The record-union., 1897-12-14
ORDINANCE NO. 464.

An Ordinance prohibiting Persons in the
City of Sacramento from Engaging III
Selling Pools, or Book making, or
Making Bets or Wagers on Horse
races, Wherein Money or Other Arti-
cles of Value Are Staked or Pledged,
and Prohibiting the Receipt of Money,
or Other Articles of value, in any Ca
paclty Whatever, for the Purpose of
Taking or Sending the Same 10 any
Fair or Race Track Enclosure. Either
Within or Without the State of Cali
fornia. Where a Contest of Skill,
Speed or Power or Endurance, as De-
scribed in Said Ordinance, is Being
Held, to be Registered, Placed, Wag-
cred or Bet at Such Fair or Within
said Track or Enclosure, Upon the Re
Horse Engaged Therein or Connected
Therewith; excepting, However, From
the Provisions of This Ordinance the
Enclosure Of Agricultural Park, in
said City, Whenever There Are Rae
ing or Speed Contests at Said Park:
and, Further, Prohibiting the Leasing
or Renting. or allowing to be Occu-
pied any Building, Structure, Room.
Apartment, Place or any Premises
Whatever. for the Purposes Herein
before Specified and Particularly Set
Forth in Section One of This Ordi-
nance; and also Providing Penalty
for the Violation of the Provisions OF
lis Ordinance.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
City of Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section /. No person within the limits
of Sacramento City except as hereinafter
skill speed or power of enduronce be-
tween horses. shall sell any pool or pools.
or make any book, list or memorandum for
or on, which money. or other articles of
value shall be received or entered up.
listed or written or received any money,
or other article of value. as a stake Or
pledge upon the happening or nonhappen-
ing of any event: or sell, issue or dispose
of any ticket, certificate or other evidence
Written v. rte l, marked ar - or T printed any
number, name, word or mark, or any
thing to designate the choice selected re-
ceived and accepted by any other person
to entitle or enable said person holding
the said ticket, certificate or other evi-
denee of payment, to gain or lose on any
contingent issue, or receive any money or
any article of value, or anything repre-
senting money or any article of value as
a bet, wager or hazard upon the event OF
any contest or contingent issue, or as n
stake or pledge between two or more par
ties or to disbuTse the said money, or any
portion of the said money, or anythinE
renresentins money, or other article of
value. upon any representation or condl-
ton. or in conformity to or with any eN-
press or tacit understanding or agreement;
or receive any money or article OF value.
or representative of money or article OF
value, in any capacity whatsoever, Tor the
purpose of taking or sendln? the same to
any fair or race track enclosure, either
within or without this State, where such
contest of skill, speed or power Of endur-
Wagered or bet at such fair or within said
track or inclosure upon the re-
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s1eed or power Of endurance, or upon any
horse engaged therein or connected there
with. provided however, that whenever
there are any racing or speed contests at
Agricultllral Park, In said city, the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall not apply to
fbe enclosure of said Park.
Saction Q No person shall knowingly
lease or rent. or allow to be occupied OF.
used any building, structure, room,
anartmenf, place or any premises what
ever for the purposes specified, mentioned
and prohibited in Section One of this or
Cinance.
the provisions of this ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon con-
viction thereof. shall be fined not less
than fifty. nor more than two hundred
dollars. or by imprisonment in the city
prison not exceeding thirty days. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
section 4. Ordinance No. 442 is hereby re-
pealed.
feet. and be in force from and after May
passed MAY II. 1897.
CHARLES f. LEONARD.
President of Board of Trustees.
Approved May 19, 1881.