1965-022ORDINANCE NO. 65-,,?2,
GAMBLING ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS.
SECTION 1. No person, firm or corporation shall keep,
set up, use or expose within the limits of the Village any
table (except pool or billard tables) machine, or device of
any kind on or by which any game of chance or hazard can be
played, including, but not exclusively, pin ball devices, slot
machines and any and all apparatus which operates by means of the
insertion of a coin, token or similar object, and any and all
apparatus that is ordinarily or may be employed in games of chance,
or any form of gambling.
SECTION 2. Any such machine, device or apparatus kept
or used with such intent may be confiscated by any member of the
police department.
SECTION 3. No person, firm or corporation shall, within
the village set, run or maintain any lottery, or shall sell or
dispose of for gain any ticket, chance or share in any Lottery, .
or shall sell or attempt to dispose of any article or property
dependent upon any chance by dice, Lottery tickets, numbers or
other fraudulent device, or shall propose or be in any way
connected with any such lottery or game of chance, or whoever
shall knowingly permit any such lottery business or enterprise
to be carried on in any building or premises owned or controlled
by him.
SECTION 4. No person, firm or corporation shall, within
the village, set up, keep, maintain, or support any gambling house
or room or place used for the practice of gaming or playing for
money or property, -or shall knowingly permit any building or
premises owned or controlled by him to be used for any such
purpose, or whoever shall keep or use, or permit to be used, in
any building or place occupied, controlled or owned by him, any
keno, dice or faro table, wheel of fortune, roulette, shuffle-
board, cards or other instrument or device for the purpose of
gaming therewith.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to
patronize or become an inmate of any gambling house or room or
place used for the purpose of gaming within the village.
SECTION 6. Every person, firm or corporation holding
a license issued by the village to conduct a legitimate
business shall have the same revoked by the president, after
a hearing held by him, if such licensee violates any of the
provisions of Sections 1, 3 or 4 hereof. The licensee shall
have an opportunity to be heard at such hearing to be held
not less than five days after notice of the time and place of
the hearing, addressed to him at his last known place of
business, has been mailed. Pending notice, hearing and
finding, his village license shall be suspended.
SECTION 7. Every person, firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction
be punished by a fine not less than $10.00 or more than $500.00.
Each day any violation continues shall be considered and con-
statutes a separate offense.
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SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
AYES
APPROVED:
NAY:
ATTEST:
Published this day of �� ,1965.
Ordinance No. 65.22 1 0
1 GAMBLING ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE
OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLI-
NOIS.
SECTION 1. No person, firm
or corporation shall keels, set
up, use or expose within the
limits of the Village any table
(except pool or billiard tables)
machine, or device of any kind
on or by which any game of
chance or hazard can be play-
ed, including, but not exclusive-
ly, pin ball devices, slot ma-
chines and any and all appa-
ratus which operates by means
of the insertion of a coin, to-
ken or similar object, and any
and all apparatus that is ordi-
narily or may be employed in
games of chance, or any form
of gambling.
SECTION 2. Any such ma-
chine, device or apparatus kept
or used with such intent may
be confiscated by any member
of the police department.
SECTION 3. No person, firm
or corporation shall, within the
village set, run or maintain any
lottery, or shall sell or dispose
of for gain any ticket, chance,
or share in any lottery, or shall
sell or attempt to dispose of
any article or property depen-
dent upon any chance by dice,
lottery tickets, numbers or oth-
er fraudulent device, or shall
propose or be in any way con-
nected with any such lottery or
game of chance., or whoever
shall knowingly permit any such
lottery business or enterprise to
be carritd on in any building or
premises owned or controlled by
him.
SECTION 4. No person, firm
or corporation shall, within the
village, set up, keep, maintain,
or support any gambling house
or room or place used for the
practice of gaining or playing
for money or property, or shall
knowingly permit any building
or premises owned or control-
led by him to be used for any
such purpose, or whoever shall
keep or use, or permit to be
used, in any building or place
occupied. controlled or owned
by him, any keno. dice or faro
table, wheel of fortune, roulette,
shuffleboard, cards or other in-
strument or device for the pur-
pose of gaming therewith.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to patronize
or become an inmate of any
gambling house or room or
place used for the purpose of
gaming within the village.
SECTION 6. Every person,
firm or corporation holding a
license issued by the village to
conduct a legitimate business
shall have the same revoked by
tiit president, after a hearing
held by him, if such licensee
violates any of the provisions
of Sections 1 3 or 4 hereof. The
licensee shall have an opportu -,
nity to be heard at such hear -
ing to be held not less than five
days after notice of the time
and place of the hearing, ad-
dressed to him at his last known'
place of business, has been
mailed. Pending notice, bear-
ing and finding, his village li-
cense shall be suspended.
SECTION 7. Every person,
firm or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall upon conviction
be punished by a fine not less
than $10.00 or more than
$500.00. Each day any violation
continues shall be considered'
and constitutes a separate of-
fense.
SECTION R. This ordinance
shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, ap-
proval and publication accord-
ing to law.
Six AYES
None NAYS
APPROVED
WILLIAM J. FARRINGTON
President
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of Wheeling Herald
That said Wh a e l i ng Herald _ is a secular
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Wh e e 1 i ng , County of Cook
and State of Illinois, continuously for more than one year prior to, on and
since the date of the first publication of the notice hereinafter referred to
and is of general circulation throughout said Village, County and State.
I further certify that •e-ling Aeraid
is a newspaper as defined in "an Act to revise the law in relation to
notices" as amended by Act approved July 17, 1959 —Ill. Revised Statutes,
Chap. 100, Para. 1 and 5.
That a notice of which the annexed printed slip is a true copy, was pub-
lished in said Wheeling Herald , on the
18th day of November , A.D. 1965—.
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seal affixed hereto, by FRANCIS E. STITES, its Secretary, at Arlington
Heights, Illinois, this l 4th day of _ .oyember , A.D. 1965—.
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS, INC.
By L _— Secretary.
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