CHAPTER 1
CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND ORDER
ARTICLE 2. GAMBLING
SECTION:
§6010: Unlawful To Conduct Gambling Game
§6011: Gambling Room Declared To Be Nuisance
§6010 UNLAWFUL TO CONDUCT GAMBLING GAME
Every person who, in any place of public resort, or in any adjoining or adjacent room or place, carries on, opens or causes to be opened, or who conducts, either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, any game played with cards, dice or any device, for money, or for checks, chips, credit, or other representative of value, redeemable in, or exchangeable for anything other than goods, wares, or merchandise, or who permits any such game to be played in any such places, or room, under his control, or who exchanges anything other than goods, wares, or merchandise, for such checks, chips, credit, or other representative of value, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 343, §1, adopted 1940)
§6011 GAMBLING ROOM DECLARED TO BE NUISANCE
Any room or place where any game prohibited by §6010 hereof is played is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated pursuant to, and in conformity with, the laws of the State, and the expense of the abatement of any such nuisance shall constitute a lien against the property in which such nuisance has been maintained, and shall also be a personal obligation against the owner of such property. (Ord. 343, §2, adopted 1940)
§6012 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Any person guilty of violating the provisions of this Article shall be punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or by imprisonment in the City jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 343, §3, adopted 1940)