[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rhinebeck 7-2-1958. Section 45-1 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Rhinebeck, outside of the corporate limits of the Village of Rhinebeck, subject to the provisions of this chapter. Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law and the following restrictions:
A. 
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B. 
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the same.
C. 
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
D. 
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate more than $1,000.
E. 
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
F. 
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute and be punishable as a misdeameanor.
The provisions of this chapter shall remain inoperative unless and until a proposition therefor is submitted at a special election to be held in the said Town of Rhinebeck on August 8, 1958, and shall be approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors of the said Town of Rhinebeck, outside of the corporate limits of the Village of Rhinebeck, voting thereon.[1] In the event that such proposition is approved, this chapter shall take effect August 20, 1958.
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Editor's Note: This legislation was approved at a special election held 8-8-1958.