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499 1 - - -- - - - -- -- - - - n-- -- -- -- -' - - -- - _ - -- -_- '- -_ - --_--__-_-=_-_ - _-- WHEREFORE, it is deemed for the best interests of the City of Eugene and for the welfare of the inhabitants thereof that the machines and devices hereinafter referred to be licensed and regulated, rather than to have the same operated without police regulation and licensing, the Common Council enacts the followings ORDINANCE NO. 8~. ~l: An Ordinance regulating and licensing pinball machines and similar devices and games operated b~T depositing or inserting a coin or slug, provided such machines or other games are played for amusement only, and providing penalty for violation of the provisions hereof and declaring an emergency. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Seotion 1. (a) ~he_~tetKne~"person^ whenever used iri this Ordinance shall mean and include a person, a firm, a corporation or copartnership, and the singular, number shall include the plural. (b) Z'he term "machine" whenever used in this Ordinance shall mean and include any pinball game, marble game or similar device or game, or other game, device or machine in which coins or slugs are deposited. Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, keep, operate or permit the operation or playing of any machine described in Section (b} of Section 1 hereof on any premises within the City of Eugene, without first obtaining a license therefor in the manner hereinafter provided; and further provided trat no such machine so licensed shall be operated or permitted to be operated as a gambling machine or device.. Seotion 3. Any person desiring to obtain a license to operate or maintain any such machine, shall make application therefor at the office of the City Recorder on blanks to be furnished for that purpose, and shall describe the place of business or premises where such machine is to be operated or main- tained, and also describe the kind and type of such machine. Each license shall be approved by the City Manager and~or the City Recorder before issuance thereof for the particular machine so licensed.. Provided, however, the City Manager and~or the City Recorder may in his discretion with concurrence of the Chief of Police reject any or all applications for licensing hereunder for any reason or cause deemed sufficient. Section !~. LICENSE FEE. A license fee of Twenty Dollars 020.00} per calendar month or portion thereof shall be charged for each and every machine so licensed hereunder, each such license to expire on the last day of the calendar month for which the same is issued. I t ~~