HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 1966-1188
RESOL UTI ON NO. 1188
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS OF SAID CITY
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING DRAW POKER AND OTHER GAMES NOT
PROHIBITED BY SECTION 330 OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA; AND REQUEST FOR CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City
of Elsinore as follows:
WHEREAS, on or about August 8, 1966, the City Clerk
presented to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Elsinore
an initiative petition containing eight sections and a supplemental
petition containing three sections in which the petitioners requested
that a proposed ordinance be submitted to the qualified electors
and voters of said city prohibiting draw poker and any other game
with cards or dice not prohibited by Section 330 of the Penal Code
of the State of California, pursuant to Section 4000 of the Elections
Code of the State of California;
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of said city did determine that
the original petition and supplemental petition contained the
signatures of a sufficient number of voters of said city to submit
said matter to the voters of said city;
municipal election;
WHEREAS, the next municipal election will not be held
until April of 1968;
-1-
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of said city have
determined that said matter be submitted to the voters of said city
in the near future; and
WHEREAS, there is to be a Congressiona~ State and County
election held on Nevember 8, 1966, and that it would be advantageous
to the voters of the City of Elsinore that said special election be
held on said date along with the Congressional, State and County
election, subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors of
the County of Riverside, California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City
Council that pursuant to Section 4019 of the Elections Code of the
State of California, and in lieu of calling the election on the
proposition at the next regular municipal election, a special elec-
tion is hereby called for the purpose of submitting to the voters
a proposition for the enactment of the following ordinance:
liThe people of the City of Elsinore, California, do
ordain as follows:
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA,
PROHIBITING ,DRAW POKER AND OTHER GAMES WITH
CARDS OR DICE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 330 OF
THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Section 1: Every person who deals, plays or carries on,
opens or causes to be opened, or who conducts either as owner
or emp10yee~ for hire any game played with cards, dice or
any device of draw poker or any other game not mentioned in
Section 330 of the California Penal Code for money, checks,
credit or other representative of value, and every person
who plays or bets at or against any of said prohibited games
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 2: Any person who shall be found guilty of a viola-
tion of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than
-2-
$500.00 or by imprisonment in the city jail not exceeding
six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment."
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ballots used when voting
upon the proposed ordinance shall have printed on them the words:
"Shall the ordinance prohibiting draw poker
and any other game with cards or dice not
prohibited by Section 330 of the Penal Code
of California be adopted?"
Yes
D
D
No
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there be filed with the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Riverside, California, this reso1u-
tion requesting that the above special election be consolidated with
the Congressional, State and County election in accordance with the
provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California.
-.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Elsinore, California, this 22nd day of August, 1966, and
signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk this cRd~
day of August, 1966.
ATTEST:
Jd--tL#:t// l-/;VMAd~/:/,
City Clerk of the City of Elsinore
-3-