Texas Vernon's Civil Statutes

§ 8654 — BUCKET SHOP DEFINED AND PROHIBITED

CV § 8654Title 132. OCCUPATIONAL AND BUSINESS REGULATION · Ch. 5. COMMODITY EXCHANGES

Statute text

A bucket shop is hereby defined to be and mean any place of business wherein are made contracts of the sort or character denounced by the preceding Section 3 of this Act, and the maintenance or operation of a bucket shop at any point in this State is prohibited.

Legislative history

Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 4.