Western Kansas world., 1885-08-15

AN ORDNANCE TO SUPPRESS GAMES AMI
GAMBLING HOUSES AND DECLARING GER.
TAIN PLACES COMMON PUBLIC NUIsANcEs
Be il ordained by the mayor and
councilmen of the city of Wa-Keeney,
Kansas:
Sec. ]. That no person or persons
shall open, keep or maintain any gaming
house in the city Of Wa-Keeney, or suffer
or permit any description of gaming OF
gambling or playing any game of chance
or skill for money, goods, chattels or any
thing whatever, in any dwelling house,
store, grocery, tavern, inn, tent, booth,
shop or other tenement, building or place
by such person or persons occupied, used
or possessed
Sec. 2. No person or persons shall bet
or play at any game OF chance or skill for
any money, goods, chattels or other val
uable thing whatsoever In said city.
Sec. 3. No person or persons shall
own, possess or keep in said city any
shuttle board, keno table, faro table,
faro box, faro bank, wheel OF fortune,
roulette wheel or table of equality or
other machine, device, instrument or con-
trivance for gaming or gambling
Sec. 4 Any person convicted OF vio-
lation OF section one of this ordinance
shall be punished by fine of fifty dollars
and be imprisoned until such fine and
costs are paid.
Sec. 8. Any person convicted of vio-
lation of section two Of this ordinance
shall be punished by fine of not less
than ten dollars nor more than fifty dol
lars, and be imprisoned until such fine
and costs are paid.
Sec. 6. Whenever the police judge shall
receive satisfactory information that there
is any prohibited gaming table or gam
bling device, machine, instrument or
contrivance for gaming or gambling kept
or used within the city, it shall be his
duty forthwith to issue his warrant, di-
rected to the marshal, to seize and bring
before said police Judge such gaming
table or other device; and it shall be the
duty of said police judge to cause the
same to be publicly destroyed by burning
or otherwise.
Sec. z. Every person who shall know
ingiy lease or let to another any room,
house or other building for the purpose
OF setting up or keeping therein any of
the gaming tables, gambling devices,
machines, instruments or contrivances for
gaming or gambling, or prohibited by the
preceding provisions, or for the purpose
Of being used or kept as gaming house,
shall. on conviction, be fined not less than
ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars,
and be imprisoned until such fine and
costs are paid.
Sec. 8. Every person appearing or
acting as master or mistress or having the |
care, use or management for the time Of
any prohibited gaming table, device, ma
chine, instrument or contrivance, shall be |
deemed the keeper thereof; and every |
person who shall appear to act as master |
or mistress or having the care or manage
ment of any honse or building in which |
any gambling table, bank or device is set |
up or kept, or of any gaming house, shall |
be deemed the keeper thereof.
Sec. 8. No person shall be incapacita-
ted or excused from testifying touching |
any offence committed by another against |
any of the provisions of this ordinance |
by reason of his having betted or played
at any of the prohibited games or gaming
devices; but the testimony which may be
given by such person shall in no case be
used against him.
Sec. TO- The officer who shall be
charged with tne execution of any war
rant issued under the provisions of this
ordinance shall nave power, If necessary,
to break open doors for the purpose of
executing the same.
Sec. IL. All places, rooms and build-
ings where any OF the things prohibited
by this ordinance are permitted, done or
kept shall be deemed and held to be
common public nuisances, and the mar
shall, assistant marshal or any policeman
o the city shall be authorized to enter upon,
with or without process, and abate the
same by seizing any and all of the articles
or things so kept embarrassing all persons
found in the commission of any offense
under this ordinance, OR aiding, abetting
and advising liz the commission of such
offence, and shall carry such persons,
articles and things before the police Judge
to be dealt with according to law.
SEC. IL This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the WESTERN KANSAS
WORLD.
Approved this August Z, 1886.
Attest: A. B. JONES,
w. n. DAMN, Mayor.
City Clerk.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is q |