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Show Is It Violation of the City Ordinance? Wlillo our neighbors on tlio south' Provo, havo been enforcing their city ordinances In regard to gambling, would It not Ikj a good Idon for our city 'Mads" to make an Investigation in regard to games of chance, which should lo mora appropriately called gambling, that exists in our city. I havo been reliably informed that thcro ia at least two nlcklo In the slot guinea running In our city and our olllrars aro dropping their ntcklcs with tho rest ot Iho hoya in the atot. If tills bo truo tho oIllcerH are not ignorant of tho fact. Therefore, tlio only question is, does tho nlcklo slot couio In tlio Jurisdiction of our city ordinance, ordi-nance, pago 91 nnd 02, sections HI nnd 115, which reads: "Kvcry person who shall, within tho limits of this city, keep a houso, shop ot other place resorted to for tho purpose of gaming or gambling, or permit or suffer nny person, in nny home, chop or other plnce under his control or caro, to play at curds, dice, faro, roulette, keno or another game for money, etc." Section 115. "Kvcry person who shall play nt nny gaino of ca s, dice, faro, roulette, keno or any other gamo of chance for money, etc. is guilty of an offence, etc." It appears from tlio ordinance quoted, that any gamo of chance for money is forbidden, and the nlcklo in tho slot is for nothing clso but money. If men resort to rooms for the purposo of gambling for money, with cards, boys 10 or 17 years of nge nro nan rule, forbidden to enter the gambling rooms, hut It is different with the nicklo gambling, as boys of that agonrc permitted per-mitted to drop their nicklo; and lima I hold that this class of gambling should bo suppressed aq well as gambling witli cards, as Ixitli aro prohibited by ordinance. ordi-nance. Great credit is du ox-Marshals Timothy and Thomas and tlio former tity officials in suppressing gambling In our city. Now let our present officers keep up tho good work. Citizkn. |
