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—lir ORDINANCE NO.143 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND –STATE OF MINNESOTA REGULATING THE CONDUCT OF BINGO, AND PROVIDING A SS N PENALTY FOR VIOLATION COUNTY OF Washington • gy The Council of the City of Hugo or- ' da ins: Duane A.Rasmussen,being duly sworn,on oath says he is and during all the times herein stated has been the publisher • 35-1.PURPOSE.The purpose of this and printer of the newspaper known as the Forest Lake Times and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: ordinance is to closely regulate and control the conduct of the game of bingo Said newspaper is r g g g newspaper y and to prohibit commercialization ofprinted in the English language a in news a er format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed bingo. space to at least 900 squre inches.Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week.Said newspaper t 35-2. DEFINITIONS. Whenever the has 50%of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not following terms appear in this or- wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents,plate matter and advertisements.Said news- dinance, they shall have the meanings paper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve,has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to assigned to them in this section. paying subscribers,has an average of at least 75%of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in Subd.A.Active member.A member of arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post-office.Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Forest the organization requesting a license Lake in the County of Washington and it has its known office of issue in the City of Forest Lake in said count established , whose dues are id for the current y. membership period and who has been a and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news,sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and member for at least six months. maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control dur- Subd.B.Bingo.A game where each ing all such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. Said newspaper files a copy of each issue im- player has a card or board for which a mediately with the State Historical Society.Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any per- consideration has been paid,containing son,corporation,partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable five horizontal rows of spaces,with each payment.Said newspaper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of • row except the central one containing publication mentioned below.Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1,1966 five figures. The central row has four and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing of- figures with the word"free"marked in ficer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper. the center space thereof.A player wins a game of bingo by completing any pre- announced combination of spaces or,in He further states on oath that the printed Public Notice hereto attached the absence of a pre-announcement of a combination of spaces,any combination h of five spaces in a row,either vertical, as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English horizontal,or diagonal. Subd. C. Bingo occasion. A single gathering or session.at which a series of lanuage,once each week,for :)T1A successive weeks; that it was first so published on Thursday, one or more successive bingo games is played.Subd. D. Eligible organization. Any the 21$t day of July19-1,-, and was thereafter printed and published on every fraternal, religious, veterans, or other non-profit organization which has been Thursday to and including the )1:1 t day of Ju'" 19 77 in existence for at least three,years and has at least 30 active members. Subd. E. Profit. The gross receipts and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z,both inclusive,and is hereby acknowledged collected from-one or more bingo oc- as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice,to wit'. casions less reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, 6-point News Type--abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz rent,and utilities used during the bingo occasions, bingo license fees, and _ ,je ,ir}' .kYpF.Tpa iC ...e10.0 �c}Chtio�(,CS91nriTA compensation to persons lawfully hired to conduct or assist in conducting a bingo occasion. - _vs.„„..,aa,-—•--�M 35-3. LICENSE REQUIRED. Thebue following licensing requirements must be met: Subscribed and sworn to befor me this t'1 l+t day of J,;Tr 191.1._ Subd. A. Requirement. No bingo oc- i casion shall be conducted except by an eligible organization which has secured ^\ a license for that purpose,as provided in �- L this ordinance, when conducted not more than twice in a year by any organization which is otherwise eligible / r. KL i:Tai JARVIS F,�. fora license. Not y CHISAGO COON ,,Minnerta Subd.B.Term.A license shall be valid NOTit Y r .IC•MIN N ESOTA until December 31 in the year of the date (NOTORIAL SEAL) My om�r tlssion EExptFA es 18 of issuance. M• �OMM19..�VN !. co e.�.. .O,I,,..,Li— Subd.C. Fee.The annual license fee' ,,,,,„c,"."....... .---..P. shall be established by resolution of the City Council.