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Home My WebLink About018102 1 6a U b9 CITY OF IRWINDALE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 18 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CERTAIN GAMES OF CHANCE, AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful in the City of Irwindale for any person, firm, corporation or asso- ciation, either as owner, lessee, manager, employee, agent or servant, to conduct, manage, carry on, main- tain, operate, open, deal or deal in, or to cause or permit to be conducted, managed, carried on, maintained, operated, opened, dealt or dealt in, any game, operation or transaction wherein any prize, gift, rebate, compen- sation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, consisting of any money, check, token, credit, goods, wares, mer- chandise, property or thing of value, is or is to be given, awarded or delivered, either directly or indirectly, and wherein chance is a determining factor or is any deter- mining factor of the result of such game, operation or transaction, which game, operation or transaction is con- ducted, carried on, maintained, operated or played by the throwing, tossing, dropping, depositing or placing of any ball, marker, object, thing or substance into any perforation, hole or indentation in or upon any surface, receptacle, container, object or thing having marked, designated or identified thereon by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any kind, or by the selecting, designating, turning, indicat- ing, choosing or projecting of any such figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark of any device, apparatus or equipment, or by any means or in any manner, or by the drawing, selecting, choosing or removing from any receptacle or container of any ball, disk, object, substance or material marked, designated or identified by or with any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark, any such figure, number, character, sym- bol, letter, design or mark hereinabove referred to, corresponding to, duplicating, referring to or relating to, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any figure, number, character, symbol, letter, design or mark upon any card, paper, board, fabric, surface, ob- ject, substance or thing, held, used, operated or main- tained by any player or participant therein or by any person, where, by any pre -determined or pre -arranged, or by any rule, method, scheme, design or procedure any person is found, declared or determined to be, or is, or is to be, the winner, donee, recipient or taker of such prize, gift, rebate, compensation, reward, award, payment or gratuity, in the event that any such player or parti- cipant pays, deposits, expends, gives or pledges, either directly or indirectly, or agrees, promises or intends to pay, deposit, expend, give or pledge, either directly 103 or indirectly, any money, check, credit, property or thing of value, or makes or agrees to make any purchase for the privilege of playing or participating therein or of gain- ing admission to the place or premises where such game, operation or transaction is or is to be played, conducted, carried on, maintained or operated, or to any place or premises; Provided, however, that no provision of this ordinance shall be deemed or construed as prohibiting any act made unlawful by the provisions of Section 320, or of Section 320A, or of Section 330 of the Penal Code, or of any other code section or general law of the -State of California, it being the intent of the City Council to prohibit by this ordinance all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general law of this state, including all games, operations or transactions herein described, not prohibited by the provisions of any general law of this state, including all games, operations or transactions for profit commonly known as Keno, Tango, Movie Tango, Bingo, Beano, Sill Ball, Fortune, Quintain, Fascination or Inspiration, and all games, operations, or transactions similar thereto under whatever name they may be desig- nated. SECTION 2. It shall be unlawful in the City of Irwindale for any person to participate in play, play In or engage in, either directly or indirectly any game, operation or transaction prohibited by the provisions of Section 1 of this ordinance. SECTION 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, owning, leasing, mana- ging, controlling or having any interest in any property or premises lying within the City of Irwindale to cause or permit the maintenance or operation in or on such property or premises, having knowledge, or after reason- able notice, or the existence thereof, of any game, op- eration or transaction declared by the provisions of Sec- tion 1 hereof to be unlawful. SECTION 4. Any person, firm, corporation or association violating any of the provisions of this ord- inance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500,00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided. 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 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, and the same 104 shall take effect immediately upon the passage thereof. SECTION 6. This Ordinance shall take imme- diate effect after the date of its adoption and the same shall be posted in the three public places within the City Limits of the City of Irwindale, as pres- cribed by Resolution No. 57-1. ADOPTED this 13th day of August, 1957. Mop- Mord' ATTEST: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 18 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 TAPIR ORNELAS Noes NONE Absent NONE I further certify that said ordinance was there- upon signed by the Mayor of the City of Irwindale. 105 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ss CITY OF IRWINDALE and says; MIKE MARTINEZ, being first duly sworn, deposes That he is the City Clerk of the City of Irwin- dale, California, and is and was at all times herein 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. 18 of the City of Irwindale, being in all respects the same as that attached hereto and made a part hereof. Dated: August 13, 1957 ee y ind , Ca 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