§ 13A-12-50 — Unlawful to Maintain Electric Bells, Etc

Alabama § 13A-12-50

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 13A: Criminal Code
• Ch. 12: Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
• Art. 2: Gambling Offenses
• Div. 2: Suppression of Gambling Places

Text

No person or persons shall maintain or use any electric bells, wires or signals or any elevators or dumbwaiters or other implements or appliances connected with any gaming place or rooms used for gaming, which may be used for the purpose of communicating with the occupants of such gaming house or rooms used for gaming or with those who may be within, and any person who erects, maintains or uses any such bells, wires, signals or elevators or dumbwaiters or other implements or appliances or devices of like kind for said purpose shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years.

Legislative History

(Acts 1909, No. 193, p. 183; Code 1923, §4282; Code 1940, T. 14, §294; Code 1975, §13-7-91.)