The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-13
AN ORDINANCE
To Define and Punish Gamin
BE it ordained by the City Council of the City
of San Antonio:


of San Antonio;
SECTION |. If any person within the corpor-
ate limits of the City of San Antonio shall keep
or exhibit, for the purpose of gaming, any
ever, or any table or bank used for gaming
which has no name, or shall be In any manner
interested in keeping or exhibiting any such
table, or bank, he shall be fined not less S25
nor more than 500, and in addition thereto
may be confined in the city Jail not more than
60 days.
SECuoN2. Lest any misapprehension should
arise MS to whether certain games are included
within the meaning of the foregoing sections,
IL is declared that the following games are
within the meaning and construction of said
sections, viz; Faro" monte" "vingt ct
I'M" rouge ct i nolr,o "ro1lette,a "A. b: Cp"
enumeration of these games shall not exclude
any other properly within the meaning OF the
preceding section.
SECTION 3. In all aGidavts made for
the class of ofienses named in the two
preceding section, it is sufficient to state that
the person accused kept u table or bank for
gaming, or exhibited a table or bank for gam
ing, without giving the name or description
| thereof, or without stating that the table or
bank, or gaming device, was without any
name, or that the name was unknown.
SECTION 4. In prosecutions under sections l
and 2 1t shall be sufficient to prove that any
| game therein mentioned was played, dealt or
exhibited, without proving that money or
| other articles of value were won or lost there
SECTION 5. The words "played' and dealt"
have the meaning attached to them in common
language. The word exhibited" is intended
TO signify the act of displaying the bank or
game. for the purpose of obtaining bettors.
SECTION o. If any person shall bet at any
gaming table, or bank as are mentioned in the
| preceding sections, he shall be lined not less
| than $40 nor more than $50.
| SECTION Z. II any person shall permit any
game prohibited ted by the provisions of this Or
under his control, he shall be fined not less than
| S25 nor more than 500.
SECTION g. If any person shall rent to
| another u room or house for the purpose of
| being used as place for playing, dealing or OK
| hibiting any of the games prohibited by the
provisions of this ordinance, he shall be fined
| not less than so nor more than 500.
| SECTION y. 1t shall be the duty of the Marshal,
Asss tant Marshal and police of the city to
strictly enforce this ordinance and to arrest
| any and all persons offending against the same
and to take them before the Recorder for trial;
| they may, IL necessary, forcibly enter any and
all houses or premises used or resorted to for
gaming and arrest and take before the Recor-
der any person or persons they may find so
engaged The Recorder is hereby empowered,
and 1t is made his duty, upon statement being
ordinance are being violated, TO subpoena per-
sons and compel their attendance as witnesses
to testify as to violations of any of the pFovi-
sions OF this ordinance; and, upon the evidence
of such witnesses, TO Issue warrants for the ar
rest of parties shown to have violated the pro-
Any person so summoned and examined shall
not be liable to prosecution for any violation
OF said articles about which he may testify and
Tor any ouenso enumerated in this ordinance n
| conviction may be had upon the unsupported
evidence OF an accomplce or participant.
SECTION 10. All ordinances or parts OF ord-
nances, especially Chapter ~ of the Revised
City Ordinances, Title Gambling" be, and the
same are, hereby repealed.
Passed May 10, 1883
The foregoing ordinance was not approved
by the Mayor nor was the same returned with
his objections 70 the City Council at the meet
ing following the passage thereof, and there
fore becomes u law without his signature.
6-u-lW Il. p, CLAUDON, City Clerk,