Show 5 SLOT MAG WHINES HINES TO TOS S 7 PAY MONTHLY FINE 1 b I I Police Ordered to Instruct It i I- Owners t to Come Through jh With 3 a Month r i SAM GODMAN WINS OUT Showdown Show Show- Showdown License Assessor Forces Force down Revenue Will Be BeAbout j About 1 a Year j f S y Chief of or Police Pollee Pitt yesterday sent ent out Instructions through h the tho patrolmen patrol men on tho the force forc that all MI own o r or 01 fl Ii r. r of oC slot machines would here hereafter h. h l' l 1 after I t. t be he required to pay pas 3 a n. month l i for Cor or the I tic C of or the machines Th The assessment as ns- 1 Is to lo start tart with April i This order came as ns a result of or th the S.- S. efforts of Samuel I. I Godman city cily r w- w I license as assessor e ol- ol who has been trying to collect revenue from tho the slot machiner machines mai ma ma- i 1 chines chiner for Cor several se months In doing i 5 80 so 0 he has encountered the stron strongest est opposition from Cram members of tho ho city S S council and the party part leaders It la is estimated that there are iso I slot machines in in the th business 9 district t S. S of or Salt Lake If Ie each machine yields J s 3 a month It means that the city's 1 Increased to the extent cx- cx S S revenue rc will be tent lent of oC 1350 a month or a f year rrt r. r rt 4 in lit Police Court 1 The Tho scheme la is to 1130 e tho the proprietors pro pro- of oC slot machines s pay par th the thc t mone money through roUgh tho the criminal division S and while the tho In InI Increased In- In r f of or the he city court I S. S creased revenue will not show In the tho license receipts It will appear in the ther thel r l fines and forfeitures of police court E S- S The chief was Instructed yesterday l 7 to issue the orders to his men and andt 1 t coupled with his orders is 19 an injunction S lion tion to confiscate cate nil machines upon ri I which no revenue is paid 5 This is tho the third or fourth attempt made 1 by ly the city citi to get revenue re from Crom 1 the slot machines that adorn cl cigar cigarS ar i S S stores saloons hotels an and other places S. S j In the he city Jud Judge e C. C B. B Diehl Diehi of or the theS S city ellY court knocked out a n former atS attempt at- at S tempt h by hy ruling that slot machines were not gambling under the law In so S. S S long on as ns checks and not actual actual ca cash cah h were paid May Contest Collection At the same time limo it Is held by the S. S city attorney that the slot machines are aro gambling devices and that the city S may collect through the police court ourt S J but hut that no regular license ma may be is isS Is- Is sued S It Is understood that the larger er owners owners own own- 5 ers of slot machines will contest this 1 S collection Yesterday however howe several rev sev p eral oral proprietors paid their money monc and will continue to do llo so 50 they the say sn- under w. w orders from the police department beS bc- bc causo a so they consider that 3 sin a no month Is 11 f r.-f- r. S litti little J enough for tor or a n. machIneS machine nail and that the amount Is hardly worth quibbling over o considering the profit tho the machines machines machines ma ma- chines bring |