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<br />SE:.iION 7: If any "owner" oi a coin-oper~s.+ed ~,iachine within, this '3ity shall
<br />(a) deliver to or per:nit to be cleliire,°ed to any "operato.r" a coin-operated machine with
<br />out a valid license or -uermit issued bv the ~'ity Secretary bcing attached thereto, or
<br />(b) perriit any coin-operal,ea .nachine ~_m6er his control to be operated, e:Yhibited or dis-
<br />played :.ritllin t'r:is 'iL,r ~„rithout sai d t.icense or pertint bein~ attached thereto, or(c)
<br />if any r:erson sha1.1 exhibit, displa;r or have ir~ ~hi.' pos essicn ,ai t~?i.r~ i,l:is ~i_ ~;v any
<br />coin-opera.ted nachine ,rithout having annexed or a+ta2hed t~-~.ereta a license or permit
<br />issued by tlie ~it~T ^-crct~.~ry, sl.o~~ri_nf; the pa,y~nent or t}~e; t,ax due tl~ereon for the current
<br />year, or (d) snail exhibit, disr?lay o1^ hs.ve zn ris nossessien in this :ity ariy roin-
<br />ope.rated ;nachi.ne wn t-hout a serial num'~F?r ste.;npPd b; indent~- se into tiie wood or metal of
<br />said coin-operated nnachine, or (e) ;l' an,y ,r,erson shal'. exhibit, displa~7 or pos7ess any
<br />coin-operatec3 ma.chine :.n this C:its- with a license or 7?ermit atta3hed tnereto and bearing
<br />a dif'ferent serial nu-nber from the serial nu.raber• sta-nped bij indentu.re on :.tie ~::achine to
<br />which said permit is attached, or (f) if any person required to keep records of coin-
<br />operated maci7-nes in this City sli-al.l i`a1s,~~W`y ~-,uch recards, or (g) sha11 f.e.il to nesp
<br />sucr records, or (h) snali re:Cuse or fail to rreser.t ,such recorias for irispe3tion upon
<br />the demand of the City +.ounci.l or its author.ized renrescnta.tives, or (1) if a.ny person
<br />in 'uhis 3ity sha1=L use any artiul deviee or Iecut;tive nr~~~1 Li_ce to cor;ceal a11y w1olation
<br />of this Ofidinanee, or (j) mdsleua 11,1cc :i_ty "ouncil or _ts aut'.noriaeci represcntatlves
<br />in the eniorcernent of tYrys O.rdinance, or (lc) if a:ny persoii in this :ity shall fa.il to
<br />comply witi'A the provision.s of tliis Ordinance, or violate the sa:,ie, or (l) iY any person
<br />in this ~3ity shall fail to comply wi.tn tne rizles and regu? at_ions prorwfLgzrated bv tize
<br />City 'ouncil, or vialate the s-ne, he sh.~,ll forf'eit tc, tl,~~ '~ity as a p~r.alt~-, the sum of
<br />not less thaii 'lwenty-five Dollars (~25) nor ;-nore than -L~'ive ,iundz•ed Doilars 500) .",ach
<br />day's viol_at,ion sh::t3.1 consti+ute a separa'ue oifense and incur another nenalty, which, ii
<br />o1 'JoripFtGilt
<br />11~t pa..1d sha11 4iC 1eli'.IYJored, 111 a F uit by 'lZG JZ t3r o1 F"a11s l~~l C4 JoU.rt
<br />j uri sd'_c ti on .
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<br />~~~TION 8: I° ariy ;~crson srl«ll -x1niri.t', di_spla,y or hU-re in hu.s possession
<br />within t'rli_s "ity an,y coi;:-operated ;Tia31i~.ne t.rithoat ilaving annexed or atta3hed thereto a
<br />valid license or perrrLit issuF:d by the 31t,y ;:>ec_°etluary showing t-ie payment of the tax due
<br />thereorl for the ^urrent year, or (b) slial-i ex1hibit, displav ar have i_n his possession
<br />in this ai 'uy any coin-onerl.i;ed :,.achine wi. tho?it a serial niznoer s-ta-n-ped by indenture into
<br />the wood or metal o±' said coin-operat-ed ~nachirie, or (c) ii' an.,y person shall e1.:.ibit, di_s-
<br />play or pcssess ariy coiti-opc -ated macMLne in tl-:ia 'Ity with a l:icense ar per~nit attached
<br />thez•eto bearing u differerit serial number yrom the ser_'ta1 nu:nber sta:nped bJ indent-ure on
<br />the machine to wiii;;Y: sa-d per-r:lt is aa-Aached, ar (d) if any person reauired ta keep
<br />records of coin-operated rnac;.,ines in this :~ty snal:L falsify such records, or (e) shal]_
<br />fail to keep such records, cr `f) s1iail refase or• fai? to --~resent such records ior 9_n-
<br />spection upoil the demand of the ':.ity Secretary or riis aut'rlorized represer.ta";.ves, cr (oj
<br />i-f any person iri tris ~=%ity shall use any artful device ^r deceptive practi ~e to concea1
<br />any violation of this Orciinance, or (h ) -iisl.ead the 'jit,y- ~eHr•etary or hi.s a:,Jtl.crizec'
<br />represcntatises in the eniorcement o:t t':is Ordinanca, or (i) if any person in this ""iity
<br />sha11 fail to co=nt,i:y wi-i.h the provis:_ors ol' this Ordinan~e, cr viola+e the same, or
<br />if anJ person in this ~ity s'riali fail to 3omply vi.th the rules arc:l regulations prorTal-
<br />oated by the Cit,y 'ouncil, or violate the sane, r.e shall 'ae builty o' a nisdemeanor and
<br />upon conviction sha11 be punishe.d by a fine of not les.s than Twenty-j'ive Dollars(<;;>25)
<br />nor more than Two Hu.ndred llollars ~~:;v200) ,
<br />SE~13`1IOiv 9: The iact t'nat there Is not now U.riy oruirance rrovidirg for a fee
<br />and sealing coin-opera-ted :nachines creates a publ:ic er.nergc:ncy requiring that rules and
<br />cY:arter provisions prch_biting the passage of an ordinanue at themeetin_; at which it is
<br />introduced, and requiring submission to a com~ittee be suspended, a.nd the sarrie is ac-
<br />cordingly dane, and this Ordinance shal?_ taice eifect fro;,n ana after ilus passage,
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<br />ftathan J. ell, Jr.
<br />i':aour, 'i ,y of r'axis, '1'exas
<br />AI'F'ROViD :
<br />AYES , : idAY')
<br />xT"t'LST :
<br />Hatley B. Crow, City Secretary
<br />City of Paris, 'r'exas.
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