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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01799 0 f r 69 CITY OF IRWINDALE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 17 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE TRANSMISSION OR POSSESSION OF GAMBLING INFORMATION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. No person either as principal, agent, employee or otherwise shall let or lease any tele- graph or telephone line or wire knowing that it is to be used for the purpose of conducting or carrying on a pool room, or for the purpose of conducting the busi- ness of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest. And no person shall transmit any message over any telephone or telegraph line or wire owned, controlled or leased by any person engaged in conducting or carrying on a pool room or in conducting the business of making books or selling pools on races or other contests, or of betting or laying of wagers upon the result of any race or contest, knowing that such message is to be used in conducting or carry- ing on such pool room or business. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to have in his or its possession in the City of Irwindale any written or printed form, chart, table, list, sheet, circular or publication of any kind, giving or purporting to give, or represented as giving, any list, or probable or possible list, of entries for any horse race or other contest thereafter anywhere to take place or which is anywhere taking place, if there be written or printed or published as part thereof, or in connection therewith, or in any other publication, printing or writing accompanying the same or referring thereto or connected therewith, any tip, information, prediction, or selection of, or advice as to, or any key, cipher, or cryptogram indicating, containing or giving any tip, information, publication or selection of, or advice as to the winner or probable winner, or a loser or probable loser, or the result or probable result of any such race or other contest or the standing or pro- bable standing of any horse or other contestant therein, or any statement as to, or comment upon, or reference to, the form, condition or standing of any horse or other contestant, or the actual, probable or possible result of any race or contest, or the actual, probable or possible state, past, present, or future, of the betting, wagering or odds upon or against any horse or other con- testant named in such list, or probable or possible list, of entries unless the names of such horses or other con- testants shall be arranged in such list, or probable or possible list, in alphabetical order, and shall all be 100 printed in type of the same size and face and of identical appearance, and shall all be printed flush with the left side of the column in which the same are printed, or all an equal distance therefrom. SECTION 3. For the purposes of this ordinance a pool room is defined to be a room or place where betting or laying of wagers upon the result of races or contests is carried on as a business. SECTION 4. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not ex- ceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment. SECTION 5. The City of Irwindale was incorpor- ated on August 6, 1957, and the City Council thereof has not yet adopted any legislation with respect to the fore- going matters, which affect the peace, health, and safety of the residents of the City of Irwindale. This Ordin- ance is, therefore, required for the immediate preser- vation of the public peace, health, and safety, and the same shall take effect immediately upon the passage thereof. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take immediate effect after the date of its adoption and the same shall be posted in three public places within the City Limits of the City of Irwindale as prescribed by Resolution No. 57-1. PASSED and APPROVED this 13th day of August, 1957. ATTEST: er 7 I hereby f that the foregoing is a true Y g g and correct copy of Ordinance No. 17 of said City which was adopted at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 13th day of August, 1957 by the following vote: Ayes DIAZ MARTINEZ MIRANDA TAPIA ORNELAS Noes NONE Absent NONE I further certify that said Ordinance was there- upon signed by the Mayor of the City of Irwindale. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss CITY OF IRWINDALE MIKE MARTINEZ, being first duly sworn, deposes and says; ,.. That he is the City Clerk of the City of Irwin- e. dale, California, and is and was at all time5herein mentioned a citizen of the United States over the age of eighteen (18) years and competent to be a witness herein. On August 14, 1957, he securely and conspicuously posted at each of the public places in said City, to wit: (1) 5140 North Irwindale Avenue (2) Post Office on Irwindale Avenue (3) Southwest corner of Arrow Highway and Irwindale Avenue a copy of Ordinance No. 17 of the City of Irwindale, being in all respects the same as that attached hereto and made a part hereof. Dated: August 13, 1957 10 yr t e y i da , C ornia Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of August 1957 Notary Public in and for said County and State My Commission Expires October 14, 1960 101