offers to sell, lend, give away, or who, or has in his possession with
intent to sell, lend, or give away, or to show or advertises in any
manner, or who otherwise offers for loan, gift, sale or distribution,
any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, indecent or disgusting book,
magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing paper, picture,
drawing, photograph, figure, or image, or any written or printed matter
of an indecent character; or any article or instrument of indecent
or immoral use, or purporting to be for indecent or immoral use or
purpose, or who designs, copies, draws, photographs, prints, utters,
publishes, or in any manner manufactures, or prepares any such book,
picture, drawing, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, story paper, writing
paper, figure, image, matter, article, or thing, or who writes, prints,
publishes, or utters, or causes to be written, printed, published or
uttered any advertisement or notice of any kind, giving information,
directly or indirectly, stating, or purporting so to do, where, how, of
whom, or by what means any, or what purports to be any, obscene, lewd,
lascivious, filthy, disgusting or indecent book, picture, writing,
paper, figure, image, matter, article, or thing named in this section
can be purchased, obtained, or had or who has in his possession any
slot machine or other mechanical contrivances with moving pictures of
nude or partly denuded female figures which pictures are lewd, obscene,
indecent or immoral, or other lewd, obscene, indecent or immoral
drawing, image article or object or who shows, advertises or exhibits
the same, or causes the same to be shown, advertised, or exhibited,
or who brings, owns or holds any such machine with the intent to
show, advertise, or in any manner exhibit the same, ... is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to not less than
ten days nor more than one year imprisonment, or be fined not less than
fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both fine and
imprisonment for each offense.
(Section 1141 will be unchanged by the proposed legislation.)
Section 1141-b (New).—A book, magazine, pamphlet, newspaper, or
other printed, typewritten or written matter is not obscene, lewd,
lascivious, filthy, indecent, or disgusting, or of an indecent
character, within this article, by reason of the fact that it mentions,
discusses, recommends, or gives information concerning prevention
of conception or methods or means for the prevention of conception
or gives information as to where, how or of whom advice concerning,
or articles, drugs or instruments for the prevention of conception
can be obtained; and an article is not of indecent or immoral use or
purpose, within this article, because it is adapted or designed, or is
advertised or represented to be adapted or designed for the prevention
of conception.
(Section 1141-b is all new matter.)