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ORDINANCE 140.
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington,
repealing Sections 1 through 7 of Kent City
Ordinance No. 803 passed 1948, pertaining to
punchboards.
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4 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT do ordain as
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g Section 1. Sections 1 through 7 of Kent City Ordinance
7 No. 803, passed in 1948, and which reads as follows:
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8 Section 1. A punchboard, within the meaning of this
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9 Ordinance, is defined as any appliance, game, contrivance
10 or device other than games of skill commonly known as
11 Pinball games, for the distribution of merchandise or any
12 other article of value or representative of value, the
13 player or operator of which pays a consideration to so
14 play or operate, for which he may receive a prize or a gift.
15 Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person,
is partnership, firm, association or corporation, whether as
17 owner, manager, agent, dealer, clerk or employee, to sell,
18 lease, distribute, operate or permit to be operated or used,
19 or to possess with the intent to use or operate, whether for
20 higher or not, any punchboard as above defined within the
21 limits of -the City of Kent without first having obtained a
22 permit to use or operate the same from the City Clerk of
23 the City of Kent.
24 Section 3. Persons, partnerships, firms, associations
25 or corporations desiring to operate or to keep for operating
28 any punchboard shall, prior to offering the same for play
27 or use or operation, first obtain from the City Clerk of
28 the City of Kent a permit for each such board and shall
29 pay to the City Clerk a fee for each such permit. The fee
30 for each such permit for each such board shall be determined
31 and measured by the gross value or amount of the face of
32 said board multiplied by the rate of three (3) per cent.
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The "gross value" or "amount of the face" of such board
shall be determined by multiplying the number of punches
or tickets used in or on such board by the money purchase
price of such punch or ticket irrespective of the method
of attachment of such punch or ticket to the said punchboard.
Where the tickets or punches used on such board are of un-
fixed or indeterminate price, the gross value or amount
of face shall be determined by the manufacturer's state-
ment of such value. It shall be the duty of any person,
partnership, firm, association or corporation applying
for a permit for a punchboard on which the tickets or
punches are of unfixed or indeterminate value to furnish
to the City Clerk upon application for permit or to any
police officer of the City of Kent upon request an authentic
bill or statement of the manufacturer of such board showing
the actual gross value of such board.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall, upon application for
permit and payment by applicant of the requisite fee for such
punchboard, write or stamp upon the fact of said punchboard
a statement of the fact that a permit has been issued for
such board and shall affix his initials to such statement.
Section 5. Permits issued under the terms of this
Ordinance shall be non -transferable.
Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person under
the age of twenty-one years to play, operate or use any
such punchboard, and it shall be unlawful for any person,
partnership, firm, association or corporation operating or
conducting, whether as owner, manager, agent, dealer, clerk
or employee, any business where such punchboards are kept
or used to permit any person under the age of twenty-one
years to play, operate or use any such punchboard within the
City of Kent.
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1 Section 7. Any violations of the terms of this
2 Ordinance shall be a misdemeanor, and the violator shall
3 upon conviction of such violation be punished by a fine
4 of not more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars or by imprisonment
5 in the City Jail for not more than ten (10) days or by
g both such fine and imprisonment, and the punchboard operated
7 or maintained in violation of the terms of this Ordinance
8 may be ordered confiscated and destroyed by the Judge
9 before whom conviction of violation was obtained.
10 is hereby repealed.
11 Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect and
12 be in force five (5) days from and after its passage, approval
13 and publication as provided by law.
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MAYOR
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Attest:
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Approved as to form:
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Passed the day of
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Approved the day of "ate•~ ka_j
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Published the day of
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