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Ordinance No. 5ORDINANCE NO 5 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF DAIRY CITY, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING CERTAIN TYPES OF GAMBLING WITHIN THE CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF DAIRY CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS. Section 1 Every person who forirofit or for anything of value, or for commercial purposes of any nature, keeps, operates, conducts or maintains either directly or indirectly, in Dairy City, State of California, any house, room, apartment, dwelling place, or other place where any game, gambling, gaming not mentioned or included in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California is played, conducted, dealt or carried on whether with cards, dice or any other device of whatsoever nature for money, checks, credit, merchandise or other representative of value shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500 ) dollars, or by imprison- ment in the City or County Jail, not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 2 Every person either as owner, lessor, lessee, principal, agent, employee or participant or otherwise who maintains or keeps or operates or con- ducts directly or indirectly in whole or in part, or who directly or indirectly is in possession in whole or in part of any house, room, apart- ment dwelling place or other place upon or in which any gambling, games or gaming prohibited in this ordinance are played, conducted, dealt, or carried on, and who imposes or collects a fee or anything of value for the privilege of participating in any way whatsoever in any such games, gambling or gaming, or who directly or indirectly gains or receives anything of va7.ue or any financial profit from playing, conducting or dealing of any such games, gambling or gaming shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be keeping, conducting, operating and main- taining the same for profit or commercial purposes Section 3. Every person who knowingly permits any of the games, gambling or gaming which by Section 1 hereof are made unlawful to be played, maintained, operated, conducted or dealt in any house, room, apartment, dwelling place or other place owned or rented by such person in whole or in part is punishable as provided in Section 1 hereof. Section 4. Every person who visits, frequents, participates in or knowingly per- mits any games, gambling or gaming which by Section 1. hereof is or are made unlawful to be played, operated, maintained, conducted or dealt in any houRe, room, apartment, dwelling place, or other place shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500.) Dollars, or by imprison- ment in the City or County Jail, not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment Section 5 Every person who shall place or bet at or against any of the games, gambling, or gaming which by Section 1 hereof are made unlawful shall be punishable as provided in Section 1 hereof -1- Ordinance Section 6 It shall be unlawful in Dairy City for any person, firm, corporation or association, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, to conduct, manage, carry on, maintain, operate, open, deal or deal in, or to cause or permit to be conducted, managed, carried on, maintained, operated, opened, dealt or dealt in, any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token, credit, goods, wares, merchandise, property or thing of value, is or is to be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any determining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction which game, operation or transaction is conducted, carried on, maintained, operated, or played by the throwing, tossing, dripping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle, container, object or thing having marked desig- nated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, desig- nating, turning, indicating, choosing or projecting of any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark by means of any devise, apparatus or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container of any ball, disk, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, hereinabove referred to, corresponding to, duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, object, substance or thing, held, used, operated or maintained by any player or participant therein or by any person, where, by any predetermined or pre -arranged or by any rule, method, scheme, design or procedure any person is found, declared or determined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, in the event that any such player or participant pays, de- posits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly or indirectly, any money, check, credit, property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of paying or participating therein or of gaining admission to the place or premises where such game, operation, or transaction is or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated or to any other place or premises, Provided, however, that no provision of this Section shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provisions of Section 320, or of Section 320-a, or of Section 330 of the Penal Code, or of any other Code Section or general law of the State of California, it being the intent of the City to prohibit by this Section all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general/6'f this State, including all games, operations or transactions for profit, commonly known as Keno, Tango, Movie Tango, Bingo, Beano, Skill Bali, Fortune, Quintain, Fascination or Inspiration, and all games, operations or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be designated Section 7 It shall be unlawful in the City of Dairy City for any person to parti- cipate in, play, play in or engage in, either directly or indirectly, any game, operation or transaction or transactions prohibited by the provisions of Section 6. of this ordinance Section 8 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, -- ordinance No 5 owning, leasing, managing, controlling or having any interest in any property or premises lying within Dairy City to cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on such property or premises, having knowledge, or after reasonable notice, of the exist.enee ;hereof, of any game, operation or transaction declared by the provisions of Section 6 hereof to be unlawful Section 9 Any person violating any provision of any section of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500 00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail, not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 10 Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided Section 11 This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and shall take effect immediately The following is a statement of the facts showing the urgency: Because of the known unsavory and detrimental character of common types of gambling houses, and because of gambling interests attempting to establish themselves in this immediate area, in order to protect the citizens of this City it is necessary that this ordinance take effect immediately and within 15 days it shall be posted in three public places in Dairy City, together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same PASSED AND ADOPTED this llth day of September, 1956. ATTEST: C y Clerk Ordinance No /4: Mayor STATE OF CALIPOiIA ) COUNTY OP ORANGE ) ss CITY OF DAIRY CITY ) I, lartin Olsthoorn, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Dairy City, do hereby certify that at a regular meeting,-: of the City Council held on the 11th day of September, 1956, the foregoins ordinance was passed and adopted as a whole by the following vote AYE:. Councilmen Arnold, Arrowood, Baroldi, and Van Dyke NOES None ABSENT Councilman Van Leeuwen IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set i(iy hand and affixed the official seal of the City Council of the City of Duiry City this 11th day of September 1956 _4_ Ordinance 1“:) 5 Martin Olsthoorn City Clerk