The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-03-18
ANTl-GAMBLING
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PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL EKs
DORSED BY LEAGUE CHIEF
GOODWIN APPROYfSlT

A stringent anti-gambling ordinance
is nov before the city council It
was prepared BY City Attorney Mills,
with the assistance Of Chief Goodwin
and was introduced by Alderman Bur-
ton.
AT the meeting Of the law enforce
ment league Monday the ordinance
was unanimously endorsed.
Speaking Of 1t Chief Goodwin said:
"The ordinance is exactly what we
need and It should be passed. It will
make it much easier for the officers
to deal with this class Of crime"
Following is the ordinance as it now
stands:
sestion 1.--That every person who
within the city Of Chickasha, deals,
plays or carries on or open or causes
to be opened, or who conducts either
as owner or employee whether for
hire or not and game Of faro poker,
roulette, craps or any banking or
percentage game, played with dice,
cards Or any device for money, checks
credit or any representative Of value
Is guilty. Of misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished by a
! fine of not less than fifty dollars Of
more than one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than thir
lty days or both by such fine ant
Imprisonment.
Section 2.-That any person who
bets or plays at or against any o
such prohibited games is guilty Of
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by a fine Of no
Hess than dollars nor more thai
one hundred dollars.
Section 3.-Every person who shal
permit any gaming table, bank 0
gamingdeyice prohibited by Section
Of this ordinance to be set up or use
for the purpose Of gaming in an
house, building, shed, shelter bootl
lot or other premises to him belonl
ing or by him occupied, Or Of whic
, he has at the time possession or col
troll, shall be on conviction thereo
adiudged guilty Of a misdemeanor, an
! punished by fine Of not less tha
- dollars nor more than one hu
dred dollars, or by Imprisonment +
!, not more than thirty days, Or by do
! such fine and Imprisonment.
Section Amy person who shs
, knowingly lease or rent to anotht
: any house, building or premises, to
!. used for the purpose OF setting
or keeping therein any of the gam
u ling devices prohibited by Section
Il of this ordinance shall be deem
!, guilty Of misdemeanor and upon &C
: viction shall be punished by fine
! not less than dollars, or mo
) than one hundred dollars,
i Section That it shall be a m
! demeanor for the owner, propriet
i manager or employee of any pool
= billiard hall or public place devot
& Ito the sale of cigars, tobacco or bey
u ages of ali kinds, to allow or peri
10 the playing Of any games Of car
~ whether said game be played for m
~ ey or thing of value or not, witt
such pool or billiard hall, or such p
og lie place. And such owner, prophet
m manager or employee shall be cons
cred TO allow or permit such ga
within the meaning of this ordinar
il such game shall be played or
9w ried on with his knowledge. And
shall be unlawful for any person
play at any game or cards whether
!, morey or thing Of value or not, wit
/, any pool hall or public place devC
- to the sale of cigars. tobacco, or
- erages Of any kind. That any
], son violating the provisions of
=, section, shall upon conviction, be
ished by a fine OF not less than
r. dollars, nor more than " dollar
,s, Section 5.-That every person
=. ~ is authorized to arrest a person
:. a violation of the provisions Of
ordinance is equally authorized
seize any table, cards, dice, or 0
r. article or apparatus suitable TO
used for gambling purposes, foun
possession or under the control
the person SO arrested and to de-
the same to the police judge be
whom the person SO arrested is
quired to be taken
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