Ordinance 584428
O1DI
�1r ORDINLNCE relating
the payment of a fee f
certain trade stimulat
and repealing a portio.
defining gambling.
TNT; CITY COUNCIL OF
Section 1: That eac
or operating or exposi.
Abifir O use pis
opera e , use , disp a
of Edmonds, which lice
purchased from the Cit
hereinafter designated
or similar device used
City of Edmonds, there
be attached stamps, pa
Edmonds, in such amoun
Section 2: The stamp
termined and measured
multiplied by the rate
displayed for the use
have affixed to it, st
of the face value of $
be determined, by multi
such "trade stimulator
of each ticket irrespe
to the trade stimulate:
ULNCE NO. 584
to and regulating and requiring license and
or the use and operation of punch boards and
ors, defining offenses, prescribing penalties,
n of Ordinance No. 47, passed June 7, 1895,
THE CITY Or EDMOi DS DOES OiiDkIT1:
h and every person, firm or corporation owning
ng for the use of the public within the City of
ye an exposexpd. t� a i��iion thee y�
nse fees shall be paid in the form of stamps
y Treasurer of the City of Edmonds, and used as
▪ To every "trade stimulator" or punch board
, displayed or exposed to the public within the
shall, at the time such device is displayed,
rchased from the City Treasurer of the City of
is as are hereinafter provided.
s to be affixed to said devices shall be de -
by the gross value or amount of the face thereof
of three per cent (3), and every such device
of the public within the City of Edmonds shall
.mps in an amount equal to three per cent (3%)
uch device. The ,"face value" of such device shall
plying the -number of tickets used in or on
' or punch board by the money purchase price
3tive of the method of attachment of each ticket
r or punch board.
There the tickets used on any device are of unfixed or indeterminate
price, the gross "face value" fo such device shall be determined by
the manufacturer's statement of such face value. It shall be the
duty of any person, firm or corporation owning or operating or ex-
posing for the use of the public any trade stimulating device or punch
board on which the tickets are of unfixed or indeterminate value,
to furnish, upon request, to the City Treasurer or any police officer
of the City of Edmonds, an authentic bill or statement of the manufact-
urer of such device showing the actual gross face value thereof.
Section 3: It shall be the duty of any distributor or owner of any
such device, and the one offering such device for display, to affix
such stamp or stamps to any such device before the same is distributed
or displayed for public use. Such distributor or owner shall also
place on said stamp the date of such distribution or display, and shall
mark the same "cancelled" and shall initial same and write thereon the
number or the license held by him, as such distributor or owner of trade
stimulating" devices or punch boards. It shall be the duty of any person
using such stamp to destroy the same after the "trade stimulating"
device or punch board2has been removed from public display. No
stamp shall be used more than once on any such device, and no stamp
shall be transferred from one device to another.
Section 4: Stamps for use under the terms of this ordinance shall be
provided by the City Treasurer of the City of Edmonds in such denomin-
ations and in such form as shall seem to him right and proper, and
shall be sold only to those persons holding license hereunder, in
such quantities as said Treasurer shall determine.
Section 5: It shall he the duty of the Chief of Police and the
police officers of the City of Edmonds, as well as of the City Treasurer
and the License Collector, to examine, from time to time, all "trade
stimulating" devices and punch boards displayed within the City of
Edmonds, to determine whether such devices are being operated and
displayed by a person duly licensed hereunder so to do, and whether
such sevices have affixed thereto the necessary and proper amount of
stamps as required by this ordinance. In addition to any other
penalties herein provided, the proper officers of the City of Edmonds
shall, if any such devices are found to be unlicensed, or if an in-
sufficient amount of stamp taxes be affixed thereto, saize such devices
and all merchandise displayed thereon or in connection therewith.
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All sums of money received by the City of Edmonds from the sale or dis-
posal of such devices, or the merchandise seized and confiscated in
connection therewith, shall be paid into the General Fund of the City
of Edmonds.
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punch bUr d s im l or r sini er evi a -or dis &Co erml r
any minor to purchase tickets or chances or any such device shall be
posted against use by minors, and it shall be unlawful for any minor
to play or otherwise purchase any tickets or chances or any punch
board, "trade stimulator" or similar device.
Section 7: It shall be unlawful to operate any punch board, "trade
stimulator" or similar device without first procuring from the Clerk
of the City of Edmonds a license, for which license there shall be no
fee other than as hereinabove set forth.
Section8: This ordinance shall become effective immediately after its
passage end publication as provided for by law. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
the within ordinance shall be inoperative until January 1, 1949, as to
all persons, firms or corporations holding existing licenses expiring
December 31, 1948, heretofore issued under Ordinance. io. 5b6.
Section 9: The license fees imposed under the terms of the within
ordinance shall constitute the total license fee for "trade stimulators"
punch boards and similar devices, and all ordinances or parts of ord-
inances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed as of the effective
date of this ordinance.
Section 10: Any person or persons failing to comply with any of the
terms of this ordinance, or violating any of the terms thereof. shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor an0 upon conviction thereof shall be punish-
able by a fine of not to exceed Three Hundred and no/100 Dollars
($300.00) or by imprisionment in the City Jail for a term of not exceed-
ing IIinety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 11: Insofar as Ordinance 1Jo. 48, passed June 7th, 1895, is
applicable to or covers the operation of "trade stimulators" or punch
boards said ordinances as to the particular items in this paragraph
mentioned is hereby repealed.
P. A. P ourtner, iiiayor
Attest; Anita Busch, City Clerk
Passed: December 21, 1948
Published: December December 23, 1948.
I her€:by certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No. 584 is a true
and correct copy of Ord�'jance. 584.
City Clserk