The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-06
To Prohibit
All Gambling,

An ordinance 10 prevent anu SuPpASSS
gaming and gambling houses, and all
places where any game in which chance
predominates in playing for anything
of value, and to punish any person who
engages in any such game, or keeps
or f~requents any such house or place.
The City Of Astoria does ordain as
follows:
Section 1. No person or persons shall
within the c%orporated limits of the City
Of Astoria, open or set UP, or keep,
either as owner, proprietor, keeper,
manager, employee with or without hire,
lessee or otherwise, any gaming or
gambling house, or any house or place
where any banking or any other game
is played with cards, dice. cheen, but
tons, or any other device for anything
of value, whether the same be played
for money, checks or credits, or any
| other representative of value.
Section 2. No person or persons shall
! in any house, room or place, within the
! corporate limits of the City Of AS
Z, >ria engage in or play in or at or bet
at or upon any game played with cards,
dice. cheen, buttons, or any other de-
vice. for .anything of value, whether the
same be PLACED for money, checks, cred
its or any 9th er representative OF val
ue.
Section 8. No perAou or persons shall
within the corporate Ia mits Oh the city
of Astoria, frequent or 8 m.o Vi N
any gaming or gam hlina' mus 49,,
place mentioned in sectio.T 'o"
ordinance. ~
Section 4. No person or pers, - c,+,
within the corporate limits of tn. %,
Of Astoria, set up or keep, yeither
owner, proprietor, keeper, manager EN-.
ploye, with or without hire, lessee or
otherwise, any kind Of gambling table
or gambling device adapted, devised
and designed for the purpose Of play
ing any game Of chance for money or
property, Of induce, entice or permit
any person or persons to bet or play
at or upon any such gambling table or
gambling device, or at or upon any
game played at or by means of such
table or gambling device, or on the side
of or against the keeper thereof.
Section 5. No person or persons shall.
within the limits of the City of AS
open set up. or keep any house,
shop, or place resorted to for the pur-
pose of gambling, or permit or suffer
person or persons in any house,
or place under his control or care
10 play at any game for anything of
value, whether the same be played for
money, checks, credits, or any other
representative of value.
Section 6. No person or persons shall.
within the corporated limits of the City
IT Astoria, invite entice or pursuade
my person Or persons, to frequent or
70 into, or visit any gaming or gam
'ling house mentioned in this ordin-
lnce, or engage in or play at or in or
o bet at, or upon any banking or any
'ther game played with cards, dice.
heen, buttons or n other device for
Of value, whether the same 6
played for money, checks. credits or '
ny other representatives of value, or |
o engage in, play at or in, or bet at or
pom n of the games or gambling de-
ices mentioned in this ordinance for c
nything of value. t
Section Z. Every person violating I
ny Of the provisions of this ordinance, a
hall upon conviction thereof before the G
and police judge, be punished O
y a fine of not less than $25 and not n
lore than $4,000, or default Of the pay f
lent Of such fine, by Imprisonment in h
le city Jail not more than ninety days, n
by both such fine and Imprisonment. S
Section 5. 1t is hereby made the duty 0
{ the chief of police and all police p
in the employ of the city. to see
the provisions of this ordinance
ra ctrioflv apforoa1