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ORDINANCE NO. 127. l
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH DECLARING!
THE PLAYING OF CERTAIN]
GAMES AND PERMITTING CER-
TAIN GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN
THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
TO BE A MISDEMEANOR. PRE -.
SCRIBING A PENALTY THERE-I
FOR, AND REPEALING ORDI -.
NANCE NO. 76 OF SAID CITY.
The Board of Trustees of the City
of Newport Beach do ordain as fol-
lows:
- Section 1. It is hereby declared to
be a misdemeanor and is Prohibited,
for any person or Persons within the!
corporate limits of the city of New.!
port Beach to deal. play. conduct.
carry on, engage in. or open any game
dealt. played, conducted or carried on
w4th cards. dice, or any other article
or device for money. or at which game:
a.ny money or chips. checks, or any
other thing or object representing
money or intended or expected to be
redeemed in or by money, is lent,
wagered. hazarded. won, or lost. Any
person found guilty of a violation of
this Section shall be punished as pro-
vided for in Section 3 of this Ordi-
nance.
Section 2. It is hereby declared a
misdemeanor and Prohibited for any.
person. or persons. either as owner,
or as lessee, agent. or employee of
another. at and within the city of New-
port Beach to allow or permit any
game prohibited by Section 1 of this
Ordinance to be dealt. Played, con-
ducted. carried on, engaged in. or
opened in any building, room. place.
apartment or enclosure owned, leased.
occupied. inhabited. or managed by
any such person or persons. Any Per-
son found guilty of a violation of this
Section shall be punished as Provided
for in Section 3 of this Ordinance:
provided. however. that i8 any Person..
or persons, to whom a license has been
issued by the City of Newport Beach.
to conduct. maintain or carry on the
business of a pool room or billiard
hall, Shall be found guilty by a court
of competent jurisdiction of allowing:
ur permitting any game prohibited by
Section 1 of this Ordinance to be
dealt. played, conducted, carried on,
engaged in or opened in any Pool
room or billiard hall or in any room
or space connected therewith, them In!
addition to the penalty provided for
In Section 3 of this Ordinance, it
shall be the duty of the court [n
which such conviction shall be had
to transmit to the Clerk of the City
of Newport Beach a certified copy of
the record of conviction. and the
Clerk of the City of Newport Beach
shalh at the next meeting of the ara7
of Trustees of said City. present such
certified copy of conviction to said
Board. and the Board of Trustees.'
shall thereupon revoke the license..of
any such person to conduct a pool;
room or billiard hall. and no further
license for such purpose shall bel
issued to such convicted person for a
period of twelve (12) months.
Section 3. Any person found guilty:
by a court of competent jurisdiction
of any act prohibited by Sections 1�
and 2 of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilt- of a misdemeanor. and
.shall be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding seventy -five dollars ($75.00).
or by imprisonment not exceeding -
thirty (30) days. or by both such fine-
, and imprison.nenl, in the discretion;
of the court.
Section 4. It is hereby declared to
be a misdemeanor and Prohibited for!
iany person or persons at and Within'
=the City of Ne-.vport Beach to deal.':
I play. conduct. carry on. engage in.'
open or cause to be opened any game;'
of draw poker, and any person or per-
sons who shall be found guilty of a
violation of this Section by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be pun
tailed by Imprisonment for a period;
of not less than five day's. nor more
than thirty days. without the alterna d
live of a fine.
Section 5. This Ordinance is not
intended to legislate upon. concerning;
or against. and shall not be construed
as legislating upon. concerning or
against. any of the games mentioned
in Section 330 of the Penal Code of
the State of California.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall
take effect and be in force thirty days
after its final passage, and in the
meantime it shall be printed and Pub -
iished once in the "Newport News."
a newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated in
the City of Newport Beach.
The above and foregoing Ordinance'
No. 127 was passed at a regular meet-
Ing of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Newport Beach, held this 23rd
day of October. 1916, by the affirma-
tive vote of tine following named
trustees. and on said day approved by
the President of the said Board of .
Trustees:
Ayes -- Trustees S. R. Jumper, Glenn
Helms. G. P. Wilson, H. A. Robinson..
J. C. McCain.
Noes — Trustees: None.
Absent — Trustees: None.
The above and foregoing Ordinance'
No. 127 is approved by me this 23rd;
day of October. 1916.
S. R. JUMPER.
President of the Board of Trustees of
tine City of Newport Beach.
CLAUDE M. CREGO.
Clerk of the City of Newport Beach.;;
I, C *M*Crego, Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, do hereby cer-
tify, that the following ordinance is a true and correct cosy of an ordi-
nance of the City of Newport Beach number 127 and entitled "The playing°
of certain games and permitting certain games to be played in the City of k
Newport Beach to be a misdeneanor, prescribing a penalty therefor,and
repealing ordinance No 76 of said Cityq" and that said ordinance has been
printed and -oublished according to law.
Clerk of City of Newnor Beae , Ca
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