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Home My WebLink AboutO-1935-252 c.._~"'~ e e QF" "'1:> .---..- I . '.. _II ORDINANCE NO.:2'S~ "~ ' "." AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING I4A1iAGING. OPERATING. OR EXHIBITING""Al.~ BINDS ~. ) Oli' MACHINES OR INSTRUMENTS, WHERE A FEE IS CHARGED, WHICH .ARE USED FOR THE PUR- ,~~ POSE OF AMUSEMENT, ENTERTAINMENT OR VENDING COMMODITIES., MERCHANDISE, CONFEC- ..... TIONS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND WHICH ARE OPERATED BY COINS OR METAL SLUGS OR TOKENS SIMILAR TO COINS WITHOUT SECURING A LICENSE FOR EACH MACHINE; PROVIDING SA.ID LI CElfSE SHALL NOT APPLY TO PAY TELEPHONES, OR GAS METERS WHI CH ARE OPERATED WITH COINS; PROVIDING IT SHALL BE UNLAVWUL TO OPERATE SAID MACHINES WITHOUT' EX- I HIBITING TAX RECEIPT COVERING SAME; PRESCRIBING DUTY OF CITY MARSHAL AND COMPE}I- SATION THEREFOR; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION AND DECLARING All EMERGENCY. ....., ~BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: ~eotion 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, fir.m, assooiation of persons, Company or Corporation to manage, operate or exhibit within the City -'. lh~its of the City of La Porte any ooin operated phonograph, eleotrio piano, . , eleotrio batter, graphpphone, weighing maohine, target pistol, mina.ture golf . . maohine, minature football maohine, mina.ture baseb~ll maohine, minat.ure raoetraok, stereosoopio maohine, gum maohine, oandy maohine, cigarette maohine, handkerohief maohine, sandwioh maohine, marble maohine, marble table maohine, marble shooting , mac:hine, or marble maohine of any desori,ption or any other olass or kind of ma- , ohine, whether enumerated or not, where a fee is oharged, whether .used, for the, .,~ (;\ ..... .. ~,Q.i' -.,~. purpose of amusemen~ entertainment or for vending merchandise, camm~dities, con- feotions, or services of any kind and whioh is operated by ooin or metal slugs or tokens similar to coins or metal slugs, where suoh fee is one ($0.01) oent or ", :.., I I mor,s without first having applied for and seoured a lioense for eaoh suoh maohine as :required by thi s Ordinanoe J I provided however , that the provi sions of thi s Ordinanoe shall not apply to pay t~ephone~gas.meters, pay toilets, and/or sani- .- .... ~ .-_..'''"'\..0._",,_ tar~, drinking cup vending maohines whioh are operated with ooins. It shall be i ,. uhlnwf'ul to operate, show or exhibit any of the maohines or instruments oovered , .( . . 'by 1;his Ordinance wit~out having annex thereto where same is plainly visible, .~;:j ;tlle license reoeipt oovering suoh maohine or instrument for the ourrent year for ~iclh same is operated, shown or exhibited. I / ' 1. f ,," . , ~.~ ., I' ".... Seotion 2. Before any lioense required by this Ordinanoe shall be issu~d the annual license fee of Two and 50/100 ($2,50) Dollars shall be, paid to '~he City Seoretary of the City of La Porte for the use and benefit of the General .j Fund of said City. All lioenses issued under the terms of this Ordinanoe shall term:ina.te one year trom the date ot issuanoe and no license shall be issued for a ! . I /'........) / Co .' '." .e - 2 - e ......~, .:::> ~' ," .-;~ ......---.....". shorter or a. lODger tenn than one year. ~) .. \ Seotion 3. It shall be the duty of the City Marshal of the c~ty of La PQ~te to enforce the provisions of this Ordinanoe and as oompensation for suoh servioes he shall be paid, out of the General Funds of the City of La Porte, the , sum of Firt,y (to. 50) Cents for each and every lioense fee paid as required by this Ordinanoe. Seotion 4. That 'from and a1'ter the passage lirid' publication of this Ordinanoe it shall be the duty of every person, firm, association of persons, Company or Corporation managing, operating or exhibiting within the City limits of the City of La Porte aDf machine oovered by this Ordinanoe to apply for and seoure from the City Seoretary of the City of La Porte the license as required by ,this Ordinanoe and to pay the lioense fee therefor and the failure, negleot or refusal to procure said lioense slia.ll be an offense against the City of La I , I Porte and that any person so offending, or ~ person violating any provision '. of "bhis Ordinanoe, shall upon conviotion, be fined in aDf sum not less than Ten (#10.00) Dollars or more than One Hundred (#100.00) Dollars and eaoh day'S vio- lat:Lon shall oonsti tute a separate offense. Seotion 5. That all ordinances and parts of ordinanoes heretofore passed, 'Whi~~h are in oonfiiot herewith, are hereby repealed by this Ordinanoe. Seotion 6. That if aDf seotion or part of a section, or one or more (, sections of this Ordinanoe be deolared to be invalid suoh shall not affeot the .:. t , I'. 1 validity of the remaining parts hereof., Section 7. That an emergenoy exists oonstitu~ing an imperative publio nec~ssity that the rule requiring Ordinanoes to be read at three (3) several " 'meet:Lngs be suspended and that this Ordinanoe be passed finally on its first (1st) passage and publioation a8 required by law, and it is so 0 Passed and approved this the V Y d~ of A. D. 1935. I .1 " I I j read:lng;. and that this Ordinanoe taJce effeot and be in foroe !'ran and a.f'ter its .1, . ~ ,GA, , ' Mayor, C ty 0 La orte, Texas " ATTESTs " -.JlI'~'" . 