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ORDINANCE NO. 67 -235
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY AMENDING
SECTION 4265.3 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE TEMPLE CITY
MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Section 4265.3 of the Temple City Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4265.3. Same.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deal, play,
carry on, open or conduct any game of chance played
with cards, dice, or any other device, for money,
checks, credit or thing of value; and no person
shall bet at any of said prohibited games. There
shall be excepted from the effect of this Section -
but not from the effects of1Penal Code Section 330
or any other' State proscription - occasional private
games played exclusively for social purposes in a
private home, provided such games are not conducted
with any aspect or manifestation of commercialism,
and with respect to which there is no promoter, house
charge, advertising, promotion or participation by
the public.
SECTION 2. The City Council recently adopted Ordinance No.
67 -231 providing for an essentially similar enactment but without
indicating that the exemptions provided therein are not intended to
conflict with applicable State regulations; and that without such
clarification, there may be misunderstanding as to the compatibility
of such section with Section 330 of the Penal Code; and that specific
rules should be promulgated before implementing any exemption for
benevolent societies.,
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any section, sentence, clause
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Temple City hereby declares that it would have
passed and does hereby pass this Section and each sentence, section,
clause and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation
violating this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall: be punishable by a fine of not more than
$500, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a period of
not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk of the City of Temple City shall
certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and to its
approval by the Mayor and shall{ cause the same to be published in the
Temple City Times, a newspaper bf general circulation, printed, publish-
ed and circulated in the City of Temple'City.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of June, 1967.
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Ordinance No. 67 -235, page -2
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss:
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY )
I, KARL KOSKI, City Clerk of the City of Temple City, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance, being Ordinance No.
67 -235, was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 22nd day of May, 1967, and was duly passed, approved and
adopted by the City Council, and signed by the Mayor and attested
by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said City" Council held on
the 6th day of June, 1967, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Merritt, Tyrell, Briggs
NOES: Councilmen- None
ABSENT: Councilmen- Beckley, Harker
City lerk the City of
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