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22, ORDINANCE NO. llO0 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CIT~ OF SANTA ANA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 658, ENTITT.k-~ "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE L!CEN- SING OF BUS!NESS, SHOWS, EX~IBITION~. AND GA~.~S CONDUCTED OR CiRR~D ON IN THE CITY OF SZ~NTA ANA, FIXING 'l'~ RATE OF LICENSE ~REFOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION %'H~EOF." THE COUNCIL OF T~E CITY OF SANTA ANA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOV~S: SECTION l: That Ordinance No. 658 entitled "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING 0F BUSINESS, SH0?~, E~HIBITION AND GA~S C0~DUCTED OR CARRIED ON IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, FIXING THE RATE OF LICENSE T~EFOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION THEREOF" be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new' section thereto to be numbered Sec. 40~, which said section shall be inserted in said ordinance between sections 40 and 41 thereof, and which said section shall read as follows, to-wit: "SECTION ~0~: Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operating coin-operated machines for entertsirnnent or amusement only, shall~pay a license fee to the City of Santa Ana in accordance with the number of machines so operated as hereinafter set forth. "The words 'coin-operated machines for entertainment or amusement only' are hereby declared to mean any mechanical device, machine or equipment, other than those otherwise licensed by ordinances of the City of Santa Aha, which may be operated by placing a coin or slug in a slot provided for the purpose, thereby releasing the mechanism of s~id machine, device or equipment, so that other parts thereof will operate or allow the player to operate the same, ~.~hether or not the result of the operation of said machine is dependent upon skill or chance, and provided said machine does not in any manner provide for the return of any coin, slug or other thing of value which may be used to again operate said machine, and provided further, that nothing .in this section shall be. deemed to license any ~mchine, contrivance or equipment which is so arranged as to permit or allow any slugs, c~ins or other tokens of value to be removed from said res. chine. "The words 'person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operating' such machines shall be con- strued to mean any person, firm or corporation who is the o~mer, lessor, rentor~ consignor of, or who exercises supervisory control over, such machine or machines, v~hether or not said machine or machines are i.n a place of business operated by such person, firm~ or corporation, or by some other person, firm or corporation, when said machine is ma~de available to the public or is permitted to be operated by the r~mbers of the public. Any person operating a place of business in which such a coin-operated machine shall be made available to the public, shall not be deemed to come '~vithin the purview of this section, if a license on ~uch machine ~s been paid by the owner, lessor, renter or consignor of ~aid machine. The license fee to be paid here~nder shall be as follows: