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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-OR-20ORDINANCE NO. 68OR20 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE, GIFT OR DISTRIBUTION OF LOTTERY TICKETS, NOTICESt ADVERTISEMENT, AND DRAWINGS THEREOF, AND PROVID- ING PENALTIES F~R THE VIOLATION THEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, that: Se'ction 1. The sale, gift or distribution of lottery tickets, notices or advertisement of such lotteries, or drawings of the same is hereby prohibited. Section 2. No person, firm or corporation shall sell or offer to sell for consideration anything whatsoever by the representation or pretense that a sum of money in an amount un- known or a thing of value, may, or may not be enclosed within, or may be found with, or named upon the thing sold, or may or may not be given to the purchaser in addition to the thing sold, or by any representation, pretense or device by which the pur- chaser is informed or induced to believe that money or something else of value may be won or drawn by chance by reason of such sale. Section 3. For the purposes of this ordinance, the following definitions are made: (a) A "lottery" is an enterprise wherein for a consid- eration the participants are. given an opportunity to win a prize, the award of which is determined by chance even though accompanied by some skill. /¢) A "prize" is anything of value given to the winner as a result of his good fortune.I · S~ctilo'n'~4. Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this 'ordinance shall be fined not less than Twenty- five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00 or imprisoned not more than six (6) months or both. Section 5. If any provisions of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person, firm or corporation is held invalid, the remaining ssctions of this ordinance and the application thereto shall not be affected by such invalidation. PASSED AND ADOPTED by ths Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, this 7th !day of October, 1968. Attest: CLERK TREASURER Submitted by me to the Mayor of said City of jeffersonville, Indiana, this 7th day of October, 1968, at ~,~ o'clock ;~'M' Attest: CLERK Approved and signed by me this 7th day of October, 1968, at CLERK T~URER