Any gambling device, gambling apparatus, punch board, trade card, ticket, check, writing, slip, paper or document, such as is commonly used as a representation, memorandum or evidence of, or which is designed or intended to be used in the process of making, settling, paying, registering, evidencing or recording, a wager upon the result of any race, contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of any man or beast, policy, number game or scheme of chance, by whatever name, style or title known, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and prejudicial to the public good and public morals. When unlawfully possessed, the same shall be seized by any police officer and destroyed upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that such device is not to be used as an exhibit in evidence in any criminal prosecution, in which case the same shall become a part of the record of the court and shall be subject to destruction only after the final disposition of the case.
(Ord. 13-1954. Passed 3-15-54.)