HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 429 - 4/26/1966 - PINBALL GAMES/AMEND CODEORDINANCE NO. 429
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PINBALL, BAGATELLE
OR PIGEONHOLE GAMES WHEN SAME ARE USED AS
GAMBLING DEVICES
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board
of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook
and DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1. That there is hereby added to Chapter 24 of the
Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village the following:
1124.040 - It shall be unlawful for any person
to keep or use in any place of public resort within the
village any tables or implements for any game of
pinball, bagatelle or pigeonhole when same is used as a
gambling device.
(a) The term "pinball, bagatelle or pigeon-
hole," as used in this ordinance, shall mean a game
played with any number of balls or spheres upon a
table or board having holes, pockets or cups into
which such balls or spheres may drop or become lodged
and having arches, pins, and springs, or any of them,
to control, deflect, or impede the direction or speed
of the balls or spheres put in motion by the player,
and shall include the modern variety of bagatelle or
pigeonhole commonly known as pinball games.
(b) The term "a gambling device" as used above
shall include any machine or device which offers free
games, awards, prizes or bonuses of any kind or nature
whatsoever.
(c) The term "place of public resort," as used
in this ordinance, shall mean any premises wherein any
service or merchandise is offered for sale to the public
or where tables or implements for playing the game of
bagatelle or pigeonhole are kept for gain or profit, or
any premises used as a clubhouse or clubrooms.
(d) It is hereby made the duty of every policeman to
seize any table or implement kept or used in violation of
this ordinance and, upon conviction of the keeper thereof,
such table or implement so seized shall be destroyed.
Any person obstructing or resisting any policeman in the
performance of any act authorized by this section shall be
fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two
hundred dollars for each offense.
24.041 - Any person who shall violate Section
24.040 shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor
more than two hundred dollars for each offense, and
each day that the violation continues shall be
regarded as constituting a distinct and separate
offense."
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication
according to law.
PASSED this 26th day of April, 1966
APPROVED this 26th day of April, 1966
Jack D. Pahl
President
Attest:
Eleanor G. Turner
Village Clerk
Published this 5th day of Mas . 1W)
in the Elk Grove Herald and
DuPage County -Register