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ORDINANCE-NO. B -1676
AN ORDINANCE relating to and prescribing the amount of license fees for gaming devices
of the nature generally known as "clocks "; defining offenses, prescribing
penalties and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any bona fide legitimate lodge or club
to own, maintain or operate any gaming device or amusement device of the nature generall
known as "clocks" without first obtaining from the city clerk a license so to do and
without first paying to the city a license fee in the sum of $100.00 for each device pay
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able annually in advance on January 1, of each year, or for any p of year; P r
vided, however, that the full annual amount thereof shall be payable during the year 195
and each year thereafter when such license is issued hereunder.
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Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
association, except as specified in Section 1 hereof, to own, maintain, or operate any
such device in any business establishment or for the purpose of profit.
Section 3. Any person -who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordi
nahce shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined in any sum not to exceed $300.00 or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding 90
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 4. If any section, part of a section, clause or sentence of this
ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not aff ec'
the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.
Section 5. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety, and an emergency is declared to exist,
and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, ap-
proval and publication, as provided by law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved•, this 23rd day of March,
1955.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing is to and full,
rescribing correct
amount
of Ordinance
fees
No. B -1676 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relat n
for gaming devices of the nature generally known as "clocks "; defining offenses, pre-
scribing penalties and declaring an emergency. as passed on the 23rd day of March, 1955
and that has been published by law.
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