The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-03
cHALLIs vnLLAGE ORDINANCES.
Ordinance No. 3.

An Ordinance prohibiting gambling
within the corporate limits of the Viii
lage of Challis, Custer county, Idaho,
and providing for the punish ment of
any violation of this ordinance.
Be II ordained by the chairman aud
Board OF Trustees of the Village of
Challis, Custer county, Idaho
Section /. Every person who deals,
plays, or carries on, opens or causes to
be opened, or who conducts, either as
owner, employee or lessee, whether for
hire or not, any game of faro, monte.
roulette, lausquinet, rogue ct noir, rim
do, or any game played with crrds, dice
or any other device for money, checks,
credit or any other representative Of
value, within the corporate limits of
the Village of Challis, Custer county,
Idaho, is guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, is punishable
by a fine of not more than One Humid
red dollars, or imprisonment in the
city Jail not exceeding sixty-six days.
Section 2. Every person who know
ingly permits any of the games pro
hibited by the preceding section TO be
played, conducted or dealt Ia any house
owned or rented by such person In
whole or in part within the corporate
limits of the village of Challis, Custer
county, Idaho, is punishable as provid-
ed In the preceding section.
Section 3. Every person who, by any
practice, cheat or device, or false pre-
tense whatsoever, while playing at
any game of chance, or while bearing
any share 10 the wages played for, or
while betting on sides OF hands of such
playing, within the corporate limits of
he rfl IT
Idaho, wins or acquires to himself, or
another, any sum of money, or any
thing of value, or any representative
of value, is guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding One
Hundred dollars, or Imprisonment In
the city jail not exceeding sc days.
Section 4. Every person duly sum-
moned as a witness for the prosecution
or any proceeding had under this ord
nance, who neglects or refuses to at
tend, as required, is,guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined Ia any sum not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars, or imprisonment
in the city Jail not exceeding Sc days.
Section 5. No person otherwise com
petent as witness is disqualified from
testifying as such concerning the off
ense of gambling on the ground that
such testimony may incriminate him
self, and no prosecution can afterwards
be had against him for any offense
which he testified about. Whenever
any judge or justice of the peace with
In the corporate limits of the village
of Challis, Custer county, Idaho, shall
have knowledge, or shall receive salts
factory information that there is any
gambling table or gambling device
adopted, or devised, or designed, for
the purpose OF playing any game of
chance prohibited in Section / of this
ordinance, within the corporrte limits
of the village of Challis, Custer county,
Idaho, 1t shall be his duty to forthwith
issue his warrant directed to the viii
lage marshal of the village of Challis,
20 seize and bring before him such
gambling table, or such other device,
and cause the same to be publicly de-
stroyed, by burning or otherwise.
Done and passed in regular session
this 10th day of NoAember, 1907.
JOSEPH RoDeERs, Chairman.
Attest: w. j.. Lamme, Clerk.