1.-..-....- ..' --J tenninate one year from the date of issuance and no license shall be issued fo:r a Fund of said City. All 1ioenses issued under the ter.ms of this Ordinance shall Section 2. Before a~ license required by this Ordinance shall be issued the annual license fee of Two and 50/100 ($2,50) Dollars shall be paid to the City Secretary of the City of La Porte for the use and benefit of the General ;(, :v',Ihich same is operated, sho''V%l or exhibited. .; the license receipt covering suoh machine or instrument for the ourrent year f~' by this Ordinance wi tpout having annex thereto where same is plainly visible, uh1awf'u1 to operate, show or exhibit any of the machines or instruments covered more ~dthout first having applied for and seoured a lioense for each such maohine as required by this Ordinance; I provided however, that tho provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to pay ~~ph~ne~gas.m~t~rs, pay toilets, and/or sani- tary drinking cup vending machines which are operated with coins. It shall be or tokens siI1ilar to coina or metal slugs, "{here such fee is one ($0.01) oeni; cr feotions, or services of any kind and vThioh is operatod by coin or metal slUE~s purpose of amusement, entertainment or for vending merohandise, oommodities, 1'021- machine, or marble machine of any description or any other class or kind of lna. ~ chine, whether enumerated or not, where a fee is charged, whether ~sed, for the machine, sandwioh machine, marble machine, marble tabla L'l.llohine, marble shoo'ting stereoscopic machine, gum maohine, oandy maohine, cigarette machine, handkerchief li18.ohine, minatura football machine, minature baseball m~chine, minature racetrack, electrio batter, graphophone, weighing machine, target pistol, minature golf limits of the city of La Porte any coin operated phonograph, electric piano,. of persons, Company or Corporation to m~~ge, operate or exhibit within the City ~ection 1. That it shall be unlavdUl for any person, finn, association BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI':'Y OF LA pm~TE: BATION THEREFOR; PROVIDING A PENALTY F01{ VIOLATION AIID DECLARnIG AU EMERGE:~CY. HIBITINU TAX H.E:CEIPT COVh'RI::JG SAME; PRESCRIBING DUTY OF CITY MARSF.AL AND COM:?::N. WITH COUJS; PROVIDDlG IT SHALL BE UNJ.,A'WFUL TO OPERATE SAID MACHINC;S WITHOUT' '3X- SAID II CENSE SHALL J)JOT APPLY TO PAY TELEPHmto!.:S, OR GAS METERS WHI CH ARE OPBRArW TOK&:~rs ~IMIL.AR TO COINS'1!TITHOUT SECURHTG A LICENSE FOR EACH MACHINfi.l; PROVIDING TrOllS OR SERVICES OF ANY XIND mUC:i ARE OPERATED BY COINS OR METAL SLUGS OIi~ POS}J OF bKUSEMBNT, El''!TERTillWilli:lJT OR VEl\1DING COMMODITIES, MERCHADIDISE, CONFEC- OF EACi"-!INES OR INSTRUMENTS, YlHERE A n:E IS CHARGED, ','l1IICH: ARE USED FOR 1'HE PrR... ORDD~ANCE: NO. :/:-/ AN ORDDJANCE PROHIBITING MALUGIIm, O~TnJ'G, OR EXHIBITING~L Icr~:'JJS ., . . .- -.. ~ . ~ ~ ;..' , ' ~ /~'-"" "," , ,- -~ .' - , / "--- ,// .' .': .~ ~ I or La Porte, . ATTEST: '--~ ~/) . . ~. s o~J;;iiy Tens ~~iOi A. D. ll~35. . j, "4 O. ~).- day of Passed and approved this the passage and publioation as required by law, and it is so ordained. meetings be suspended and that this Ordinance be passed fi~~lly on its first (1st) reading; and that this Ordinanoe take effect and be in f~oe from and after its . i ./ necessity that the rule requiring Ordinances to be read at three (3) several ---- Seotion 7. That an emergency exists constituting an imperative public, .'" validity of the remaining parts hereof. sections of this Ordinance be deolared to be invalid such shall not affeot the Seotion 6. That if any section or part of a section, or one or mON, whioh are in conflict herelvith, are hereby repealed by this Ordinanoe. Section 5. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances heretofore pa3sed, lation shall constitute a separate offense. ($10.00) Dollars or more than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars and eaoh day'S vio- of this Ordinance, shall upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less than Ten Porte and that any person so offending, or any person violating lUlY provisioJ:J~ by this Ordinanoe and to pay the lioense fee therefor and the failure, neg1e(~t or refusal to procure said license shall be an offense against the City of Le. / ,/ ,r-' !: ..a.: ~.. secure from the City Secretary of the City of La Porte the license as requirEld of the City of La Porte any machine oovered by this Ordinance to apply for ~ld Company or Corporation managing, operating or exhibiting within the City l~lta Ordinance it shall be the duty of every person, finn., assooiation of persons" Section 4. That from and after the passage e:nd. publication of this this Ordinanoe. swn of Fifty ($0.50) Cents for eaoh and every lioense fee paid as required b:Y' servioes he shall be paid, out of the General Funds of the Cit,y of La Porte, the -. ,.--' Porte to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance and as oompensation for sU.oh Section 3. It shall be the duty of the City :Marshal of the City elf La "Q', shorter or a longer term than one year. " - 2 - . ~,,~ e -, ~