The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-06-16

err, operator or lessee of the ma
chine described therein, to op-
crate the same upon the terms
set forth in the application. Nc
license issued to any person shall
be transferred or assigned, and
no license shall be issued until
the appropriate tax shall have
been paid to the Clerk and Tax
Collector of the City.
Section 3. II shall be unlawful
for any person, firm, corporation
owner or lessee of a coin or tok-
en- operated automatic, or slo,
vending device, or continuance,
or machine, Of the types deserib-
ed in Section | hereof, TO keep,
possess, use or exhibit for gain,
or to operate, or 20 permit to be
operated, or allow to be kept,
used, possessed or operated for
gain, such coin, slot, or token OPP
Grated machine, device, contri-
vance or equipment, unless a IL
censc has been first procured anc
exhibited as set forth under tbo
| provisions of this act.
Nothing in this Ordinance shall
apply to any automatic, slot, coin
or token operated machine Oh
machines when such machine, OF
machines, are kept in a regular
place of business of distributors
or manufacturers without being
operated, for sale or lease only.
Nothing herein shall be con-
strued as authorizing or legalinz-
ing such manufacturers or any
other person to operate for gain
such lawful coin or token operat-
ed vending machines without. a
license. nor to have in their pos
session or offer for sale gambling
ievices.
II shall also be unlawful fol-
any owner, or lessee, of any pre-
misses, building, or Appearances
hereto, boat, ship. airplane. We
icle, structure, automobile, oil
ny other property, or any part
aereof, % permit the exhibition
ipcration. possession, or use OF
ny such machine or device, OF
equipment, without such license
rocured for the place whert
such device is operated.
All persons liable for the priv
.segc taxes herein LEVIED wne
hall fail to procure the iicenst
therefor before beginning tn,
business for which a privilege
lax is required by this Ordinance
Or who shall fail % renew during
he month in which il is due, the
license on a business for which,
he has heretofore procured s
privilege license, shall, in eacl
or either instance. be liable fol
the amount of the tax required
for such business and fifty per.
ccntum 5000 thereof; and 1t il
hereby made The duty Of tho
commissioner, whose duty it is to
.ollect the tax on such business,
% collect the said tax ard pen
l.y, issue the license, and TO en-
lorse across the face of the IL
onse issued The words penalty
elected; and he shall account
or all such penalties as he is
| sequired to account for othei
privilege taxes.
Any person guilty of a viola
ion of any of he provisions
hereof shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor, punishable by a fine
OF not more than One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00), or by imprison-
ment for not more than thirty
800 days, or by both.
Section 4. A license, when is
sued, shall be for the period of
me year, and shall be renewed
or another annual period, upon
..4e payment of the tax herein
lbove levied ana imposed, and
upon compliance with the terms
and conditions herein set forth.
No person shall alter or other
wise change the mechanism or
method of operation of any coin
or token operated vending de-
vice, of the types described in
Section | hereof, in any manner
after a license shall have been is
sued therefor.
Section S. All Ordinances of
ne City of Pascagoula, Missis-
sippi, in conflict with the pro-
visions of this Ordinance. are
hereby repealed, but this Ordi-
nance shall not state any liabil-
ity for any license heretofore &C
CURED by anyone.
Section 6. The revenue to be
derived from this Ordinance be-
ing necessary for the proper
functioning of the City of Pasca-
goula, Mississippi. it is ordained
that this Ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and af-
ter its approval and adoption,
but same shall nevertheless be
published in the manner provid-
ed by law.
The above and foregoing Ordl-
nance having been introduced IL
writing at this a regular meeting
If the Board of Mayor and Coun-
eilmen of the City of Pascagoula,
Mississippi, held on Saturday,
June 10, 1914, by Councilman
Beckman. and the same having