Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-276

Section 10. The games, slot machines and gaming devices licensed under the preceding section shall be played only for money, and it shall be unlawful for any licensee, his or its agents, servants, or employees to promise, hold themselves out in any way whatever as giving, or to give any other form of property or thing of value as winnings or as a gratuity in connection with the playing of such games, slot machines and gaming devices. Section 11. Any licensee holding a valid existing license from the City of Las Vegas for a current quarter, may, during such current quarter, secure a license for additional slot machines, games or devices, over and above the particular number of slot machines, games or devices for which he or it holds or they hold a license, for the remainder of the quarter, upon the payment to the City Treasurer of the license fees provided for in Section 9 of this Ordinance, for the additional slot machine, game or device, and the issuance of a license in the manner and upon the authority, and upon the conditions and restrictions in this Ordinance provided as on an application for an original license, and such additional license shall be valid for the remainder of such quarter. Section 12. All licenses issued for gambling games, devices and slot machines of every character and description shall be posted in a conspicuous place where such gambling games, devices and slot machines are installed, in order that they may be inspected by authorized state, county, city and town officials, who shall report in writing to the Sheriff of the County and to the Chief of Police of the City, wherein such gambling games, devices and slot machines are located, any and all gambling games, devices and slot machines found to be op­erating without a license. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall constitute a ground for the revocation of such license or licenses not so posted. Section 13. The required license fees shall accompany each application for issuance or renewal of a license and be paid to the City Treasurer, and such fees when same become the property of the City shall be placed in such fund and used for such purposes as the Board of City Commissioners shall from time to time direct. Section 14. No game, slot machine or gambling device of any kind shall be conducted or permitted to operate in any open space, vestibule or doorway within the City of Las Vegas, but all such gambling games and devices of every nature shall be operated and conducted on the street floor and completely within the four walls of a building or room. And no gambling game, device, or slot machine, so licensed, shall be dealt, played, operated, carried on, or exposed for play behind locked doors. Section 15. Any person or any officer or agent of any corporation, or any member of any co-partnership or association violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine in the sum of not less than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or not more than Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($450.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not less than thirty (30) days nor more than five (5) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day upon which a violation of this Ordinance shall occur shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation thereof. Section 16. Ordinance No. 77 of the City of Las Vegas, entitled, "An Ordinance to prohibit gaming in the City of Las Vegas, without first obtaining a license therefor,