[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the City
of Bordentown 1-23-1978 by Ord. No. 1977-13. Sections 112-2 and
112-3 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Amusement devices and arcades — See Ch. 104.
No person, firm, group, association or organization whatsoever
shall operate or conduct any game of chance as the same is defined
in the Bingo Licensing Law, N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq., and the Raffles
Licensing Law, N.J.S.A. 5:8-50 et seq., or as both may hereafter be
amended and supplemented, without first obtaining a license therefor
from the Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown, which license
shall be issued to bona fide organizations or associations
of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged,
churches or religious congregations and religious organizations, charitable,
educational and fraternal organizations, civic and service clubs,
senior citizen associations and clubs, officially recognized volunteer
fire companies and officially recognized volunteer first aid or rescue
squads, pursuant to and subject to the provisions of both of the aforementioned
statutes and the rules and regulations of the Legalized Games of Chance
Control Commission of the State of New Jersey.
Whenever a licensee is issued a license to conduct games of
bingo on Saturdays of each week and such a Saturday shall fall upon
January 1, December 24, December 25 or December 31 in any given year
and such games are not conducted on such a Saturday by the licensee
or on any other Saturday, such licensee may, upon approval by the
Board of Commissioners of the City of Bordentown, be issued a special
license for a Sunday; provided, however, that the games on Sunday
shall be commenced at 12:01 a.m. and shall begin immediately following
any regularly licensed and conducted Saturday evening games.
