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New Kansas Cit, Ordinance
Completel, Legalizes . "Free· Pia,"
KANSAS CITY, Mo.- On J uly 9th, pin
ball tables and marble games were definitely
declared by Kansas City, Missouri's City
Council to be "Amusemen t Games". The
new ordinance which became effective July
19th stated :
"Coin operated Amusement Device shall
include pinball machines, marbl e machines,
music vendin g machines and any other de-
vices operated by the insertion of a coin,
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CHICKEN SAM OPERATORS
"BIT TBE
SIAMESE RATS"
disc or oth er insertion piece, whether or not
also manipulated by the operator, and which
operates for the amusement of the operator,
whether or not by r egistering a score,
"The term shall not include slot machines,
claw machines, or other machines prohibited
by State law; it shall not include machines
or devi ces used bona fid e and solely for th e
vending of food, service, confections or mer-
chandise."
Thus the Kansas Ci ty ordinance has set
"amusement machines" a part from all other
types of equipment-a goal which Hobbies,
Inc., has worked for ever since the forma-
tion of this local operators' association.
However, the new bill do es make a dis-
tinction within its newly created brack et
between th e tables and automatic music
machines particularly in the matter of
licenses. The per-unit license for the tables
is now $10.00 while th e phonogra phs remain
at $5.00 per year.
Not so lon g ago, rumor around Kansas
City coin machin e circles had it that a
$25.00 per unit tax was going on the tables.
However, the City Government listened to
th e operators' side of th e story and th e new
measure was written as presented here.
But, the part of the Ordinance whi ch much
more interested and cheered-up the oper-
ators was not th e amount of the new license
but th e n ew prestige the ordinance has
a dded to coin machine operation locally.
In the first pl ace, it settles the question
of who may operate and who may not op-
era te coin machines from an own ersh ip
point of vi ew. T his is handled through a
free permit issued by the local Welfare
Department which is necessary before the
coin machin e licenses may be purchased.
Of course, the idea is to keep all unde-
sirable and fl y-by-night elements out of the
business locally and thus maintain the
prestige the ordinance has afforded the
tables by completely legalizing them.
J ust how strict Kansas City in tends to be
regarding who operates Amusement Ma-
chines within its bord ers may b e seen by
the followin g paragraph from the ordinance :
"No licen se shall be issued or
b e e ffective unless the distributor
o r exhibitor ( oper a tor) shall also
h ave a p e rmit issued b y the D i -
recto r o f Welfa r e. Bef o r e issu-
a n ce o f su ch p ermi t, the Director
o f Welfa r e sh a ll cause a n in vesti-
gation to be m ade of the a ppli-
cant a nd the place wh e r e the ma-
ch in es a r e to b e exhibited a nd
p ermi t m ay b e r efused to a n y
. p er son, fi rm or corp o r a tion wh o
in its previo u s o p e r a tion of a n y
place of business h as b een con-
victed of main taining a n y gambl-
in g d evice, o r viola tion o f a n y
o ther law or o rdin a n ce in volvin g
m o r a l turpitude o r who is m ain-
tainin g a place of business whe r e
disorderly conduct h as b een f r e-
q u ently prevalent o r u nde r su ch
o ther condition s as set fo rth. ( In
previou s o rdin a n ce.)"
This permit is issued by the Director of
everyone's got a nick.el for
BROTHER BILL
On Bluebird: TONY PASTOR
I Hitler and the JapJ
A POSITIVE SENSATION
Players Stand in Line
to Shoot
A new Wooden Composit ion
Figure and Legs - Figure re-
verses when hit, showing a Jap
on one side and Hitler on the
othe r side.
Unit co nsists of a new wood en co mposi-
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legs as well as new scenery processed in
sixteen co lo rs . All units t horo ugh ly c hecked
and ready for e asy install a t io n. Stre a mers
fo.r t op of mac hine rea ding " Hit The
Siamese Ra ts-H itle r a nd the J a p " f ur-
nis hed with eac h unit .
$15 00
fo r co mplete unit F.O .B. Sa n
Anton io . Terms: 50% wit h o r-
de r, ba lan ce C .O .D. (pa ymen t
in full will save C.O .D. fee) . $1 0.00 e ac h
for fi gures only (no scenery).
Samples Sold with Money Back.
Guarantee
If you convert a Chicken Sam, insist
on th e Siamese Rats Unit.
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