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Any person found in any room or apartment where such gambling implement or implements are discovered shall, unless the contrary appear, be deemed to have possession of the same; provided, that the possession of such implements by the manufacturer of the same shall be deemed innocent or for a lawful purpose.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
(Amended by Ord. 59-58, App. 2/5/58; repealed by Ord. 14-02, File No. 011845, App. 2/8/2002)
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise to operate, keep, maintain, rent, use or conduct, within the City and County of San Francisco, any clock, tape, slot or card machine, or any other machine, contrivance or device upon which money is staked or hazarded upon chance or into which money is paid, deposited, or played, upon chance or upon result of the action of which money or any other article or thing of value is staked, bet, hazarded, won or lost upon chance.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
It shall be unlawful for any person, either as owner, lessee, agent, employee, mortgagee or otherwise, to operate, keep, maintain, rent, use or conduct, within the City and County of San Francisco, any machine, contrivance, appliance or mechanical device upon the result of the action of which money or other valuable things are staked, or hazarded, and which is operated, or played by placing or depositing therein any coins, checks, slugs, balls or other articles or device, or in any other manner, and by means of the action thereof, or as a result of the operation of which, any merchandise, money, representative or article of value, check or token, redeemable in, or exchangeable for money, or any other thing of value is won or lost, or taken from or obtained from such machine when the result of the action or operation of such machine, contrivance, appliance, or mechanical device, is dependent upon hazard or chance.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Sections 325 and 326 of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100, nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
It shall be unlawful for any person in the City and County of San Francisco to become an inmate of or, for any unlawful purpose to visit any house, premises, room, apartment or place carried on, conducted, or used as a "Poolroom" or house, premises, room or apartment carried on, conducted or used as a place for, or for the purpose of making, buying or selling pools, or for making "books," or pools, or for making bets or wagers or for making out, issuing or delivering "pool tickets," cards, prints, papers or memoranda showing or indicating, or purporting or understood to show or indicate the character or nature of a pool, or bet, or wager, or amount of money, or thing, or article staked, pledged or wagered, or for recording or registering "books," pools, bets or wagers or for the receipt, payment, distribution of money or other articles or things as representatives of value paid, offered, staked, pledged, bet, wagered, lost or won on a horse race, or on horse racing, on a contest or on contest of speed between horses, or on a dog race, or on dog racing, or on a contest or on contests of speed between dogs, or on a contest or on contest between men.
(Amended by Ord. 59-58, App. 2/5/58)
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell or buy pools or make books or make or receive as principal or agent or otherwise, any bet or wager whereby money or other representative of value is staked or pledged on a race or races understood to be run, or purporting to be run between horses.
(Added by Ord. 1.075, App. 10/11/38)
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