Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-08-07
Ordinance No. isa.

An Ordinance suppressing and prohibit
ing games of chance and gambling
houses within the limits Of the City Of
Los Angeles:
The Mayor and Council of the City Of
Los Angeles do ordain as follows.
SEc. |. The game Of Fare, Monte,
Roulette, Lansquenette, Rouge OF Noire.
Rondo, or any banking game, or any
game played with cards, dice, or any
other device for money. checks, credits
or any other representative Of value are
hereby declared to be and the same are
games Of chance.
SEo. ?. All persons are hereby pro-
hibited from attending or being present
iu any room or rooms where any game
Of chance played with cards, dice. or
other device for money. checks. credit,
or any other representative Of value is
being played, conducted, or carried on
under penalty on conviction of u fine
not exceeding fifty dollars.
SEC. 3. Any room or rooms within
the limits Of the City of Los Angeles
wherein either the game Of Faro, Monte,
Roulette, Lasquienettc, Rouge ct Noiro or
Rondo is played, conducted or carried
on with cards, dice or any other device
for money, checks, credit or any other
representative of value is hereby declar-
ed gambling house.
SEC. 4. All persons are hereby pro-
hibited from attending or being present
in any gambling house within the limits
of the City Of Los Angeles, under pen
atty on conviction of fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars.
This section shall not apply to officers
Of the law in discharge Of their duties.
SEQ. 5. Any person who shall keep
any room, building, arbor, booth, shed
or tenement to be used or occupied for
gambling or as gambling house, or If
the owner, superintendent, or agent Of
any room, building, arbor, booth, shed
or tenement shall rent or permit the
same to be used or occupied for
gambling or as gambling house
or after having rented or permitted any
room, building, arbor, booth. shed or
tenement or other premises he shall be-
come aware that the same is used or oc.
cupied for gambling or gambling. house
and shall fail within q reasonable time
after having obtained such knowledge to
report the same to the Judge of the City
Court or Chief of Police of Los Angeles
City he shall. OH conviction, be fined not
exceeding three hundred dollars.
SEC. 6. Every owner or lessee, or
keeper of any house used in whole or in
part as a saloon or drinking place, who
knowingly permits any person under
twenty-one years of age to play at any
game of chance therein, is guilty of
misdemeanor and shall be fined not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars.
SEC. 7. II any person for gambling
purposes shall keep or exhibit any gamb.
bling table, establishment, device or ap-
psratus, or If any person or persons shall
act as lookout or game-keeper for the
games Of monte, faro or any other bank.
ing game or games Of chance where mon
ey or property is dependent on the
result he shall, on conviction, be fined
not exceeding two hundred dollars.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty
Of the police Of said city to
seize and safely keep all chips,
checks, cards, boxes, tables, boards AID
all other articles used or pertaining to
the games of faro, monte. roulette.
lansquenette, rouge ct noir. rondo or any
banking games played with cards, dice,
or any other device for money, checks,
credit or other representative of value
and to produce the same in Court and
to be retained until the final disposition
of any case, in which said articles may
be required as evidence, to be then de-
stroyed by the order of the Judge of the
City Court, but nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent the destruction of said
articles at any time when the Judge Of
said Court may deem said articles no
longer required to be retained for evi-
dence.
SEC. D. Every person duly summoned
as q witness for the prosecution or any
proceedings had under this ordinance,
who neglects or refuses to, attend as re-
quired, shall on conviction be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred dol
lars.
Sec. 10. 1t is hereby provided that
all prosecutions under this ordinance
shall be in the City Court Of the City of
Los Angeles.
SEC. IL. The Clerk of the Council
shall certify to the passage Of this or.
dinance, and shall cause the same to be
published once in the Los Angeles DAILY
HERALD, and thereupon it shall take ef-
feet and be in force.
thereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the City of Los Angeles at its meet
ing of August 9Th, 1884.
w. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council of the City Of Los
Angeles.
Approved this 9th day of August,