The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-12
AN ORDINANCE
To Define and Punish Gamiu

BE It ordained by the City Council of the City
of San Antonio:
SECTION |. If any person within the oorpor-
ate linits of the City of San Antonio shall keep
or exhibit, for the purpose of gaming, any
gaming-table or bank of any description what
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 SO
nor more than 800, and In addition thereto
may be confined in the city Jail not more than
GO days.
SECTIoN2. Lest any misapprehension should
arise us 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
un, "rouRe ct noir," roulette" "a. B. c"
chuck-a-luck," Keno" and 'rondo;" but the
enumeration of these games shall not exclude
any other properly within the meaning Of the
SECTION 3. In all aflidavts made for
the class of offenses named in the two
preceding section, 1t is sufficient to state that
the person accused kept table or bank for
gaming, or exhibited 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.
SECrIoN l. In prosecutions under sections
and it 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
| on.
| SECTION 3. 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.
| SECrIoN6 o. If any person shall bet at any
gaming table, or bank as are mentioned in the
preceding sections, he shall be fined not less
| than so nor more than 500.
SECTION Z. II any person shall permit any
game prohibited by the provisions OF this Or
dtnance to be played IN his house, or a house
under his control, he shall be fined not less than
| 80 nor more than 500.
| SEcTIoN s. If any person shall rent to
another a room or house for the purpose of
| being used as place for playing, dealing or ex-
| hibiting any OF the games prohibited by the
provisions of this ordinance, he shall be fined
not less than 30 nor more than 800.
| SECTION .. 1t shall be the duty of the Marshal,
| Assistant 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, If 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 IL is made his duty upon statement being
| made to him, that any of the provisions of this
| ordinance are being violated, to subpoena per-
sons and compel their attendance AS witnesses
| to testify as to violations of any of the provi-
| sions of this ordinances; 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
| for any otfense enumerated in this ordinance a
| conviction may be had upon the unsupported
| evidence of an accomplioe or participant.
| SECTION 10. Al ordinances or parts OF ordi-
nances, especially Chatter % 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
ahis objections TO the City Council at the meet
Ing following the passage tn, reof, and there
fore becomes law without his signature,
0-L-l0t u, 7, CLAuDoN, City Clerk,