The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-21
CITY ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE.

AN ORDNANCE
 To Prohibit Gambling and Pool Selling in the City of Birmingham. Alabama, on Horse Races, or What Purports to Be Horse Races, Either Within or Without the State.
 Sec l, Be it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham, that it shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal or agent, in the City of Bir- mingham, to buy or sell any pool. ticket chance or other device. or to make or take or hold any wager, or to enter into any transaction whereby money or other valuable thing may be won or lost upon the running, pacing or trotting, or what purports to be the running, pacing or trotting, either within or without the state, of any mare, horse or gelding, or what purports to be a mare, horse or gelding or upon any horse race, or what purports to be a horse race. whether within or without this state.
 Sec 2, Be it further ordained, that it shall be unlawful for any person in the city of Birmingham, to act as agent for any other person in procuring or placing outside this state for such other person any pool ticket, chance. wager or other device. or to do anything in the city of Birmingham to aid any other person in entering into any transaction whereby he may win or lose money or other valuable thing upon the running, pacing or trot- ting, or upon what purports to be the running, pacing or trotting, either within or without this state, of any mare, horse or gelding, or what purports to be a mare horse or gelding, or upon any horse race or what purports to be a horse race whether within or without this state.
 Sec. 3, Be 1t further ordained, that 1t shall be unlawful for any person in the city of Birmingham, to give or take or receive from another any money or other valuable thing to be bet or hazarded. or to be used in buying any pool, ticket chance, wager or other device, or any in- terest in any such pool. ticket, chance, wager or other device. upon the running pacing or trotting, what purports to be the running pacing or troIting. eith- CT within or without this state of any mare. horse or gelding, or what purports to be a mare, horse or gelding, or upon any race horse, either within or without any race horse. either within or without this state.
 Sec. 4, Be it further ordained, that 1t shall be unlawful for any person. in the city of Birmingham, to carry to conduct the practices commonly known as book making or pool selling. or either of them, or to keep or to be interested in the keeping of place to which per- sons shall resort for engaging in such practices. or either of them, or for bet ting upon the event of the running, pac- Ing or trotting, or what purports to be the running. pacing or trotting of any hoI se mare or gelding or what purports to be a horse mare or gelding. or upon any horse race, or what purports to be any horse race either within or without this state, or shall keep or shall be in- terested in the keeping. of a place to which persons shall resort for engaging in the practices of buying or selling pools, chances, wagers. or other devices, or either of them, upon the pacing, running or trotting. or what purports to be the running. pacing or trotting either within or without this state of any mare. horse or geldng. or what purports to be any mare. horse or gelding, or upon any horse race, or upon what purports to be any horse race either within or without this state.
 Sec 5, Be 1t further ordained. that 1t shall be unlawful for any person in any opera house, hotel, telegraph office, or in any public building in the city of Bir- mlngham, or in any private building in said city, to which the public generally of the city of Birmingham nave access to call out the progress or what purports to be the progress or to announce the re- suit, or what purports to be the result of the running trotting or pacing. or
  or pacing of any horse. mare or gelding or what purports to be horse. mare or gelding, either within or without this state, or of any horse race. or what pur- ports to be horse race, either within or without this state.
 Sec 6. Be 1t further ordained that 1t shall be unlawful for any person to keep or to be interested in keeping any opera house. hotel or telegraph onice or any public building in the city of Birming- ham, or any private building in the said city, to which the public generally of said city have access. in which the pro- gress or what purports 70 be the pro- gress or the result, or what purports to be the result is announced of running. trotting or pacing, or what purports to be the running. trotting or pacing of any horse. mare or gelding, or what purports to be the running of any mare. horse or yelding, either within or without this