Automatic World

AUTOMATIC
July, 1932
WORLD
Dixie Specialty Co. Becomes Southwest
Representative For
O
NEof the biggest happen-
ings that became in evi-
dence in the coin machine
industry recently was that of the
Dixie Specialty Company of Dallas,
Texas, becoming the Southwestern
factory representative for the Field
Manufacturing Corp. of P eoria, Ill.
Neither of these firms need any
introduction to the trade as both are
known from coast to coast and have
had dealings with operators all over
America. If experience counts in
serving operators it can certainly be
had in the associating with these
firms.
This is the first step taken by the
Field Manufacturing Corp. in estab-
lishing representatives and a wise se-
lection has been made concerning the
Dallas firm . The Dixie Specialty
Company, located in the heart of the
great Southwest, no doubt can extend
a service that will help every South-
western operator toward making
more money. Every new machine
will be offered and prompt service
will always be in evidence. Quicker
shipments, quicker service and quick-
er information will be offered along
with the very lowest prices for ma-
chines and products, quality consid-
ered.
Mr. Bogart, manager of the Dixie
Specialty Company, requests all op-
erators to send in their names and
address so they will receive all the
latest news on coin machines within
48 hours after it happens. There
will be many new offerings coming
up during the next few months and
Dixie Specialty Company will be in
a position to keep you posted on ev-
ery movement, therefore your name
is desired for their files.
Their new jackpot attachment for
pin tables is a winner and the Dixie
Specialty Company will equip your
tables, for a reasonable charge, if
you wIsh to ship your tables to them,
or you may visit their place and they
will gladly instruct you just how to
install the jackpot attachments that
are making plenty money.
Make their place your headquar-
ters while in Dallas. They are lo-
cated at 1308-10 Young street.
Field Mfg.
Corp.
The Louisiana Tax 'Bill
An act to provide additional rev-
enues for the state of Louisiana by
imposing an annual graded excise-li-
cense tax for the privilege of engag-
ing in the business of operating slot
machines and slot locks; to provide
for the manner of paying such tax,
and collecting and enforcing the
same; to provide that the proceeds
from such tax will be paid into the
general fund; to provide that if any
clause, paragraph or section of this
act is held by a competent court to
be illegal, that the remaining por-
tion of this act shall not be affected;
and to repeal all laws or parts of laws
inconsistent or in conflict herewith.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of Louisiana that every
person, firm, association of persons,
company or corporation engaged in
operating within this state any slot
machine wherein is' kept any article
to be purchased or delivered by de-
positing any coin, token or thing of
value and for which may be had any
article of merchandise or any ma-
chine wherein may be seen any pic-
ture or heard any music by deposit-
ing therein any coin, token or thing '
of value, or any slot weighing ma-
chine, or any slot machine for mak-
ing stencils, name-plates or markers
by the u se of machines operated by
depositing any coin in the machine,
token or thing of value, or any lock
operated by depositing therein any
coin, token, or thing of value, or any
other machine, lock, device or appa-
ratus operated by depositing any
coin token or thing of value in a slot,
shall apply for and procure from the
Supervisor of Public Accounts a
state license for the privilege of op-
erating each and every such machine,
and shall pay for such license or li-
censes, for each parish where such
machine or machines are set up and
operated the following tax:
Machines requiring a deposit of
one cent, $10.00.
Machines requiring a deposit of
more than one cent and not more
than five cents, $20.00.
More than five cents and not more
than ten cents, $30.00 .
Eleven
More than ten cents and not more
than twenty cents, $40.00.
More than 20 cents, $50.00.
Section 2. This act and the tax
herein levied shall not apply to slot
machines owned and operated by any
retail merchant in his own place of
business for delivering inerchandise
of the retail value of the coin, token
or other thing of value deposited,
nor to slot machines from which
drinking cups are delivered at not
more than one cent per ·cup.
Section 3. The tax levied in this
act shall be collected by the Super-
visor of Public Accollnts, and the
proceeds therefrom shall be paid into
the state treasury for the account
of the general fund.
Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 pertain to
manner of collection, etc.
Section 8. That any person, firm,
corporation or association of persons
violating any of the provisions of
this act shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction there-
of shall pay a fine of not less than
$100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and
be sentenced to serve not less than
thirty days nor more than ninety
days in the parish jail at the discre-
tion of the court.
Section 9. All laws or parts of
laws inconsistent or in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
EDITOR'S NOTE-Anyone hav-
ing a suggestion to offer that will
assist the Louisiana boys in fighting
this bill, please forward same, at
once, to F. F. Dreibholz, care Associ-
ated Manufacturers Co., New Or-
leans, La.
•
ILLINOIS LOCK COMPANY AP-
POINTS GUERNSEY-HEITKAMP
The Illinois Lock Company, Chi-
cago, manufacturers of preCISIon
locks for coin machine and vending
machine application, has placed its
account with Guernsey-Heitkamp,
Advertising Agency, 43 East Ohio
street, Chicago.