Ordinance 0048ORDIJAVCE iio. 48.
An Ordinance to prevent and punish gambling within the Town of
Edmonds.
Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of Edmonds.
SECTLD-j 1: whoever deals, plays at, wages anything of value
on, or in any manner takes part in, or whoever carries on, or causes
to be opened, or who conducts, sets up, keeps, or exhibits any game
of faro, monee- roulette, lansquenet, rouge et noir, rondo, poker,
draw poker, keno, or E.O. or Roulette table, or shuffle board, or
gameing table whatever, for the purpose of gambling, or any game
played with cards, dice or any device for money, checks, credit, or
any representative of value; or whoever shall have in his possession
to be used for such purpose any gameing device whatsoever, shall be
G guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun-
W" Ished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, and shall
be imprisoned not to exceed three months.
SECTIOI 2: Whoever shall keep or maintain any gambling house
�OAO' or room or any place where betting is done, within the Town of
Edmonds, or shall knowingly permit any such room or place to be so
kept in, or upon any building, premises, steamboat, raft, or other
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watercraft known to be controlled by him or her, or whoever shall
procure or permit any persons to come together in any house, pre-
mises, or place occupied or owned by him or her, or under his or
her control, for the purpose of gameing, or whoever shall for tie
purpose of gameing, keep or permit to be kept therein, any Keno
table, faro bank, shuffle boards, cards, or other instruments, de-
vice, or thing commonly used for the purpose of gameing, to be
used for that purpose, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding JIM
three hundred dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding three
months.
SECTION 3: That whenever any person or persons shall be com--I
victed under the provisions of this Ordinance, and he or slLe shall] 41
be fined, in addition to his or her sentence of imprisonment, andg-�
the said person or persons shall fail to pay said fine, he or she
shall be imprisoned one day for every two dollars of said fine
and costs.
SECTION 4: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.,
gassed by the Council this 7th day of,June A.D. 1895.
Attest: J.H.Dowd, Clerk. C.T.Roscoe, Msyo".
The above Ordinance introduced and submitted to the Town
Attorney this 17th of May A.D. 1895. J.H.Dowd, Town Clerk.
The above Ordinance having been submitted to me for examina-
tion, and having duly examined the same, I do hereby recom-ne nd
t'hat the same be passed.
Dated May 17,1895. C.T.]Roscoe,Jr. ,Town Atto -r ,; .
Town of Edmonds. as
I, J.$•Dowd, Clerk of the Town of Edmonds, in the State of
.Washington, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing
copy of Ordinance numbered 48, entitled, "An Ordinance to prevent
and punish gambling within the Town of Edmonds," with the original
thereof, as passed by the Lrouncil, and th€t the sane is a full ,
true and correct copy of said Ordinance, and of the vIi ole ther eog
I further certify that the same was published according to law in
the weekly "Edmonds Lyre" on the 14th day of June 1895.
J.H.Dowd, Town Glerk.