P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 80
The establishment of games of chance (picas) played by the drawing of balls and horse races operated by a crank is hereby prohibited except on the occasion of fiestas of patron saints in the different towns and subject to regulation by the respective municipal legislatures, which are hereby empowered to make such regulations; Provided, That the municipal legislatures shall adopt ordinances defining the fiestas of their patron saints and the dates on which they shall be held in each municipality; Provided, further, That the authority of municipal legislatures shall be limited to the fiestas of the patron saints recognized by tradition; Provided, also, That the period of the fiestas shall not exceed ten (10) days in the course of any calendar year.
History —Apr. 23, 1927, No. 25, p. 166, § 1; Apr. 23, 1936, No. 46, p. 278, § 1; May 4, 1938, No. 63, p. 174.