The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-05-20
AN ORDINANCE

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Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilman
Of the city Of EmporiG:
SECTION /. Any person who shall set up or
keep in this city any gambling device, adapted,
devised or designed for the purpose Of playing
any game of chance for money, property or the
representation thereof, or shall induce, entiee
or permit any person to bet or play at or upon
any such device, shall, on conviction thereof,
forfeit and pay q fue of not less than ten
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every offense, be confined in the
city prison not less than five or more than
thirty days.
money, property, thing of value or Representa-
tive thereof, upon any gambling device, or who
snail bet any money, property, thing of value
or anything representative thereof, upon anV
game Of chance played by cards dice, or by any
other means whereby money or property is lost
or won. shalt, on conviction thereof, be fined
dollars for each and every offensc, or be con-
fined in the city prison not less than five or
more than thirty days.
SEC 8. Every person who shall permit any
gambling device prohibited by this ordinance
to be kept or maintained on his premises, or
those occupied by him, or under his control,
shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars
or be confined in the city prison not less than
five or more than thirty days; and all leases of
property shall be made void, whenever it shall
be shown that such property has been used for
gambling purposes in violation of law.
SEC. 4. Every person appearing or acting as
master, mistress or manager, or having the
care. use or management, for the time, of any
gambling device, shall be deemed the keeper
thereof; and every person who shall appear or
act as master, mistress or Tapager, or having
the care or management of any house, shed or
building in which any gambling device is set
up or kept, shall be deemed the keeper thereof.
SEC. D. Every person who shall expose in
any street, lane OF alley Of this city, or upon
any lot or other open place, for the purpose OF
enticing, allowing or permitting any person or
persons 20 play thereon or Herewith, any
gambling device. shall, On conviction thereof
be fined not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be confined in the CITY
prison not less than i've or more than thirty
days.
SEC. 6. That in all cases where the person
who Is shown TO have gaInbled on any gaInb bling
device shall be minor, whenever the keeper
OF such gambling device is convicted Of a yio-
lation OF this ordinance, for setting up or keep
Ing such device, the penalty or penalties In
this ordinance provided, shall be doubled.
SEC 7. Whenever the City Marshal, has dep
uty, or any of the police OF this city, shall have
knowledge or satisfactory information that
there is any gambling device kept or used WITH
in this city, they are hereby authorized and
empowered, and it shall be their duty forth
with to enter said premises and to seize the
same, and to arrest the keeper thereof, and
bring him before the Police Judge, the keeper
for trial and the device 70 be forfeited and de-
stroyed.
SEC. s. This ordinance shalkfake effect and
be in force from aud AFTER it, publication.
Approved May II, 1870. ss4s&E
/ certify that the above and foregoin9 Is .
true and correct copy Of the original ordinance
on hle in my efHce. In testimony whereof l do
hereHnto subscribe my name this 18th day Of
MAY, a. d, 1910, H. w MoCUGE,.
City Clerk.