HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE NO. 903661~ 2
ORDINANCE N0. 9036
An Ordinance regulating and licensing certain punch boards in the
City of Eugene, Providing penalties far the violation thereof, and declaring an
emergency.
THE CITY OF EU (ENE DOES Cfl2DAIId AS InLLOWS :
Section 1. DEFINITIONS, A "question and answer trade stimulator" within the
meaning of this Ordinance shall be a board containing a number of holes or receptacles
of uniform size in which are placed slips of paper or other substances, in a capsule or o
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otherwise, upon which is written or printed a number or insignia and bona. fide
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question and which may be punched or drawn from said hole or receptacle by any person des
so to do, said device or board being only Ioa.awn as a "punch board", on which the
public, upon payment of a considerati , punch or draw such question from such hole
or receptacle and obtained an award merchandise only upon the ability of such person,
by the exercise of knowledge or s to correctly answer the question contained on the
slip or slips of paper or others st a so punched or drawn.
The term "perscm." whey) sed in this Ordinance shall mean and include any
person, firm or partnership, c poration, or other association of persons,
Section 2. UNLAIiYF[T `-~N. It shall be unlawful for any person, individual
or as an agent for ano a to sell, lease, distribute, or place any board as defined
in Section 1, or for any son to have in possession for the purpose of having operat-
ed or used on or when i sa'd persons premises, or in connection with said persons
business, any board as def ned in section 1 hereof, without first having obtained a
" license for the required class and paying the amount of the fee as hereinafter
provided. `
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It hall be lawful for any person to have in his possession any board as define
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~ in Secti°on 1 he eof ich shall pay, directly or indirectly, any cash award, or any
~~ merchandis p 'ze o other thing upon any token, number, insignia or other thing than the
~ ability o the p er to answer, through the exercise 'of I~.owledge or skill, the
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4 ques'tio contained on the slip punched or drawn from said board, and the ability of the
~ player so to do shall be the sole, only and exclusive basis for such award.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or give away any punch board sticker
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or stickers, or to provide stickers for use on or in connection with any punch board
~ which said person is not licensed to operate.
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' It shall be unlawful for any person operating or conducting, or employed in or
about, any business where punch boards are kept or used, publicly to exhibit, or to
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i offer for public play, any punch board whiah does not have attached thereto the re-
,~ quired sticker, with the serial number of the board clearly marked thereon in ink.
It shall be unlawful for any person, by subterfuge, trickery, ruse, or other
dishonest means,. to procure or attempt to procure any article of merchandise, or thing
of value whatsoever through the presenting or exhibiting of a question and answer slip
which has not been a part of, and punched from the merchandise board upon which the
claim for merchandise prize is made.
Section 3. LICENSES. Punc rd licenses shall be classified as follows:
Class A License shall be any person ho, r himself, or through agents or employees.,
is engaged in, or engages in the distribution of punch boards by sale either with or
without the merchandise to bed i ered as prize in connection therewith; or any person,
who for himself or by an agen ore loyee, (and whether with or without merchandise to
be delivered as prize in c ection therewith), deals in punch board or punch boards by
placing with or consignin to another such board or boards in return for, or in antici-
pation of, the paym t r receipt of fee or revenue to be derived from or by reason of
the use or operation such board or boards.
Individugl punch board license fees shall be paid upon each and every punch
board by the Class A Linensee, which he, or through his agents, places vrith or consigns
to any business p~rson in the City of Eugene., Oregon.
The 'n ividual license fees must be paid for each punch board before the
Section 1~., and the ovmer, operator, or other person in charge of the premises on
which such board is kept or used shall write or cause to be written in ink on the
license sticker the serial number of such board and the name of such board as it shall
be affixed ta, and it shall be unlawful to fail to do so, or to re-use any such sticker
and all writing upon the said license sticker shall be in ink.
same sha 1 be splayed to the public, and a sticker as hereinafter provided shall be
placed upo s ch board, at the City Recorders Office in presence of the Recorder,
which s i ke shall, among other things, show the classification of the licensee,
his li ense number, and that the required license fee has been paid as provided in
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