US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  325.  County, town and agricultural fairs and harness race meetings
  not licensed to conduct pari-mutuel betting.    Pari-mutuel  betting  on
  harness  races  at  any  county,  town,  agricultural or other fair held
  within the state, shall not be authorized and no lottery,  pool-selling,
  bookmaking,  or  any  other  kind  of gambling upon the result of races,
  heats or contests of speed of harness horses allowed at such fair or  at
  any  harness  race meeting conducted in the state, except such as may be
  licensed to operate pari-mutuel betting pursuant to  the  provisions  of
  sections  two  hundred  twenty-two  through  seven  hundred five of this
  chapter which said form of betting as herein  provided  shall  alone  be
  legalized and allowed.
    Every  corporation,  society  or association conducting racing without
  license for pari-mutuel betting shall cause to be  posted  conspicuously
  upon  the  grounds whereon such races or racing is held, printed notices
  or placards in legible type to the effect that all  disorderly  conduct,
  pool-selling,  bookmaking  or any other kind of gambling upon the result
  of heats or races or contests of speed of harness horses is prohibited.
    In the event that  the  officers  or  directors  of  any  corporation,
  association  or  society  conducting  a  harness  race  meeting  without
  pari-mutuel betting, including the officers  and  directors  of  county,
  town  and  agricultural fairs shall comply with the foregoing provisions
  contained in this section regarding  the  posting  of  notices  then  no
  director   or  officer  thereof  shall  be  personally  liable  for  the
  imposition of any fine or to prosecution, or in any manner  held  liable
  for  any violation, by a person other than himself, of the provisions of
  law relative to bookmaking or other gambling unless knowingly  permitted
  by  him,  nor  shall  the  maintaining of a racetrack nor the holding or
  conducting of harness races  thereon  be  construed  or  held  to  be  a
  violation  of any of the provisions of any general or special law, penal
  or otherwise.