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In the Board of Supervisors, of
the County of Contra Costa, State
of California.
ORDINANCE No. 211
An Ordinance Regulating Horne, Dog
and Animal Racing in the County
of Contra Costa, and Providing for
a License Fee Therefor.
The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa, State of
California., do hereby ordain as fol-
lows:--
Section I. It shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
engage in the promotion, conduct,
holding, maintenance, management
or running of any races or other
contests of speed or endurance be-
tween horses, dogs or other animals,
1�n the Counts- of Contra Costa, with-
out having first applied for and re-
ceived a permit to do so from the
Board of Supervisors of said coun-
ty. Said permit and said applica-
tion therefor shall expressly state
the number of days and the dates
during and upon which such horse
races or contests of speed or endur-
ance between animals are to be and
are permitted to be promoted, con-
ducted, held, maintained, managed
: ncl run, as aforesaid.
Section II. A license fee of two
hundred fifty (250.00) dollars per
day for each and every day, or frac-
tion thereof, on which any such
horse race or contest of speed or
endurance between horses or other
animals is conducted, or intended to
be conducted is hereby fixed and
j must be paid. Said license fee to
be payable before twelve noon of
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each day on which any such horse
race or contest is to be conducted.
Section III. Any person violating,
or assisting in violating any of the
provisions of this Ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punish-
able by a fine in a sum not to ex-
ceed five hundred (500.00) dollars,
or by imprisonment in the County
Jail for a period of not to exceed
six (6) months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. It is fur-
ther provided that each and every
day that ,,uch violation continues,
or exists, shall constitute a new and
separate offense.
Section IV. This Ordinance shall
be published one week in the Contra
Costa Gazette-Martinez Daily,Stand-
ard, a newspaper of general circula-
tion published in the County of Con-
tra Costa., State of California, with-
in fifteen days after the date of its
1)assage and shall take effect thirty
(30) days after its passage.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE
was duly passed and adopted at an
adjourned regular meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa, held on the 25th
day of July, 1932, by the follow-
ing vote, to-wit:
Ayes-Supervisors Jas. N. Long, 0s_
car Olsson, H. M. Stow, W. J. Bu-
chanan and R. J. Trembath.
Noes--Supervisors-None.
Absent--Supervisors--None.
W. J. BUCHANAN,
Chairman.
Attest: S. C. WELLS,
Clerk.
Pub. July 27, 28, 29, 30, Aug. 1, 2.
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