OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
*Trocwuramnt.' For th6 acrchents, it wad be
t3C hZCt50 in thr LtiPC Of YiSitOlFC FCX' day.
@I murs~ the rl5ltorrmst flna hln particular
nuzbor tmn~ the xamch~Clco cuiacaLI atto~tlm
to t!lc faot tc the rem~mxt .*
Eaotlcm &7 OS Artiole IJf OT the aolmtitutlon of
l5xcs redt3I
'The X.&S~aturS 6hau. &MS6 lcW# pmhfb
1tln& tAs 8sstablish7aent
of lott%rierand gift
entarp in this State,atiroll a* th* 8d.o
of tfoketsin latteriee,f$ft entmrprisaa or .
other oYaslonrinYolY~ the &bt?iotg prineipla,
sstabllthedor ndstiw:, in other sta8aww
yurarorrnt8Qoc -a, the ~m.ttturb3 95135d
Artlole6% of the Peaal co&e, T.&L& lvsds an zolbwsl
-xi any 011shall establishu lot
or diepese0F any estate, nwil or ptmonal,
'"&
lottery,h* du3.l be fined not l~scittmn Ona
l9mamtd*(&OO) oOllar6nor mn than Gaa Thotm- .
and (@l,OOO)Dollnm; or if anypumn diall*ell.,
orsu for oa.m or keep ror 8410 enr tlokot8 8~
part tiiekatrin UI lottmy he &hall be fiad
not ~leaathan TIDIT$10) Dolfefil
nor mwo thaa
FirtY (b50)Doll.am.'
-'In Cole vs. stfh (Ot. or Cr. App. 19371 U2 8. W.-
(ea)725, th0 00120twbg o&icm or ha+30 khdns eat.@ ttmt,
“Them lr nat now nor sru bar been, an
atOemptlnthlsmtate&o def3.m bg8tatuWrrbat
oonstltutasa lottery. The tam is 6eXlnulby
the etatuteso? only a-tm of the atatw. Oorpus
Jbl6, vol. 38, p. 288, note lo, llotr anly four,
but say-8'tied auah defln.Itioooamldomvu'y in
mubotanoe fmxnthoso eatablIah.4by'ths oourt~.'
m~~~10aOsbltion inot~statuto ~5nasttc
sort to the m Alden the term iy papukt
uswe LW datanxlned by tho~tious ao~rta. 13ha
that is dons it 1s aleaS that m ""taTAt
amour to m cabl%aha thlq M a lotte
prhe or riz05f (2) the EWQ~~ or distr 7 bution
of tie pr!ze or prizes by ohanos; (0) the paynat
eitherdireotly01‘LndimOtly by the WrtiOipCnt8
::OC. %crl ccyton.I’~J’P
3
of 0 00n5~atmt:0ll Tar t?:e.ri&Aor prlrilo(;a or
pcrtlolp,stllq. ?urcc JUT.,vol. 20, p. &09, 1 2,
deauoeofrom.OUT OwLlOa3CE the ml4 atctaa,o&a
it appa2lra that in ovely ocis8from our awn aourt
whan a sahsnehas bee21aumtiama u a lottery
thnt the threa olemwts cwtlolzad are chown by
the fwte to hiye bem ;rostmt. CM8 Eciftale v.
Stats L2 Tax.
R. &cJ, ll.2s. i':'f"i&iyslyL"t2 #.T: if&
lyrlAm, St. Rap. 837, 14 Ann. ca0. ti#* mEna&
caet t. state, 4.lTu. Or. H. 58, 57 A. F. a50;
XolaAan t. 1mh0, 2 ax. AQp. ii 10 26 AIL Rap..
439, ena other Texan OMQB oit8d & Tu88 hr.,
mqma. Tha eema rule demand- the vaaoo ot
the tbme alenmnt~zmad will be lbuud stated
in 17.~ahg a- Lm, p. u22, and 38 0013~~8
Jurls,p. 286 rith Innumerablesupport- aanes
oltsd undu t&a tszt ln eaah of t3d.dvoluBIw
Irma your latter,we g&her It Is oonoodedthat at
leaattro of thedmanta esssntlaf,forth. ulatsnoeoia
lottaxywa prssant,-aprIwor~css aro~SYtwed bytho
newapapu ln oon$mctlonwlth the lima1 moMb8nt.spartlolpat-
1~ in the plan, and the dlatributlon of the prism is by
ohanoeto prfsona Pox'Wn#Aaubow to l-ea.ita a OODp Of the
cowapepertith galuakynumbu* eppsarbg tbemon. Tha am-
wu to yaur tlrat cpeutlon than depend upan whetheror nat
the elmsenta$ consIaeratIonis prssant. Ve hold that It 18.
