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<br />AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW SECTION TO THE CITY CODE OF 1932,
<br />ENTITLED "SECTION 297 (1) MANUFACTURING, KEEPING, ETC. SLOT ..iACHINES".
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville that a new section
<br />be added to the City Code of 1932 designated Section 297(1) and entitled "Manufactur-
<br />ing, Keeping, etc. Slot Machine - Penalty, " which section is hereby enacted to read
<br />as follows:
<br />SECTION 297 (1) Manufacturing, Keeping, etc. Slot Idachines - Penalty.
<br />(a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation other than a duly
<br />licensed dealer in slot machines bona fide storing such machines in bulk for
<br />sale outside of this State only in jurisdictions where the operation of such
<br />machines is not forbidden by law:
<br />(1) To manufacture, own, store, keep, possess, sell, rent, lease, let on
<br />shares, lend or give away, transport, or expose for sale or lease, or to offer to
<br />sell, rent, lease, let on shares, lend or give away, or to permit the operation
<br />of, or for any person to permit to be placed, maintained, used or kept in any room,
<br />space or building owned, leased or occupied by him or under his management or
<br />control any slot machine or device as hereinafter defined:
<br />(25 To make or permit to be made with any person any agreement with reference
<br />to any slot machine or device, as hereinafter defined, pursuant to which the user
<br />thereof, as a result of any element of chance or other outcome unpredicable to
<br />him, may become entitled to receive any money, credit, allowance, or thing of value
<br />or additional chance or right to use such machine or device, or to receive any check,
<br />slug, token or memorandum entitling the holder to receive any money, credit,
<br />allowance or thing of value.
<br />(b) Any machine, apparatus, or device is a slot machine or device within the
<br />provisions of this section if it is one that is adapted for use in such a way that
<br />as a result of the insertion of any piece of money or coin or other object such
<br />machine or device is caused to operate or may be operated, ana by reason of any
<br />element of chance or of other outcome of such operation unpredictable by him, the
<br />user may receive or become entitled to receive any piece of money, credit, allow-
<br />ance or thing of value or any check, slug, token or memorandum, whether or value
<br />or otherwise, which may be exchanged for any money, credit, allowance or thing of
<br />value, or which may be given in trade, or the user may secure additional chances or
<br />rights to use such machine, apparatus or device; irrespective of whether it may,
<br />apart from any element of chance or unpredictable outcome of such operation, also
<br />sell, deliver or present some merchandise, indication of weight, entertainment or
<br />other thing of value.
<br />�c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty
<br />of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than
<br />twenty-five dollars and not more than one thousand dollars, or by confinement in
<br />jail not less than thirty days and not more than twelve months, or by both such
<br />f ine and confinement.
<br />(d) Any article or apparatus possessed, maintained, kept or used in violation
<br />of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and
<br />may, together with all money and tokens therein, be seized under a search warrant
<br />issued in accordance with law. Any money so seized shall be forfeited to the City
<br />and such article or appratus shall be destroyed.
<br />This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from the date of its passage, and
<br />all ordinances, or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
<br />Clerk
<br />Adopted by the Council February 5, 1940.
<br />Ayes: Mr. Gleason, Dr. Haden, Mr. Huff,
<br />Mr. Jessup, and Mr. Peyton.
<br />Noes: None. /� - v
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<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 489 (3) OF THE
<br />CITY CODE OF 1932, ENTITLED "RESTRICTIONS AS TO SPEED".
<br />BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, that Section 489 (3)
<br />of the City Code of 1932, entitled "Restrictions as to Speedt' be amended and reenacted
<br />so as to read as follows:
<br />SECTION 489 (3) Restrictions as to Speed.
<br />(a) Irrespective of the maximum speeds herein provided, any person driving
<br />a vehicle on a highway shall drive the same at a careful and prudent speed not
<br />greater nor less than is reasonable and proper, having due regard to the traffic,
<br />surface and width of the highway and of any other conditions then existing. And
<br />any person who shall drive any vehicle upon a highway at such speed as to endanger
<br />the life, limb or property of any person,or so as to unnecessarily block, hinder
<br />or retard the orderly and safe use of the highway by those following, shall be prima
<br />facie guilty of reckless driving.
<br />(b) Any person who shall drive upon any highway in this City at a speed in
<br />excess of
<br />(1) r"ifteen miles an hour when passing a school during recess or while cnildren
<br />are going to or leaving school, provided that markers be placed on the highway so
<br />as to indicate the location of such schools, or
<br />(2) Fifteen miles an hour in a business district as defined in this act, or
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