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ORDINANCE NO. 848.
An Ordinanoe relating to taxes for operating punoh boards
and raffles and amending Section 1 of Ordinanoe No. 846 of the
Ordinanoes of the City of Auburn passed am approved February
17,1942.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Seotion 1 of Ordinance No. 846 of the
Ordinances of the City of Auburn entitled: "AN ORDINANCE to
i~ provide revenue, regulating, and imposing a tax upon, punch
!~ boards and other merohandising devices (except 'amusement devioes'
l:,'j \.1:,' and 'vending maohines' as defined by Ordinance No. 794 of the City
~ ~ of Auburn) and raffles, requiring that suoh tax shall be paid in
': .::::: advance, and presoribing penalties for violations of the provi-
j~' 'I sions of this ordinanoe." , passed and approved February 17, 1942,
i " ,be and the same is hereby amended so that as amended said Section
; ;'" i 1 shall read as follows:
i' j'i Seotion 1. From and after the /!.J! day of h~b'~V'
::1 j 1942, there is hereby levied and sha II'tie co llectec. rom aoh
L g 0 person, firm, organiza ti on or corporation, a tax, payable in
i;~ 1;1 advance, for the act or privilege of operating within the
. City of Auburn any punoh board or other merchandising device
(except 'amusement devioes' and 'vending maohines' as defined
by Ordinanoe No. 794 of the ordinam es of the City of Auburn) ,
and any raffle for prizes, merchandise, money or other things
of value, irrespeotive of whether such aotivity shall be
legal or illegal under the laws of the State of Washington;
Provided, however, that the provisions of this ordinance
shall not apply to any regularly organized ohurch, veteran
or fraternal organization, and shall not be oonstrued as an
attempt to legalize any aotivity now or hereafter deolared
to be in violation of the laws of this Stat e, but the
illegality of suoh activity shall not be a defense or bar to
the co11eotion of any tax imposed thereon by this ordinance.
The tax herein 1eviea, on each raffle shall be five per
oent (5%) of the total gross reoeipts or expected amount to
be paid in and reoeived on aocount of suoh raffle.
No tax is levied herein on penny punoh boards. The tax
herein levied on all punoh boards other than penny punoh
boards is hereby fixed at the following sums:
On each punoh board designed for not more than 500
punohes or chanoes, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
On eaoh punoh board designed for more than 500
and not exoeeding 1,000 punohes or chanoes,
On eaoh punoh board designed for more than 1,000
and not exoeeding 2,000 punches or chanoes, - - - -
On each punoh board designed for more than 2,000
and not exceeding 3,000 punches or ohances,
On eaoh punch board designed for more than 3,000
and not exceeding 4,000 punohes or ohances,
$ .25
.50
1.00
2.00
3.00
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On eaoh punch board designed for more than 4,000
and not exoeeding 5,000 punohes or chanoes, $ 4.00
On each punch board designed for more than 5,000
punches or chances, - - - - - - - - - - 5.00
INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
APPROVED :
May 5, 1942
May 5, 1942
May 5, 1942
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Published:
May 8, 1942.