State ex rel. George v. Swift
Nevada Supreme Court
Tkis was an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, S. T. Swift, as sheriff of Qrmsby County, to issue to relator a license to conduct and keep the game of faro in Carson City for the' term of three months. ■The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The act to amend “An act to restrict gaming, approved March 4, 1875,” did not pass the legislature.
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Tkis was an application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, S. T. Swift, as sheriff of Qrmsby County, to issue to relator a license to conduct and keep the game of faro in Carson City for the' term of three months. ■The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The act to amend “An act to restrict gaming, approved March 4, 1875,” did not pass the legislature. Tbe act which passed the legislature was not “presented to the governor,” and the act which was approved by the governor did not pass the legislature, therefore the act never became a law. (Constitution of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Beatty, J.:
The respondent is sheriff of Ormsby County. As such sheriff it is his duty, upon proper demand and tender of the amount prescribed by statute, to issue licenses authorizing the holders to conduct certain banking games, including the game of faro. The relator, a citizen of Ormsby County, made a proper demand upon the respondent for a quarterly license to conduct a game of faro in Carson City, in said county, and at the same time tendered in payment therefor the sum of two hundred and three dollars and fifty cents in gold coin. The amount thus tendered was sufficient to…
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