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In the December REVIEW we published
the Santa Ana (Calif.) Ordinance licensing
arcades and pointed out the fairness of the
measure and that it had been worked out
with the aid and assistance of an Arcade
operator in that city.
This month we are publishing the ordi-
nance covering Arcades in Bakersfield,
Calif., which is equally fair and shows an
intelligent handling of the licensing. It is
suggested that Arcade operators clip these
sample ordinances and use them to their
own advantage as the occasions arise.
ORDINANCE No. 600, NEW SERIES
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PARAGRAPH
(a) OF SUBDIVISION 44 OF SECTION 17
OF ORDINANCE No. 512 NEW SERIES OF
THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, AND ADD-
ING SUBDIVISIONS lA, 6A, 28A AND 45A
TO SECTION 17 OF SAID ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, as follows:
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Sec t io n 1
That Paragraph (a) of Subdivision 44 of Sec-
tion 17 of Ordinance No. 512 New Series of the
City of Bakersfield, entitled " AN ORDINANCE
REGULATING f.,.ND IMPOSING MUNICIPAL
LICENSES; DESCRIBING HOW AND BY
WHOM LICENSES AND PERMITS SHALL BE
OBTAINED; MAKING A VIOLATION HERE -
OF A MISDEMEANOR, AND PRESCRIBING A
PENALTY THEREFOR, AND REPEALING
ORDINANCE No. 391 NEW SERIES AND ALL
AMENDM ENTS THERETO, AND ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH," be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
44. T h ea t e r s, Sh o ws, Games, A mu sem e nts, Exh i.
h ilio n s, E t c.
(a) For every person, firm, or corporation coo-
ducting, managing. or carrying on a theater coo-
taining a permanent stage upon which movable -
scenery and theatrical appliances are used. where
regular theatrical or vaudeville performances are
given. and to which an admission fee is charged.
collected, or received. or conduding, ma·nagmg,
or carrying on a moving picture theater where
moving or motion pictures are exhibited and an
admiSSIOn fee is charged, collected, or received,
the quarterly license fee shall be Twenty-six Dol-
lars ($26.00) for three hundred (300) seats or
less, and Two Dollars ($2 .00) per quarter addi-
tional for each one hundred (100) seats, or frac-
tion thereof. over and above 300 seats.
Sec tio n 2
That a new subdivision to be designated as Sub-
division lA be added to Section 17 of Ordinance
No. 512 New Series, said Subdivision to read as
fo llows:
lAo A r cad es.
For every person, firm, or corporation conduct·
ing, managing or carrying on an arcade. the sum
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of Sixty Doll ars ($60.00) per year, payable an-
nually in advance on the first day of January of
each year, which license fee may be pro-rated for
a fraction of a year, but in no event shall the
license fee paid be less than the sum of Twenty
Dollars ($20.00).
For the purpose of this section, an arcade is
defined to be one general enclosure in which is
conducted the business of operating or exhibiting
any phonogral'h, graphophone, talking machine,
kinetoscope, bIOgraph, projectoscope, or any other
instrument or machine of like character and ex-
hibiting, showing or -letting the use of any micro-
scope, lung-tester, muscle-tester, galvanic battery,
weighing machine, or machine of like character.
Sectio n 3
That a new subdivision to be designated as Sub-
division 6A be added to Section 17 of Ordinance
No. 512 New Series, said subdivision to read as
follows:
6A . B a il Bond B r o kers
For every person conducting, managing, or
carrying on the business of a bail bond broker.
One Hundred Dollars ($100 .00) per year, payable
annually in advance.
For every person employed by a bail bond broker
to aid or assist such broker in procuring or solicit-
ing business, Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year,
payable annually in advance.
Sectio n 4
. Th at a new subdivision to be designated as Sub-
diVISIOn 28A be added to Section 17 of Ordinance
No. 512 New Series, said subdivision to read as
follows:
28A . M u sic Boxes ( M ach i n e o r d evice fo r p l ay-
ins.. music)
For every person, firm, or corporation operating
or maintaining tables, machines, or deVices for
playing or rendering music upon the deposit of a
coin, a license fee of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents
($2.50) per quarter for each machine, table or
device.
For every coin intake slot, wherever located, in
connection with the main machine. Fifty Cents
($.50) per quarter.
All remote control machines operated from a
central station, Two Doll ars and Fifty Cents
($2.50) per quarter for each machine.
Sect i on 5
That a new subdivision to be designated as
Subdivision 45A be added to Section 17 of Ordi-
nance No. 512 New Series, said subdivision to
read as fo llows:
45A. Vending M ach i n es
For every person, firm or corporation operating
any machine or machines vending any goods,
wares. or merchandise for the sum of One Cent
($.01), a license fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per
year shall be charged for each such machine that
such person, firm or corporation operates or main·
tains, payable annually in advance.
For every person, firm, or corporation operating
or maintaining any machine or machines vending
ice cream, popcorn, candy, soft drinks, cigarettes
or any similar goods, wares, or merchandise for
the sum greater than One Cent ($.01), a license
fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) per year for each
such machine, payable annually in advance.
The above shall not apply to postage stamp
vending machines.
Sec tio n 6
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby expressly repealed.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordi-
nance was passed and adopted by the Council of
, the City of Bakersfield, at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 22nd day of September, 1941,
by the following vote:
Ayes: Clements, Marmaduke, Norris, Siemon,
Smith, Sollers, Vercammen.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
V. VAN RIPER.
City Clerk and Ex-Officio Clerk of the Council
of the City of Bakersfield .
APPROVED by me this 22nd day of Septem-
ber, 1941.
.
ALFRED SIEMON,
Mayor of the City of Bakersfield.
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