The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-14
AN ORDINANCE
To Define and Punish Gaming

BE 1t ordained by the City Council or the CITY
of San Antonio:
ate limits 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 S25
nor moie than $780, and in addition thereto
may be confined in the city Jail not more than
go days
SECTIoN2. Lest any misrepresentation should
arise as to whether certain games are included
within the meaning of the foregoing sections,
it is declared that the following games are
eeons she VINE 0t e
un, "rouge ct noir," roulette "a. b. Co."
chuok-a-luck, " keno" and "rondo;'. but the
enumeration of these games shall not exclude
any other properly within the meaning Of the
preceding section.
SECTION 9; In all afiidavits made for
preceding section, it is sufficient to state that
the person accused kept "A table or bank for
gaming, or exhibited u 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.
SEC ZION t. In prosecutions under sections
and 2 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
SECTION 3. The words played and dealt"
| nave the meaning Attached 10 tnem 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 @. 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 $50 nor more than 800.
| SECTION Z. III any person shall permit any
game prohibited by the provisions of this Or
dinance to be played in his house, or house
under his control, he shall be fined not less than
$50 nor more than $lOO
SECTION 8. If any person shall rent to
| another u room or house for the purpose of
being used as place for playing, dealing or ex-
hibiting any or the games prohibited by the
provisions of this ordinance, he shall be fined
not less than SIS nor more than 500.
SECTION q u 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, IL necessary, forciby enter any and
all houses or premises used or resorted to fol
gaming and arrest and take before the Reoor
der any person or persons they may find Sc
engaged. The Recorder is hereby empowered
and IL is made his duty, upon statement being
made to him, that any of the provisions of THU
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 evidences
of such witnesses, TO Issue warrants for the ar
rest of parties shown to have violated the pro
visions hereof,
Any person 80 summoned and examined shall
not be liable to prosecution for any violation
of said articles about which he may testify anC
for any offense enumerated In this ordinance
conviction may be had upon the unsupported
evidence of an accomplish or participant.
SECTION 10. All ordinances or parts of ordi
nances, especially Chapter % of the Revise,
City Ordinances Title Gambling" be, and tn
, same are, hereby repealed.
Passed May 10, 1883
The foregoing ordinance was not approves
by the Mayor nor was the same returned witt
: his objections TO the City Council at the meet
ing following the passage thereof and there
l fore becomes law without his signature.
4 elliot u. +, CLAUDoN, City Clerk,