HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #536 ORDINANCE NO. 536
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SHAKING
OF DICE FOR MONEY OR MERCHANDISE AND
PROHIBITING THE KEEPING OR PERMITTING
TO BE KEPT PLACES FOR PLAYING CERTAIN
GAMES IN THE CITY OF HUNT INGT ON BEACH,
NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 330 OR 330a
OF THE PENAL CODE, AND PROHIBITING THE
PLAYING OR BETTING AT SUCH GAMES .
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach,
California, do ordain as follows:
Section 1: It shall be unlawful for any person,
either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise , to
keep, conduct or maintain within the City of Huntington
Beach any house, room, apartment or place used in whole
or in part as a place where any game not mentioned in
Section 330 or 330a of the Penal Code of the State of
California, is played, conducted, dealt or carried on,
with cards , dice, billiard balls, pool balls, cues, or
other device , for money, checks , chips , credit or any
other representative of value or for any merchandise or
any other thing of value.
Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person,
either as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, know-
ingly to permit any house, room, apartment or place owned
by him or under his charge or control, in said City of
Huntington Beach, to be used in while or in part for
playing, conducting, dealing or carrying on therein any
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game not mentioned in Section 330 or 330a of the Penal
Code of the State of California, with cards, dice,
billiard balls , pool balls , cues or other device, for
money, checks, chips , credit or any other representative
of value or for any merchandise or any other thing of
value.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for any person
to play or bet at or against any game not mentioned in
Section 330 or 330a of the Penal 'ode of the State of
California, which is played, conducted, dealt or carried
on with cards, dice, billiard balls, pool balls , cues,
or other device,for money, checks , chips, credit or any
other representative of value or for any merchandise or
any other thing of value.
Section 4: That any person, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less than
Ten ($10.00) Dollars or more than Five Hundred ($500.00)
Dollars , or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a
period of not more than six (6) months, or 'by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington
Beach News, a weekly newspaper, printed, published and cir-
culated in the City of Huntington Beach, California , and
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thirty (30) days after the adoption hereof the same shall
take effect and be in force.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California, this 17th day of
January , 1949.
MAYOR.
ATTEST :
City Clerk
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0 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
County of Orange ) ss
City of Huntington Beach )
I, JOHN L. HENRICKSEN, the duly elected, qualified
and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and
ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City of
Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington
• Beach is five, that the foregoing Ordinance was first read
to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held
on the 3rd day of January, 1949, and was again read to
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on
the 17th day of January 9 1949, and was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a
majority of all the members of said City Council as
follows:
AYES : Councilmen:
LeBard, Seabridge, Langenbeck, Greer.
NOES : Councilmen:
None.
ABSENT : Councilmen:
Terry.
City Jerk and ex-officio Clerk
e of the City Council of- the City
of Huntington Beach, California.
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