[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Ingram
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-15-1922 by Ord.
No. 485]
The Mayor of the Borough of Ingram is hereby given power and authority,
upon payment to him of the fees hereinafter set forth, to license public pool
and billiard rooms and bowling alleys within said Borough of Ingram, and each
and every person, firm or corporation owning and operating, or operating,
a public pool and billiard room or bowling alleys shall apply to the Mayor
for a license therefor, in writing, setting forth in the application their
nativity, previous occupation, place or locality of the proposed pool or billiard
room or bowling alleys, the number of tables or alleys to be used, the number
of rooms, whether the whole or part of such house or building is to be used
for such purposes, what rooms or parts of the building are to be connected
therewith and what other business is to be run or conducted in the same rooms
or in connection therewith.
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted in any pool or
billiard room or bowling alleys or in any rooms or parts of the building connected
therewith nor shall such pool or billiard rooms or bowling alleys be open
or playing be permitted therein between the hours of 11:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.,
nor shall such licensee permit drunken or disorderly persons to frequent or
congregate on the premises for which such license shall have been granted,
nor shall there be any gambling or games of chance permitted therein.
Any police officer or other official of the Borough of Ingram is hereby
given power and authority, in case of any disorder, drunkenness, disturbance
or annoyance of any kind in any such pool and billiard rooms or bowling alleys
or house so licensed, to enter upon and into such place or places and arrest
on view all persons acting in a disorderly manner or in such way as to disturb
the public peace, and the Mayor shall and is hereby given the right, power
and authority to close any such licensed place violating the provisions of
this article and shall also have the right and power to revoke and annul such
license.
No such licensed pool or billiard rooms shall be conducted or carried
on in any room except on the first or street floor and fronting or opening
onto such street, and, while open for business, the windows and doors shall
in no way be covered or obstructed to prevent a clear view of such pool and
billiard room or rooms from the street or highway and all such pool and billiard
rooms and bowling alleys shall be well lighted and ventilated and kept in
a clean and sanitary condition.
Any peace officer or other official of the Borough of Ingram is hereby
given the power and authority to enter any such pool and billiard rooms and
bowling alleys and other part or parts of building connected therewith, for
the purpose of inspection at any time during the day or night.
Every person, firm or corporation engaged in the keeping or conducting
of an unlicensed public pool and billiard room or bowling alley shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $600 for each and every day such room or rooms
or bowling alley shall be kept open and in operation, together with all costs,
and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding
30 days.
Every person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this article or failing to comply with its terms and conditions shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $600 for each and every offense, together with
all costs, and in default of payment thereof shall be imprisoned for a period
not exceeding 30 days.
[Adopted 3-8-1982 by Ord.
No. 1152]
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall at any time have in
its or their possession within the Borough of Ingram any mechanical, electrical
or electronic device, machine or apparatus whatsoever for the playing of games
and amusement, including all forms of mechanical, electrical and electronic
devices for the playing of games and amusement, through the insertion therein
of a coin or any other metal disc, slug or token whatsoever, without first
having procured a license therefor as hereinafter provided in this article.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation desiring to procure a license, as provided in § 48-9 of this article, shall apply therefor in writing to the Borough Secretary. Said application shall set forth the name or names, the residence or residences of the person or persons, firm or corporation so applying, together with the present and previous occupation of the applicant or applicants and the length of residence at the present and at the previous place of residence; the name of the owner of the premises upon which the aforesaid machines are to be used and installed, and, if the owner of the premises is not the applicant, then the applicant shall set forth the length of time for which the premises have been leased and whether the applicant is a citizen of the United States. The applicant shall also set forth the manufacturer and nature of the machines to be installed and used.
The information required in § 48-10 hereof shall be furnished over the signature of the applicant or applicants and shall be made under oath or affirmation.
No license shall be granted until a period of five days shall have elapsed
from the date of the delivery of the application to the Borough Secretary,
during which time he may, at his discretion, investigate the facts set forth
in the application, and no license shall be granted to any person not a citizen
of the United States.
Nothing in this article shall in any way be construed to authorize,
license or permit any gambling whatsoever, or any mechanism that has been
judicially determined to be a gambling device, or in any way contrary to law,
or that may be contrary to any future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
No license shall be issued until an annual fee therefor shall have been
paid to the Borough Secretary in a sum as set from time to time by resolution
of the Borough Council[1] for each and every device so installed and used under the terms
of this article in the Borough of Ingram, which amount paid as aforesaid shall
be a license fee until December 31 of each year. However, should any such
device be installed after July 1 of any year and application of license thereof
be made after said date, then the license fee to December 31 of said year
shall be the sum of as set from time to time by resolution of the Borough
Council.
Upon the payment of the license fee provided by this article, the Borough
Secretary shall issue a disc or plate setting forth legibly the number of
the license for each machine so licensed, which said disc or plate shall be
attached and fastened to the respective machine or device in a conspicuous
place.
The annual license herein required, if granted, shall permit the holder
thereof to transfer the disc or plate carrying the license number to machines
other than the particular machine for which said plate or disc was issued;
provided that each license shall cover only one machine at any one time, and
provided also that, at the time of making any such transfer, the holder of
said license shall notify the Borough Secretary, in writing, of the transfer,
and shall set forth in said notification the manufacturer and nature of the
substituted machine.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof before the District Justice,
be fined a sum not in excess of $600 for each and every offense, plus costs
of prosecution, and in default of payment of such fine and costs, shall be
imprisoned for a period of not more than 30 days, at the discretion of the
District Justice. Each and every day that any machine or device shall be operated
and used in violation of the terms of this article shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense under this article and shall be subject to separate and
distinct penalties thereunder.
