The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-10-12
ORDINANCE NO. %

DE II ORl)Al NED. by the City council of
the City of Sisseton, Roberts county, South
Dakota;
section L. Keeping gambling house.
II any person keep within the limits OF the
city OF Sisseton, Roberts county, South Da-
kot;i' or within one mile of the outer bound
aries of the same. Il house. shop or place
resorted to for the purpose of gambling or
permit, suffer, allow or tolerate any person
In any house. shop or other place under his
control or care to play at care to play at
cards dice, farraw roulette, equality or
other game for money or other things. such
offender shall. upon conviction thereof, be
fined in a sum OF not less than fifty dollars
nor more than One hundred dollars and shall
be committee to the city or county Jail or
city workhouse until such fine is satisfied in
the proportion OF one days imprisonment for
every one dollar and fifty cents of the fine.
or be imprisoned IN the city or county Jail
not exceeding three months In II prosecu-
ton under this section any person who
is owner OR lessee or who has charge
OF or attends to any such house. shop or
place.is the keeper thereof. and every day
such house. shop or place is so kept Tor MAIN
tanned shall constitute Il complete and separ-
ate offense.
Section 2. Keeping Gambling Apparatus. |
II any person keep within the limits of the
city Of Sisseton South Dakota. or within one |
mile of the outer boundaries thereof any
table. cards. dice or other article or appara-
tus whatever. usful or intended to be used in
playing any game OF cards. dice, farrow or
other game of chance upon which money is
usually waged, he shall upon convic ton
thereof be fined in q sum of not less than
Fifty dollars nor more than One hundred
dollars and be committed to the city or
county jail or city workhouse until such fine
Is satisfied in the proportion of one days i'm
prisonment for every one dollar and fifty
cents OF the fine. or be imprisoned in the city
or county jail not exceeding three months.
Section 3. Gambling and Betting.
Ii any person play within the limits of the
city OF Ssseton. South Dakota. or within one
mile OF the outer boundaries thereof. at any
game for any sum Of money or other property
or thing Of value or make any bet or wager Of
money or other property OF value he shall.
upon conviction thereof, be fined in sum
not less than ten dollars nor more than nine
| teen dollars and shall be committed to the
city or county Jail or city workhouse until
such fine is satisfied in the proportion of one
days imprisonment for every two dollars of
the fine or be imprisoned in the city or coun-
ty jail not exceeding nine days
Section A. Inviting persons to visit
gambling places.
III any person invite request or persuade
within the limits of the city of Sisseton, South
OAK. or within one mile of the outer boundaries
thereof, another to visit any building or part
OF a building other place where any
gambling or game of farrow. roulette. cards,
RI nt1
is carried on. he shall, upon conviction there
of be fined in sum of not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars
and shall be committed to the city or county
| Jail or city worshouse until such fine is salts
| fed in the proportion of one days imprison
ment for every one dollar and fifty cents of
such fine. be imprisoned in the city or
county jail not exceeding three months.
\ Section s. Privilege of Witnesses
| person offending against any provision
of this ordinance is competent witness
against any other person so offending and
may be compelled to attend and testisfy up
on any trial or judicial proceeding in the
same manner as any other person, but tue
| testimony so giveh shall not be used in any
prosecution or proceeding either civil or
criminal against the person SO testifying.
person so teStifying shall not thereafter be
| liable to an action either civil criminal,
nor to arrest or prosecution or punishment
| for the o1fense with reference to which his
testimony was given and may plead or give
the testimony accordingly in bar of such suit
or prosecution.
Section 6. Nuisance, what Is
| Every house. shop or place kept man
| tanned in violation Of Section l. and every
| article or apparatus kept or maintained in
violation of Section 2 of this ordinance is Il
common and public nuisance.
Section Z. Nuisance how abated.
, Every keeper OF house, shop or place ii;
| violation of Section 1 of this ordinance who
| shall not abate the same within three days
after he is notified to do so by a policeman
of the city, shall upon conviction thereof. be
fined in the sum of one hundred dollars and
shall be committed to the city or county Jail
| or city worllhouSe until such fine is satisfied
in the proportion OF one days imprisonment
for every one dollar and twenty five cents of
the fine.
Section s. Search warrant.
If any person make oath before the police
justice or city justice of Peace of the city of
Sisseton. south Dakota. that he has probable
cause to believe and does believe that amy
house. building or place. naming the house
or place and the occupant. within the limits
of the city of Sisseton South Dakota with
in one mile of the outer boundaries thereof
is unlawfully used us u gambling house or
place for the purpose of gambling for money
or other property. and that persons resort
thereto for that purpose whether they be
KIN own to the complainant not such ma
gistrate may issue his warrant for the pur-
pose of searching such house or building for
the Selling Of implements or gambling de-
vides mentioned in Section of this ordinance
and for the apprehension of the occupant or
keeper thereof. and the said implements and
keeper shall be carried before such mag-
strate to be dealt with as provided by this
ordinance. Any gambling device brought
before such magistrate may be destroyed by
him and an entry thereof shall be made upon
his docket.
Section Q. Frequenting gambling houses.
If any person shall visit or frequent. within
the limits of the city OF Sisseton, South Dako-
ia, or within one mile of the outer boundar-
les thereof, any house, shop or place resort