The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-19
AN ORDINANCE
To Define and Punish Gaming

BE it ordained by the City Council of the City
of San Antonio:
SECTION l. If any person within the corpor-
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 i'm keeping or exhibiting any such
table, or bank, he shall be fined not less $50
nor more than 500, and in addition thereto
may be confined I'm the city jail not more than
90 days.
SECrIoN2 Lest any Misrepresentation should
arise as 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
ohuck-a-iuck," Keno" and "rondo;' but the
enumeration of these games shall not exclude
any other properly within the meaning OF the
SECTION Q. In all aGidavits made for
the class of offenses named in the two
preceding section, It is sufficient to state that
the person accused kept table or bank for
gaming or exhibited a table or bank for gam
| lug. 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 IL 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. .
SUCTION 8. The words played and dealt"
| have the meaning attached to them I'm 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. IT any person shall bet at any
gaming table, or bank as arc mentioned in the
preceding sections, he shall be fined not less
| than $50 nor more than $50.
SECTION Z, II any person shall permit any
dinance to be played in his house, or a house
under his control, he shall be fined not less than
| S25 nor more than 500.
| SECTION s. If any person shall rent Ia
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 S25 nor more than 500.
| SECTIoN9 1t shall be the duty of the Marshal
Assistant Marshal and police of the city &c
| 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, forcbly enter any and
all houses or premises used or resorted to fol
gaming and arrest and take before the Recor
der any person or persons they may find 50
engaged. The Recorder is hereby empowered
and II is made his duty, upon statement being
made TO him, that any of the provisions of th
ordinance are being violated, to subpoena per
sons and compel their attendance rs witnesses
to testify as to violations of any of the provl
sions of this ordinances and, upon the evidenc,
of such witnesses, to issue warrants for the ar
rest of parties shown to have violated the pro
visions hereof
/ Any person so summoned and examined shall
not be liable to prosecution for any violation
| OF Salu dTtlClO5 dDOub WulCu ut may Nchllly du'
for any oifense 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 Is, 1883.
The foregoing ordinance was not approve
, | by the Mayor nor was the same returned wit
! bis objections to the City Council at the meet
! ing following the passage thereof, and there
, fore becomes q law without his signature.
6-1l-10t II. =. CLAUDON, City Clerk.