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.. {AN ORDINANCE, PROHIBITING THE..POSSESSION,OF. PIN
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PLACES OF BtiSINESS.OR OTHER PLACES. OF.PUBLIC RE-
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SORT; DECLARING ,SUCH EQU
DEVICES AND `IPMENT' TO., BE .
A NUISANCE;.PROVIDING, FOR THE,-. ABATEMENT, : THEREOF ;;
MAILING ''A PENALTY',FOR. THE VIOLATION ,THEREOF; ; -AND ,
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REPEALING ALL'ORDINANCES GR'.PARTS.OF'1ORDINANCES
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INCONSISTENT `: EREN /I H.•
THE PEQYLE-OF THE INCORPOHATED -.CITY OF LYNWOOD,.S.
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CALIFORNIA-, DO'HEREBY ORDAIN' 'FOLL04VS, TO WIT:.:
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a; . -_, Any machine ,',contriv.ance, device. or; game
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.ope`rated, used,:kept possessed; placed or m nt "ained " violation `,,„
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of Section '2 of :.this. Ordinance .'is hereby .declared,: to' be :a nuisance
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andz shall b6` subject 'to abatement 'as 'he'reinafter provided' in
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: • Section 2.
It'shall be unlawful for any.;p'ereon, firra'or corporation '.'
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to;keep'J "maintsin, possess or have" znder. control• in any. place of +'
business. or * in , any' other'•` place '.of`'publicresort; - ;.either 'es owner., `
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les'se'e,: agent, :employee, mortgagee, or otherwise;• any'•t'able game
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or .device commoniy knowir as 67 "pin :game ". or : "marp'la game -or
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any "horse racing". machine or'game or any aevice'.s milar'thereto,
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the operation, use' or.,play of " is~ controlled' :by /placing "thero
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in of "a, , ny coin pl . .; _. . .
ate, : d'isk, 'pl ug, :keg, or, ;other devi'oe 'or by the
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payment of ' any tf ees.
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Section 3.::
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"Any article deblared.by•Sections 1 or 2 hereof to'be "a
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nuisance and which shall be kept 'or"•maintained in any plaice of'- :
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business .or other.place of public re,sort'shall be'seized`by the.
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police of 'the. City of Lyn41�ood 'and brought 'before `the City: Court
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of said -City•.
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% The, of Police "shall 'then make. application to said
court . for:, an ,order to" abate• said article .by`thedestruction, there
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of.- The City.Court shall then `order`'five'.days':.hotic'e of a.hearin
on sai application to be given to the party owning or claiming
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the same or in whose or upon whose premfses'it was
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found, and shall set,.a day for hearing on said 'application
upon said hearing the court shall ,find that such
art'icle rims kept and. maintained' in= ".vi,olation, of the ,p ovisions ?
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of this " ordinance, the'courts.;shall order the abatement of'-such
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article as a nuisance, byr"the destruction thereof
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It shalllthen be the duty of the Chief of Police to
destroy such article•,or'articles 'in, accordance, viith the Courtt's
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order.: Except that ."if any, artic' e , shall Piave money deposited .
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thwrein', such . money shall'be deposited, in' the %general fund of said
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If.:'any article or articles bubject•to destruction under
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: .,the, terms of this- ordinance are'rm.tho custody o£;tne Court
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within the said City of •Lynwood it shall be' duty of the Chief.
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of -Police to make' an application f or an order of Court for the
. "destruction . of` - the same as above prov ided.'
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Section 4.
Any,'pe`rson, f irm'�or ,corporation'•violating•any of'the•
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provisi6ns`.Pf this ordinance 'shall 'be,gu 'lty of a misdemeanor
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and- upon'corivlction thereof shall be punsshabie:by a fine of not
more,than $150.00. 'or by imprisonment in the cipy 'or county jail-
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for a period of not more than .75 days;. or by <such fine and
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imprisonment
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It 'i further or•d'ained that 'all 0rdina no' es'or parts of
ordinances of the said . 6f 'L inoonsist'ent herewith are '
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hereby repealed, and that neither the license co11'ector nor the
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.• City _Council of said City shall'hereafter' any license
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- permit or`.the operation within the City Lynwo.od'of any 'of <.
the; games-.or devices ' or machines prohibited by'the sections 1
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and' 2k of : this ordinance'
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If'anysection, sentonge;.•olause or phrase of; this
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Ord riance be•for any reasom held'to be unconstitutional; void or
invalid, the .validity of the remaining, p thereof ' riot
be ~affected- thereby; i:tbeing +the intent'of. the people of the
City of Lyn*ood•;in' enacting this_ ordinance that no portion.or
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provision' thereof shall bacome 'inoperable •by'reason of the'un-
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constitutionalit or, invalidi't of. an
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STATE' OF CALIFORNIA )` .
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.COUNTY, OF','10S ANGELES ).SS, `..
CITY OF 7hYNlM1COL
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I hereby certify tha -t, the forego ing7ordi'nanee.was sub-'
mitted:to a vote of the-qualified electors-'of the City .of, Lynwood,
California, pursuant to. the' provisions of Sebtion'1719 of'Chapter
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6 2 of'tle'Taws.of the`State, %cf California,:passed in 1939, at a -
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• •g y ct "ion held, in said City upon. the. qt! ,. -day -of
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Atri,1, '•1940, and that said ordinance was .adopte.d''by more than a
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majority of the qualified•electors' voting,. *ori said ordi'nance,'
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voting in. favor, ofjthe same as determined by the `City Council'
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of sal,di City in declaring the result. :of.said'elect'ion at'-'its
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(For full. detail! showing' all,.proced'ure; followed "In' submitting
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the foregoing Ordinance to the vote of the electorates, see r
el file -on f'ile.in City Clerk office,, and f;or in-
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,`. formatiori regarding`•the result 'of the canvass -the returns"
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of 'said election showing the vote -on the.'foregoing Ordinance,
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se.e - Resol'utiod: N,o. 1228, 'dated' April 15th, 1940),.
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