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ORDINANCE N0. 703
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE POSSESSION OF PIN
BALL MACHINES AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED,
7`he people of the City of Lynwood do ordain as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of this ordinance the phrase
'~Pin Ball Machine" shall mean any punch board or any table game or
device commonly known as a'~pin game," or "marble game," or any
claw, scoop, or grab machine, or any "horse racing" machine or game,
or any device similar thereto, the operation, use, or play of which
is oontrolled by placing therein any coin, plate, disk, plug, key,
or other device, or by the payment of any fee, or upon payment or
delivery of anything of value, or upon the making of any purchase.
Section 2, Every person, association of persons, firm, or
corporation who keeps, maintains, possesses or has und.er his control,
either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise, in any
place except a building designed for and exclusively used for residence
purposes or a part of a building where such part waa designed for and
is exclusively used for residence purposes and any yards or courts
used exclusively appurtenant thereto, any pin ball machine, is guilty
of a misdemeanor,
Section 3. The Chief of Police shall destroy any pin ball
machine which is used, kept, placed, or maintained in violation o£
any statute, or of this or any other ordinance after any person, firm,
or corporation owning, possessing, or having control of such machine
has pleaded guilty to, or has been convicted of such violation and
such ~v~e'~a~~~~iphas become final.
Section 4. The Chief of Police shall deposit 3n the city
treasury to the credit of the general fund all money contained in any
machine, which machine he destroys pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3 of this ordinanee. He shall destroy all other contents of
any such machine.
Section 5, The Chief of Police shall apply to the ,judge
of any court which has custody of any machine sub~ect to destruction
under the terms of Section 3 of this ordinance for an order releasing
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such machines to him for the purpose of complying with this ordinance,
Section 6. City Ordinance No, 318 is hereby repealed
except such repeal shall not constitute a bar to either the prosecution
or punishment of any acts committed prior to the effective date of
such repeal in violation of any provisions of said ordinance,
Section 7. Any person, firm, or corporation or aseociation
of persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance is $uilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by
a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprison-
ment in the City or County ~ail for not to exceed six (6) months, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each such person, firm, or corporation, or association of
persons, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day
during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this
ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, firm,
or corporation, or association of persons, and is punishable there£or
as provid.ed by this ordinance.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES: ss.
CITY OF LYNWOOD )
I hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance
was submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City o£
Lynwood, California, pursuant to law, at a General Municipal
Election held in said city upon the 12th day of April, 1960, and
that said ordinance was adopted by more than a ma,jority of the
qualified eleetors voting on said ordinance at said election, as
determined by the City Council of said city in canvassing the
votes of said election at its regular meeting held on April 19, i96o.
Dated this 20th day of Apr , i96o.