owner or occupant of the building, and that the game has been carried on.

SEC. 6. No town, city, or municipal corporation in this Territory, shall hereafter have power to prohibit, suppress or regulate any gaming house or game, licensed as provided in this act.

SEC. 7. No person otherwise competent as a witness, shall be disqualified or excused from testifying as such, either before any jury or court, to any facts concerning offenses mentioned in the foregoing sections of this act, on the ground that his testimony may criminate himself, and such testimony, if given, shall not be used as evidence against such witness.

SEC. 8. The following games and no others, shall be licensed under, or by virtue of, the provisions of this act, viz: faro, monte, keno, rondo, lansquenette, roulette, vingtun, commonly known as twenty-one, and props, and that any person or persons, who shall keep or deal, or permit to be kept or dealt, in any building or place under his or their ontrol, any other banking or other games of chance for money, or other representation of value played with cards, or other devices, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section one of this act; Provided, That the word "monte" in this act shall not be construed to mean "three card monte."

SEC. 9. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, to deal or play, any game mentioned in this act unfairly, or with the intention of cheating, or swindling, or in anywise winning in any way more than the fair percentage of the game; and any person or persons, or party, who shall so play, or deal, with the intention of cheating, or swindling, shall, on conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than three hundred dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days, and not more [than one year.]

SEC. 10. This act shall take effect, and be in force, from and after its passage.

AN ACT to Prevent Gambling on Railroad Trains.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wyoming :

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SECTION 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person shall not gam to deal, play or open, or cause to be opened on any railroad train trains. of cars carrying passengers, any game of cards, dice, or other gambling device, to be played for money, checks, or any other representatives of value whatever.

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SEC. 2. That any person found dealing, playing or opening the Three-card game commonly known as "three-card monte," on any railroad or passenger train in this Territory shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and, when convicted shall be punished by a fine not Penalty. to exceed one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not less than ten nor more than ninety days, in the county jail.

SEC. 3. That all violations of section one of this act shall be Misdemeanor. adjudged misdemeanors, and may be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the magistrate.

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SEC. 4. And the conductor, or any person in charge of any who such train, is hereby authorized and empowered to arrest any per- rest. son found engaged in playing any of, the aforesaid games on such train, and to deliver any such person to any civil officer within this Territory.

SEC. 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are Repealed. hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, December 13, 1873.

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