Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-02-19
Here rs The Bill
Which Draws Ire
Of Legion Members

and wrestling matches, and eXh1nl-
tions for prizes or purses, or Where
an admission fee is received, are
hereby allowed, except on Sundays,
May 30, and November II. The
commission shall have, and hereby
is vested with, the sole direction,
management, control and juriS6lc-
ton over all of such boxing con-
tests, sparring and wrestling
matches and exhibitions to be
conducted or held, or given within
the State of Nevada, and no box
ing contest, sparring or wrestling
match or exhibition shall be con-
Quoted, held or given within the
state except in accordance with the
provisions of this act. The COM
mission may, in its direction, issue
and revoke licenses to conduct,
hold or give boxing, Sparring or
wrestling contests, matches or ex-
hibitionS where an admission fee
is received, to any club, organ1z-
alton, corporation, association or
individual hereinafter termed zap
plicant entity'O under such terms,
and in accordance with such pro-
visions, as the commission may
prescribe, and an application for
such license shall be in writing an
shall correctly show and define the
owner or owners Of the applicant
entity. Such application shall be
accompanied by an annual fee, to
be fixed by the commission, on a
uniform basis, proportionate to the
population of the city or town in
which the applicant entity desires
to do business, but said annual fee,
in no case, to be more than $1OO
per year. Before any such permit
or license is granted to any ap-
plicant entity, which shall have
filed it's application as herein pro-
vided, such applicant must file a
bond, conditioned for the faithful
performance by said applicant en-
tity of the provisions Of this act,
the amount of said bond to be
fixed by the commission, but in no
case to exceed $4,000.
Sec. 4. All applicant entities,
whether clubs corporations, or
ganizations, associations Or individ-
uals, and all referees, professional
boxers, professional wrestlers and
the managers of each of same
shall be licensed by the commits
, sion, and no person shall be per-
mitted to participate, either direct
ly or indirectly, in any such box
ing, sparring or wrestling matches
contests or exhibitions or the hold
ing thereof, unless such person
shall have first procured a license
from the commission. The commits
sion shall have power and author
ity to fix a uniform scale of fees
to be required of and paid by
referees, boxers, WrestlerS and man.
ayers, and it shall be a violation
Of this act for any person to par
ticipate, directly or indirectly, as
aforesaid, unless he shall have been
granted a license therefor. For the
purpose of this act professional
| boxer or professional wrestler is
deemed to be one who competes
for money prizes or purses, Oh
teaches or purSueS, or assists In
the practice of boxing or wrestling
as a means of obtaining liveli-
hood or pecuniary gain, and any
boxing or sparring contest con-
forming to the rules and regula-
tions and requirements of this act
and of the commission, shall be
deemed to be a boxing contest and
not a prize fight.
Sec. S. The commission alall
have full power to regulate, sus-
pend or otherwise discipline any
applicant entity or any participant
who shall, in the Judgment of the
commission, participate in any
sham or fake boxing match, OF
who shall be guilty of failure tc
give his best efforts in said con-
test, or who shall be guilty of any
foul or unSportSmanlike conduct ir
connection Herewith.
Sec. 6. The commission shall ap-
point official representatives, one
for each county of the state, who
shall be designated as inspectors
each of whom shall receive from
/ the commission a card authorizing
him to act as such inspector fol
the county designated, to hold Of
flee as such an inspector at the
pleasure of the commission. An in
spector or a member of the COM
mission shall be present at all con.
tests, exhibitions or matches, anc
shall see that the rules are strictly
observed.
Sec. 7. No boxing contest OF
sparring match or exhibition shall
be more than twenty rounds II