The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-04-04

TERMS os THE ORDINANCE.
The City of Astoria does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. That no person or persons
shall, either directly or indirectly, in
person, or by another set up. maintain.
keep, or carry on, any gaming or gam
bling house, within the City Of AS
Rtoria, Clatsop County, Oregon, except
as in this ordinance provided, and any
person who shall set up, maintain, keep
or carry on any gaming, or gambling
house in violation Of the provisions Of
this ordinance, shall upon conviction
thereof, where no other punishment is
provided, be fined, in any sum not less
than one hundred dollars, nor more
than three hundred dollars, or by i'm
prisonment in the city jail not exceed
ing one hundred days, or both such fine
and imprisonment, in the discretion Of
the auditor and police judge.
1t Is hereby made the duty OF the
chief of police, and of each police Of
ficer of the city, to see that this ordi-
nance is strictly enforced, and to make
complaint to the city attorney Of each
and every violation of any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance, and Of the
city attorney to prosecute all persons
violating the same.
SECTION 2. Before any gaming, or
gambling house shall be set UP, main
tained, or kept, or carried on within
this city, the person, or persons desir-
Gus of setting up, maintaining, keeping,
or carrying on the same shall apply for.
and take out q license therefor, which
license shall be in the name Of the per-
son applying therefor, shall designate
the place, or house where gambling
may be carried on, and shall not be
transferable. Before a license shall
issue under this ordinance, the appli-
cant shall petition the common coun-
ell in the manner provided In section
hereof, and shall also present to the
common council with said petition, a
bond in the penal sum OF five hundred
dollars, with two or more sufficient SUR
cites payable to the city of Astoria,
conditional that he or they will well
in all things comply with the pro-
visions of this ordinance, during the
period of one year from the date of the
beginning Of said license. Attached to
said bond shall be an affidavit of the
sureties to the effect that they are
freeholders In the City of Astoria, and
are in the aggregate worth one th0us-
sand dollars, over above all their just
debts AMI liabilities, and property ex-
empt from execution.
SECTION 3. The petition Of the appll-
cant for a license shall state:
First the name of the applicant.
Second. Whether such applicant has
before held, or whether he then holds
license, and IL so, at what time such
license expired or expires, and the kind
OF license.
Third. At what date such applicant
desire such license to begin, and ex-
pire, and the place where such gaming,
or gambling house Is to be carried on.
Said petition shall be verified by the
applicant, or II more than one, by at
least one of such applicants, stating
that such petition Is true.
SECTION 4. The receipt Of the treas
urer shall be given to the applicant for
the amount paid into the city treasury
by him, and shall state that the amount
paid by him is paid for license for
a gambling or gaming house, to be re-
funded in case the common council
shall refuse to grant the petition OF the
applicant, otherwise upon issuing the
license, to go into the po-
lice fund of the city. Upon the
granting Of the said petition by the
common council, the mayor shall ex-
anime the bond Of the applicant, and
approve It II II, II In compliance with
the provisions OF this ordinance there
for, otherwise to disapprove it.
SECTION 5. Upon q full compliance
with the requirements Of this ordinance
by the petitioner, the granting Of the
said license by the common council and
the approval Of the applicants bond BY
the mayor, the auditor and police
judge shall issue to the applicant a IL
cense to carry on a gaming or gam
bling house for one or more years from
a date to be specified in said license
said license shall be numbered, and
shall be for not less than one year,
CONTINUED % Thira Paes.