St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-01
Ordinances.
ORDINANCE No. 424

ORDINANCE No. 424.
An ordinance to suppress gambling in the
City of st. Paul.
The Common Council of the City of ST. Paul
do ordain as follows:
Section 1. That all descriptions of gam
ing and fraudulent devices and practices in
gaming, and all playing cards, dice or other
games of chance are hereby prohibited.
See. 2. All E. o. or roulette tables faro
or pharobanks, and all gaming with cards,
gaming tables or gambling devices, and all
description of gaming, and all houses and
places for the purposes of gambling and
fraudulent devices and practices, and all
playing of cards, dice, or other games of
chance, are hereby prohibited from being set
up or used, or kept for gaming or gambling
purposes in the city of St. Paul.
Sec. 3. No person within the City of Saint
Paul shall deal cards at the game called foro,
pharo or forty eight, whether the same shall
be dealt with ifty-two or any other number
of cards, and no person shall keep to be
used in gaming, any gambling device what
ever.
Sec. f. No person shall bet any money or
other property at or upon any gaming table,
game or device prohibited by this ordinance.
Sec. 5. No person shall keep any house or
place for the purpose of gambling, nor shall
any person suffer any gaming table, bank or
gambling device prohibited in this ordinance,
to be set up or used for the purpose of gam
ing, in any house, building, steam boat, raft,
keel, boat or boom, lot, shop, yard or garden
tohim belonging, or by him occupied or of
which he has the control.
Sec. 6. If any person or persons shall
keep tables or furniture, or fixtures, or in
struments for gaming, or used or intended
for use in gaming or gambling, in or out of
any house, room or place, such tables or in
struments may be seized and taken into
custody by any police officer Of the City of
st. Paul; and it is hereby made the express
duty of all police officers or policemen, to
enter any place, house. room or tent, or
booth, and seize said gaming tables, instru-
ments or fixtures, and hold and keep the
same.
Sec. Z. No person shall visit any place,
or house, or room used, occupied, or in any
way designed for gaming purposes, and there
bet any money or valuable thing on any
game or device, whether played with cards
or otherwise; and it shall be the duty of
police officers of the city to visit all houses,
places, rooms, tents or booths, where any
such gambling is carried on in violation of
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lating any part of this section, or any part or
portion of this ordinance.
Sec. s. Any person or parsons found
guilty Of violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall pay fine of not more
than one hundred (s100) dollars, and to
which may be added imprisonment in the
work house of the city for not more than
thirty days.
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nance are hereby repealed.
This ordinance to be in force from and
after its publication.
Yeas-Ald. DowIan, O'Connor Robert,
Cullen, Johnson, Van slyke, Starkey, st.
Mr.. Vice President-9.
Passed July 30, 1884.
W. d. CORNISH, Vice President of Council.
Approved July 81, 1884.
c. D. O'BRIEN, Mayor
Attest: THos. A. PESDEReAsr, City Clerk.
August l.