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TEXT OF THE WALKER-YOUNG LAW. Complete Provisions of the Measure Which Brought Oakland Racingr to Premature Close. Following is the full text of the Walker-Young law, which became effective in California February 15: Section 1. Section 337 of the penal code is hereby amended to read as follows: 337a." Every person 1. Who engages in poolselling or bookmaking with or without writing, at any time or place, or 2. Who, whether for gain, hire, reward or gratuitously, or otherwise, keeps or occupies, for any period of time whatsoever, any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth, building, tloat, vessel, place, stand or enclosure of auy kind, or any part thereof, with a book or books, paper or papers, apparatus, device or paraphernalia, for the purpose of recording or registering any bet or bets, or auy purported bet or bets, or any purported wager or wagers, or of selling pools, or purported pools, upon, the result or puriwrted result, of any trial or purported trial, or contest or purported contest, of skill, speed, or power or endurance of man or beast, or between men. beasts, or mechanical apparatus, or upon the result, or purported result, of any lot, chance, casualty, unknown or contingent event whatsoever; ur 3. Who, whether for gain, hire, reward, or gratuitously, or otherwise, receives, holds, or forwards, or purports or pretends to receive, hold, or forward, in any manner whatsoever, any money, thing, or consideration of value, or the equivalent or memorandum thereof, staked, pledged, bet or wagered, or to be staked, pledged, bet or wagered, or offered for the purpose of being staked, pledged, bet or wagered upon the result, or purported result, of any trial, or purported trial, or contest, or purported contest, of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, or between men, beasts, or mechanical apparatus, or upon the result, or purported result, of any lot. chance, casualty, unknown or contingent event whatsoever; or 4. Who, whether for gain, hire, reward or gratuitously, or otherwise, at any time or place, records, or registers any bet or bets, wager or wagers, upon the result or purported result of any trial or purported trial, or contest or pur-ported contest, of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, or between men, beasts, or mechanical apparatus, or upon the result or purported result, of any lot, chalice, casualty, unknown or contingent event whatsoever: or L5. Who, lcing the owner, lessee or occupant of any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth, building, tloat, vessel, place, stand, enclosure or grounds, or any part thereof, whether for gain, hire, reward, or gratuitously, or otherwise, or permits the same to be used or occupied for any purpose, or in any manner prohibited by subdivisions 1, 2, 3, or 4 of this section; or 0. Who lays, makes, offers or accepts any bet or bets, or wager or wagers, uiion the result or purported result, of any trial or purported trial, or contest or purported contest, of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast, or between men, beasts, or mechanical apparatus, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail or state prison for a period of not less than thirty days and not exceeding one year. This section shall apply, not only to persons who may commit any of the acts designated in subdivisions 1 to 0, inclusive, of this section, as a business or occupation, but shall also apply to every Iierson or persons who may do in a single instance any one of the acts specified in said subdivisions 1 to 0, inclusive.
