The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-22
AN ORDINANCE

To Define and Punish Gaming.
Be 1t ordained by the City Council of
the City of San Antonio:
SECTION |. If any person shall within
the City of San Antonio keep or exhibit
for the purpose of gaming any gaming
table or bank of any name or description
whatever, 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 at any
place, he shall be fined not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred
dollars, and imprisonment in the City
Jail not less than ten nor more than
ninety days.
SIC. 2. 1t being intended by the fore
going section to include every species of
gaming device known by the name Of
table or bank of every kind whatever,
this provision shall be construed to in
clude any and all games which in COM
mon language are said TO be played,
dealt, kept or exhibited.
SEC, 8. Lest any mlsapprehension
should arise as to whether certain games
are included within the meaning of the
foregoing sections, 1t is declared that
the following games are within the
meaning and intention of said sections:
Faro" Monte" "Vingt ct un, !"
"Rough-et-noir," Roulette" "a and
b c." "Chuck- a-luck," "Keno," and
"Rondo;" but the enumeration of these
games specifically shall not exclude any
other properly within the meaning of
the two preceding sections.
SEC. 4. That on any information or
complaint for the class of oilenses
named in the three proceeding sections
1t is sufficient to state that the person
accused kept table or bank for gaming
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without giving the name or description
thereof, and without stating that the
bank or table or gaming devise was
without any name, or that the name was
unknown.
SEC. 3. In prosecutions under this or
dinance 1t shall be sufficient to prove
that any game therein mentioned was
played, dealt or exhibited, without
proving that money or any article OF
value was won or lost thereon.
SEC. @. The words ''played" and
"dealtn have the meaning attached tC
them in common languages; the WORD
exhibited is intended TO signify the act
of displaying the bank or game for the
purpose of obtaining betters.
SEo. Z. If any person within the City
of San Antonio shall bet or wager al
any gaming table or bank such as ar,
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shall bet or wager any money or othe
thing of value at any of the games in
cluded in the preceding sections, he shal
on conviction in the Recorders Court
be fined In any sum not less than tel
nor more than twenty-five dollars.
SEC. s. If any person shall within tn
City OF San Antonio permit any gam
prohibited under the provisions of thi
ordinance to be played in his house or
house under his control, or upon hi
premises or upon premises under hi
control, the said house being a publ
place, he shall, on conviction in the Re
corder's Court, be fined not less tina
ten nor more than one hundred dollar
SIC. 0. If any person shall within tn
City of San Antonio rent to another
room or house for the purpose of bein
used as place for playing, dealing c
exhlbiting any OF the games prohibite
by the provisions of this ordinance, Il
shall, on conviction in the Recorder
Court, be fined not less than twenty-fy
nor more than one hundred dollars.
SEC. 10. That all ordinances or par
of ordinances In conflict with the Or,
visions hereof be and the same are her
by repealed.
Passed and approved July ~, 1885.
BRYAN CALLAGHAN,
BY Il. z. CLAUDoN, Mayor.
City Clerk. S-l4-l0