Las Vegas City Ordinances, March 31, 1933 to October 25, 1950, lvc000014-328

EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 350 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 9 AND SECTION 14 OF ORDINANCE NO. 325 OF THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT GAMING AND OPERATION OF SLOT MACHINES IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A LICENSE THEREFOR; REGULATING THE SAME; FIXING THE AMOUNT OF LICENSE FEES; PROVIDING THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF; REPEALING ORDINANCES NO. 77, 82, 88, 103, 115, 165, 245, 271, 287, and 319, AND ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATING THERETO." The Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas do ordain as follows: Section 1. Section 9 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 9. Stud Poker and draw poker, shall be licensed at the rate of $50.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Panguingue shall be licensed at the rate of $30.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Bridge, whist and solo, shall be licensed at the rate of $15.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Roulette, "21", Hazard, Faro Bank, Wheels of Fortune and Big Six Wheels shall be licensed at the rate of $100.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Where one crap table is licensed in any one establishment, the fee therefor shall be $100.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Where more than one crap table is licensed in any one establishment, the fee for each crap table shall be $200.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. The game of Keno, Bingo, Tango or Bank Keno shall be licensed at the rate of $75.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance and in addition thereto shall pay a license fee or charge of $1.50 per quarter per chair used in the conduct of said game. Race Horse Keno shall be licensed at the rate of $250.00 per quarter. Race Horse Book shall be licensed at the rate of $400.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. The holder of a valid existing license for the operation of a Race Horse Book may secure a license for the same current quarter for an additional office anywhere within the same building for the purpose of receiving and transmitting messages in connection with the operation of his Race Horse Book, which additional office shall not be open to the general public, and the license fee therefor shall be $200.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance. Each slot machine, except penny slot machines, shall be licensed at the rate of $20.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance, for each game embodied and incorporated therein, or for each handle thereon, or for each pay off chute or other mechanical device therein em­ployed to deliver winnings, or for each coin denomination for which provision is made in the machine for playing, whichever shall be the greatest. Penny slot machines shall be licensed at the rate of $50.00 per quarter, payable quarterly in advance, for each game embodied and incorporated therein, or for each handle thereon, or for each pay off chute or other mechanicaL device therein employed to deliver winnings, or for each coin slot or insert, whichever shall be the greatest. The licenses above mentioned shall entitle the holder or holders or his or their employee, or employees, to carry on, conduct and operate any one slot machine of only the specific type and class, or only such other specific game or device, for which said license is issued, and only in the particular room and premises described therein, for a period ending with the quarter within which the license was issued; provided that no license shall be granted for any portion of any quarter for a sum less than the full quarterly license fee, and the end of each quarter shall be the last days of March, June, September and December of each year; provided further that the licensee shall be entitled to carry on, conduct, and operate two or more slot machines, games or devices mentioned in this section and in Section 1, of this ordinance, in the same room, upon the payment of the license fees herein provided for 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. Each license shall specify upon the face thereof the name of the licensee, and a complete description identifying the particular room or premises in which the licensee intends to carry on, conduct or operate the slot machine, game or device mentioned in this section and in Section 1 of this ordinance, and shall specify the particular type and class of slot machine, or other particular game or device, by name. Any license issued under the provisions of this ordinance shall not be transferable by the licensee to any other person, firm, association or corporation, and shall be valid only for the particular room and premises described therein and the designated number of slot machines of the specified type and class, or other specified games or devices for which it is issued. No license money paid under this ordinance shall be refunded whether the operation of the slot machine, game or device for which any license was issued has been voluntarily terminated or the license has been revoked under the provisions of this ordinance, or for any other reason. The license fees herein provided shall be in addition to those collected by the Sheriff of Clark County or any other authority. Section 2. Section 14 of the above-entitled ordinance is hereby amended to read as follows: 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, except as otherwise provided in Section 9 hereof, he operated and conducted on the street floor and completely within the four walls of a building or room. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9 hereof no gambling game, device, or slot machine, so licensed, shall be dealt, played, operated, carried on, or exposed for play behind locked doors. Section 3. The increased development in the operation and conduct of games and gaming in the City of Las Vegas has augmented the burdens of government, thereby necessitating the expedit­ious enactment of the foregoing provisions in the furtherance of the public welfare. This