Ord 1252 4/19/1937 AN ORDINAETCE PROVIDI.INIG '.1�1- Lo AlqY PERSON SHALL M OR
WAGER UPON AN` DOG 1R.&C AN,-�7-
.L ".L RACE
E 0 Z�- UP01:1 "HE, RES-Mr.2 0.2 SPEED,
MK6.ILL OR ENDURANCE CON!`EST 01" BT OR BETVi"EIEN DOGS, `UIYZLIN 'ilril: COR_
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PORATE LI111TITS OF '12HE CIT 1Z 1: IALL
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CONSTITUM A MISDEIZANOR, PUNISHABLE -r- ITIM] OF 1-10'i" EXCEEDIEIG
il-771 THAT Il-
.21FT17. DOLLARS ZOE EACH OF.,.r,El,-,SE ; FURT.L.L.LA
PERSON ,LTZALL OE LE IN ,UTY ILZT I INTERESTED IN j',=,-PIIqG ANY
PREITIL-II SES, BUILDING, RO OL, PLACE) TRAM 2 PARK, , LAKID, FIELD) LOT,
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OR �LL11' OS111EEZ.-PLACE LIME] O.R TJli-jIIT Mj7U.j"Zi].
T�AM�,ON FOR
'id-M _"URPOSE 011 BE' =(__� UFSE,D AE�, PLACE, 'TO ET OR VVAGEIR TJTON
ST-ILL OR E17 DUR�174CE C 17,1E ViM
R.LCE; OR SPEED, 1�. 1 1%
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FINE N01-1 E-&rCEE1 DING, TWO -HU1, RED , DO�LLAM, AhD PROVIDING
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THAT EACH PACE OR CC,!,-.'-;EST L_ COXS1___I.1.0 `11PARATE 01,FENSE;
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SE C"I"I ON 1. IL any person sliall bet or wa �er upon any
aor: race , or upon the result of an,, race, speed, skill or e naur-
L ly
an�e contest of , by or between UOZs, in any place -..-.-,here people
resort i'or �ulie -pulpose of bett-inl or wa,[,erin�Z -,..,ithin the corpor-
a`L-le limits of the City o-,-
ua -Fails , Texas, lie shall be fined.
not exce�: ain the sum Of Fifty Dollars.
T
SE C`il 10 1,� 2. If any person sliall keep or be in &my man-
ner interestea- in keepinL any prelises , b-Llildir-, room,place,
field , lot or any ot
track, park, land, . uher place like or unlike
tiae foregoin�� enumeration, for the purpose of beinL; USed as a
place to bet or wa�;er on en,,- race or speed, skill or endur, ce
contest of, by or 'between doE;s, or as a place where people re-
son-t to gaffole , bet or waGer upon race or speed, slEill or
enau--ance contest of, by or bet-vvreen aOes Vdthin the corporate
liMits Oil` the City of Wichita Fallsj Texas , he shall be fined
in a sun not exce-- Uinr,; the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, ana eac-1.,
"ace Or contest shall constitute a , separate offense and be pun-
ishab.Le as such.
SECTION b. In any complaint --i"or t-he offense aefinea
in Section 2 hereof and char[-,inL_,,, coraplainin--- or bein� in any
manner interestea in keepin,,,, any premises and usin!_- the same ror
Lhe purpose of betting or on any race or endurance con-
test between uo,.,-s, or receiviii,, bets for such purpose, it shall
onl7r, be necessar"" to charL-,e that the defendant received mo2e than
two -bets on a cLo6:, race or enaLirance contest between doc�s on the
sarie cLa,,,- upon t
e trial o-f the delencLaInt, -'U-he offense sc�'hall be
consiaerea as su-f-ficiently provecL if it be established beyond a
reasona�)le aouut that aefencLant dicL receive or take more than
Gr,(:) bets on the suriiie day on such a race or contest and that -U',-
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aerenapant ,,,,as interesteCL in the operation of the prei-m-ises and it
sitiall not be necessary to prove that such race uas in fact run.
SEC.1i T-nat in the event any section, Sub—section, para-ralph
p M-�J,i S 4 0 n I. C--)-
or _L Of tuh-e loreL,,oinC ;hall be held or declared to ue
Void Or UnenforceaUle, such aefects shall be Testrictea to the
iCLenticai :-,)art or provision so hela or aeclarea invalid, ancL
such uefects SLE-11 not in any manner affect oi, 2enuer invalia
any Other oart, portion or provision Of -Liris Ordinance.
SECTION V. All ordinances and portions of orlinances
in conrlict -,--itfi the forejoinG provisions are here now repealea.
SECTION VI. Khereas, the penal statutes of the State
or Texas reEarainS the bettinE and waLerinL on doa racinL ant the
IiLe, are ambiguous , and have been construed by the courts as
not pronibiting the same, and that there is no ordinance now in
operation covering the subject, creates an emeraency ana an im-
pernive public necessity ror the preservation of peace, health,
and sarety or Droperty , that the constitutional rule requiriqZ
ordinances to be read on three several days should be suspenaed,
ant said rule is Aereby suspenaea, and this ordinance shall take
errecs immeaiately and be in force from and after its passaLe,
and publication in the orficial newspaper of the City of Yich-
ita 2alls, ant it is so enacted.
PASSED ANT APTECTED, this the 19th day of April, A. D. ,
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CITY CLEVE