placed, were concerned over th e possible
loss of revenue."
Revenu e to the state has been roughly
e timated at $3,000,000 a year and some
have sa id a special session of the legisla.
ture would have to be called to find other
sources to make up the lost revenue. News·
paper have reported that total li cense
fees on all types of games has meant about
$12000,000 a year in revenue. Seattle took
in $84,000 in pin ball license fees in 1949,
licensing only non·payout games.
Some have suggested tha t a special se ion
of th e leg islature might be called to legal·
ize games involved, but the Governor is
quoted as sayin g that th e State did not
want any part in the court proceedings a nd
the outlook for spec ial legislation to legal ize
the ma chin es in question al .o seems to he
out.
Trade leaders suggest th at th e best out·
look for further favora bl e leg islation will
await the regular sess ion of th e leg islature,
and th at ci ti es and counti es are certain to
press for favorable legislation as th ey have
done previously.
Th e situation th at led to th e high court
decision of Nov. 9, declarin g the games
involved as ga mblin g device and hencp
prohibited by state law, a rose in Spoka ne.
The developments in th at city have hec II
reported in THE R EV IEW for many monlh,.
A Spokane ordinance which bann ed ('e rwin
type of machines was being tested in tIlt'
courts. Two operators had sought to prc
vent th e city of Spokane from arrestin g or
molesting them while operating th e ma·
chin e in question. They were upportf'r1
in this move by th e operators' associat ion .
As th e case started in Spokane th e only type
of machines involved seemed to he those
making cash payo ut.
A lot of legislative and legal hi ~ to ry ]it's
hack of the situ ation. The high courl hased
its decision on a 1909 law. Ci ties hnye
claimed power to license pin ba ll , co nsolI'S
and bells under a 1941 law.
In 1941, in Chapter 118 of the laws of
that year, th e state legislature by an on·r·
whelmin g vote passed, on executi ve reqll f'st
of Governor Langlie, Senate Bill No. 224,
wh ich imposed a 10% tax on pin hall
machines and a 20% tax on bell machin E",
the bill heing signed by th e Governor. Bell
machines in clubs are exp ressly authorized
by th e leg islature. This 1941 law set "I'
elabo rate machinery for coll ec tin g th e tax
a nd provided [or regulations and hi·
monthl y report forms by the S tate Tax
Comm iss ion, and ca rri ed an eme rgency
clau e to the effect that the bill was ncc('s·
3t~
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NOW!
:J~e 1950
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Said a city offi cial of one of th e larger
cities of the State, who did not want to be
quoted in the press:
"This 1941 law expres Iy provided that
municipalities could also tax th ese devices
and contained the provision that ' nothing
in this title shall be construed to bar
counties and in co rporated cities and town s
from regulatin g or prohibiting th e opera-
tion of any such mechani ca l devices.' This
provision a uthorizin g co unties, cities and
town s 'to reg ulate or prohibit' these
mechani cal devices in th eir respective local
areas can ce rtainly be co nstru ed to be a
legislative crea ti on of lo ca l option with
respect to uch mechanical devices, whi ch
option the city of Spokane exercised .
"The exp res authorization co ntain ed in
th e 1941 law to reg ul ate and tax pin ball
machin es in their respec tive lo ca l areas
has been widely relicd on by counties, citieo
and town s of the state.
"This prov ision has not been disturbed
in four sessions of th e legislature, whi ch
doubl ed th e state tax in 1947, again with
an emergen cy clause, and in 1947 (House
Bill 13) and in 1949 (Hou se Bill 205)
ref used to pass bills rendering pin ball
machines unlawful.
"This express authorization seems to
have bee n recognized by the prosecutin g
attorneys of th e 39 co unties and the city
attorneys of in co rporated citi es and town s,
these e ight yea rs. The deliberate legislative
poli cy of the 1941 Act has been relied on
for the past e ight years in the puhlic bud get
making by th e state and its muni cipalities,
and the sudden deprivation of thi s revcnue
will drastically upset public budgets, with
little or no opportunity to the sta te or its
municipalities to repla ce th ese 10 t revenues
within any reaso nabl e tim e, th e alternative
bein g drastic cuts in payrolls and other
items."
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