[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Linwood 1-24-1973
by Ord. No. 1-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Mercantile licenses — See Ch. 179.
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Note: The state statutes known as the "Bingo Licensing Law" and the
"Raffles Licensing Law," as amended and supplemented (N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 to 77)
became operative in the City of Linwood by referendum vote held on November
7, 1972.
No person shall own or operate within the City of Linwood "games of
chance" as defined in the statutes dealing with legalized games of chance
(N.J.S.A. 5:8-1 through N.J.S.A. 5:8-77), without obtaining a license therefor
issued by the Common Council. The license shall be issued pursuant and subject
to the provisions of the Bingo Licensing Law and the Raffles Licensing Law
and rules and regulations issued thereunder.
Each applicant for a license under this section shall file with the
City Clerk a written application as prescribed by the statute and in accordance
with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Legalized Games of Chance
Control Commission.
The fees payable by law are as follows:
A.
Bingo: $10 for each occasion on which any game or games
of bingo are to be conducted under the license. Five dollars of the fee for
each occasion shall be remitted to the municipality in which the application
is filed, and the remaining $5 of the fee for each occasion shall be remitted
to the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey.
B.
On-premise draw raffle: $5 for each day on which the
same is to be conducted under the license.
C.
Nondraw raffle: $5 for all raffles concurrently held
on any one day or any series of consecutive days not exceeding six in any
one week at one location.
D.
Off-premise draw raffle: municipality, $5 for each $1,000
of retail value of the prizes or part thereof; State of New Jersey, $5 for
each $1,000 of retail value of the prizes above the original one-thousand-dollar
value of the prizes or part thereof.
E.
Special door prize raffle for under $50 of value of merchandise
and for which no license is required: no fee is payable.
The aforesaid games of chance may be conducted from 12:00 noon until
12:00 midnight on the same day, except that no such games of chance shall
be conducted on the first day of the week.
In the event any licensee violates any provision of this chapter or
of the aforementioned state statutes or the rules and regulations promulgated
by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission or the terms of the license,
the licensee shall be deemed a disorderly person. Upon conviction he shall,
in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit
any license issued to him under this chapter.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a
term not exceeding 180 days, or both.
