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Show CITY WILL SEEK llffi CUOD EOR CMD1LUDS : Chief of Police Admin. Gambling I Carried ou Under Cover of Present Ordinance of Commission MORE atrinrant rfftiUtiona for farj eluba ware un.ler ronaiiiaration at a mnatinr of th rity coromianion with Chief of IPolirw Jowaph E. nurhi,IK and Cltf Attorney W. . rolland today. Chief Ilurbldga and af.(y Conimla-loner Conimla-loner Arthur f. Iiarnaa war aakad to preparw rerommandatlona which would ntaka pollca regulation of auC cluba pnora efficient. All tho cmnmieeionera agraa1 that lha prevent ordinance la not aa affee. live aa It might ba. Chief llurfcl.lra remarked that tha poluaa found tha chlaf difficulty wllh lha hanrera-ow In iha vanoua aard cluba and tho -dealera." OAMtLINO 00K ON. "MTiat ran a card club that only renta tta table to man fnr aorUi.1 card game want with deal en r" ru Aitnraey rtilland queatlonad. "Lioa't try to anako youreelf he-Hava he-Hava they don't ,amhla la thaad plaraa. baoauaa I hey do,- Chlaf llure bldga anawarod. In further, com men la, rhlaf tnr bldga declared hla department had found that poet In, man in aaa club waa about tha anly poaalhl wa lo prevent gambling. II aald thai many people Beamed to beltev that a card club 1 1 can a waa a I lean to gamble. Mayor Kealen aald ha believed tb theory of lha praaant card club ordt nance wa right, but that ha would Ilka to aa Ina regulation mada mora atrlngent. ,M RIPIAL C0Nl0lt0. Repeal of tha praaant ordinance, whlrh would allow all card eluba t opera t a without regulaaaone. waa con-dderad. con-dderad. I'nder that condition, gambling gam-bling would bo pmeaeulad under tha lawa aaalnat vice. Commiealoner Harnaa voiced lha opinion, whlrh waa concurred la by Chief Burbldg. that lha preeent ordinance waa largely a meana by which tha police were la), formed where various card fame, war bains conducted. "I'nder the preeent ordinance, wa ran enter any card club at any tlm without a eearrh warrant." Chlaf Hur-bldge Hur-bldge aald. "Without eurh an ordinance ordi-nance wa would have to get a aearrh I warrant flrat." About forty card eluba are licenced, hv the city commlaalon at preeenL They nay an annual .Irene fa of lie. Many nf tha cluba are operated In connection with pool halla and billiard parlor. I'nder lha llrrna. lha club proprietor ar euppoeed to rant tha tablaa to pereona by tha hour. |