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Página 63 - Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, That to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft', familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 2 - ... or person designated as inspector of the work to be performed under any such contract, or to aid in enforcing the...
Página 2 - Commission shall also be authorized to visit, to investigate, and to place expert accountants and such other persons as it may deem necessary, in the offices, tracks, or places of business of any such person, corporation...
Página 2 - That any person who shall violate, or aid or abet in violating, any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Página 1 - An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901, as amended (DC Code, sec.
Página 42 - Where is the professional man or mechanic who will toil at his vocation, and acquire by shillings, when his mind is diseased with similar hopes? We know he abandons his calling and relies upon gambling chances for his own and his family's support; the man is a vagrant in mind and conduct, and must beg, swindle, steal, or starve.
Página 4 - Washington Post well puts it, probably the District with all its relief and unemployment doesn't need this extra revenue. Wherever you find legalized racing, you find few bookies. Miami had little difficulty in cleaning up such places, and when the races are running in Maryland, your State, Mr. Chairman, the bookies close up shop rather than compete with the organized forces of the law. It's history that legalized racing runs the bookie out of business. Why, the biggest opposition to racing in the...
Página 2 - That any person who shall violate or aid or abet in violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than...
Página 41 - ... pestilence, it sweeps morals, motives to honest pursuits and industry into the vortex of vice; unhinges the principles of religion and common honesty ; the mind becomes ungovernable, and is destroyed to all useful purposes; chances of successful gambling alone are looked to for prosperity in life, even for the daily means of subsistence; trembling anxiety for success in lotteries, at the faro bank or loo table, exclude all other thoughts.
Página 2 - ... may determine. (b) The pari-mutuel system, so called, shall not be used or permitted at any location other than the race track at which the...