White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-01

erection OF the police Judge, and it is
expected that the ordinance will re-
suit in adding $500 or $500 per
month to the revenue of the city.
The ordinance was proposed May
10, by Councilman @. G. Bates, and
was unanimously passed May %.
The text is as follows:
Section /. Ii shall be unlawful for
any person to deal, open. conduct,
play or carry on in any capacity
whatsoever. any game of faro. monte.
roulette, wheel of fortune, lansquenet
rouge ct noir. rondo, tan fan tan.
stud or s~tudhorse poker. draw poker.
whisky poker. seven-and-a-half. TWEEN
ty-one. blackjack, hokew-pokey,
craps, klondike, or any banking,
"rake-off' or percentage game. play
ed with cards. dice. or any apparatus
or device. for money property.
check, counters, credit, or any repre-
sentative of value; or any gambling
game of chance in which any person
keeping, conducting, managing or
playing the same or permitting the
same to be carried on receives direct
" any compensation or reward, or
any rake-offf percentage or share of
the money or property played for.
keeping, running, playing, conduct
ing or managing or carrying on such
game, or permitting the same to be
carried on Any of the persons who
violates any of the provisions of this
section shall be punished by a fine in
any sum less than three hundred dol
lars.
Section ,. Every peson who per
mits any of the games mentioned in
section /. hereof t o be played. con
Quoted. carried On, dealt. operated or
maintained in any house. building.
room. or part thereof. owned. rented,
possessed or occupied by such person,
either as owner, tenant, or lessee,
shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and punished as provided
in the preceding section.
The counvil voted to accept the Of
fer of the Ely Water company to sup
ply the cemetery with water at the
rate of $40 for the season. The bill
of f. b. Becker for S600.75, for in
stalling water pipes in the cemetery
was also accepted, less $50 tapping
fee. This will be attended to later.
In connection with the cemetery bust
ness, City Engineer Willard was in
structed TO purchase one hundred
feet of hose. for use in the cemetery.
This length will prove adequate from
all hydrants. and make it possible to
keep the burial lots watered and
thereby assist in getting grass and
s%hrubbery started.
A discussion of the claim of ". f.
Meyers against the city. lead TO the
matter of city records and the index
ing of the same. Mr.. Meyers claim
is for some cross walks constructed
by him four years ago, Two of the
walks did not meet the approval of
the inspector. and have never been
paid for. Mr.. Meyer claims that as
the two walks in question have with
stood the test of time and are as good
as any of the walks in the city. he
should receive pay for their construc-
ton.
City Attorney Boreman reported
that he has been trying to get some
hight on the subject but as the con-
tracts and resolutions are not index
ed. it would require a lot of time in
research. The council favored Mr..
Boreman's suggestion that the re-
cors be indexed by some one compe-
tent, and City Clerk Dickinson was
instructed to get some information as