Our Turm Court of Orlmlnal&~~.alohad boSo&m lt
aproblam+eryaimiLar to the Instantono Intho oueoisldth
~0. stat0 (ct. or cr. ~pp. 1939). l27 s. r. (a) 297. In tat
ease aefwamt reooIveaa rb39frw retdlxmrahwm ?xkrtha
prlvh *of Johlqz a "IloPih~a &WorganiutIon. 'Ihoxmar-
ChantSTn turn dl8tribut.d aids of etaqm to the ubllo, op-
ontho ooqlatIonofwhIoh oardaaporsonwar ait1eled to PIP
tiei@. in a e&M. to ~oaiVe a 8ubattmtlal@Ze. 1210
courth&3 that payaeatOC thmae llasneofee6 to dstcadant by
the merchants ~apuatea as an lnalreotooflnlderfLtIot far all
oontutants. latutb ~b5um0th0 ~OUUDB rwptiabrth0
nuohuit8 to th qmrator of this eotmw* thm lnutumd ul-
vutiaing r03uitiw to the nampapu from pnrtlolptlne loadl
lnerohluxta Ln your sltuatlon. Ear* 1s wImlauatlcJnBc'vlnE
inQlroat3.y fmm t&o rwiplont to the donor of the prim. Bd
thatia mt al.1. The wurt In the smith oeme feud m aMI-
tionai elanant0f wnsid0ratIon. It salar
-It is quiteolear to us trcm the retard
th6t soch bu6lnean satablisiuient uhlah aon-
trlbuted a 0srtal.namount ot mfmey in ardor
to join t2ls 'lioah's Ark' an6 by dam the
printsi8 paid ra0eLVw a oarb or aarda and
story ‘yxtbd0 of some axliael. Them3 oar68
are fu.mlshe6 to the rmohuut or busirrssrme-
..tabllshuwt, an6 by theisdlrtrf.buBmd fo
or others who eaam to the utab-
ou8tcllcar8
l.ia!muttwith m auwna. or aolltenera
of ooaxremlitiu ti f""'
ah aau eolA by any made
of ‘5arh’ls Ark.’
tale- xt 1s ObTlous that tha
so aleo In the oasu at hank in 0tde.r
to dmtarrflne wbthsr or not hIa5 frma one._ of- tha
luaky tlzsnbera, is lldueas to rlsit pmot thm p4lslOl-
patlng 6ealaJl-s’lwrehalA5.80. An inarmud paa-ma$m l8 thm
apmot86t!bonmdtmf 0rhhti8tt. At&%hLm iaarmamd
0gm to@h*r with thm auvortlmaont or hks w8.m ramlt
to thm -x&ant *l.#M lnA%rmet bmamfit to thm opmrator of
the aabamu, an4 enables ata sontim%. his geau OS abUlb*.*
flrnharm~~tthe*ahswm~rorthLa~~k~
ter monstitutoa a lattmry suoh QS 10 oori6mm.U by Artiolm 6%
0r th0 pond ~0th 0r tht8 at6tm. wmaapa8atoyoursmeoo4
question ar uhmthmr or nat thm rqulfrblo rmw6y of lajPnotioa
18 arailablo to the Stat% Thb ldultioal quaa.lonw4a t&ore
the court in Stotm-va. Sabb C Roulmy Walted (0. CL-A. 1938).
ll8 6. IL (26) 917 axi4Robb & Rodlm Unite6 Ino. et d. V&
state (c. c. A. 19;9), l.276. )I,(267 221. in bat& o? theme
. -
arms It we6 held tht lottsrloe am B opbclenOf ~acxixq
aad nulsunas whiti the Stc'.elc autkkoriee6t0 SUQ~IWOS
by 1nJunattoa under hrtlale l.667, Pa~fsed Civil Stetuteo.
AFFROVXTJWY3, 1940
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kTTORNEYGENERALOF T1::-'.F