Section 189-B. Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions of 15 U

S.C.  (1172). Pursuant to section two of an Act of Congress of  the United  States  entitled  "An  act  to  prohibit  transportation  of
  gambling  devices  in interstate and foreign commerce," approved January
  second, nineteen hundred fifty-one, being chapter 1194, 64  Stat.  1134,
  and  also  designated  as  15 U.S.C. (1171-1177), the state of New York,
  acting by and through the duly elected  and  qualified  members  of  its
  legislature,  does hereby, in accordance with and in compliance with the
  provisions of section two of said Act of Congress, declare and  proclaim
  that  it  is  exempt  from  the provisions of section two of said Act of
  Congress.