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.
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. In the event that such proposition is approved, this chapter shall
take effect August 20, 1958.