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Gambling

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Consumer Protection Scrapbooks

 Series
Identifier: 2705-01
Abstract

Scrapbooks containing news clippings related to consumer protection.

Dates: 1911-1967

Department Efficiency Committee Documents

 Series
Identifier: 1802-C8
Scope and Contents note In 1911, City Council directed departments to report back regarding ways of reducing costs of operation and maintenance. By 1912 a City Council Committee was formed for ongoing investigation of efficiency in City departments. Initially called the Department Efficiency Committee, the name was changed to the Departmental Efficiency Committee in 1948, and was combined with Personnel in 1948. Its last year in existence was 1967. In addition to assessing efficiencies in departments, the Committee...
Dates: 1910-1947

Hearings Transcripts

 Series
Identifier: 1802-B5
Scope and Contents note

Verbatim transcripts of hearings on issues including limited access highways, department head appointments, ethics and fair campaign practices, urban renewal, allegations of graft in government, and public utility regulation. Especially interesting are the 1924 hearings by the City Council's Departmental Efficiency Committee investigating corruption in the Seattle Police Department. Also includes petitions and notices related to the hearings.

Dates: 1922-1980

Ordinance 5, 1890-01-24

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9106_02_05
Abstract

An Ordinance to provide revenue and to tax and license certain vocations, to fix the amount of such tax and provide for the collection thereof, and to make it penal to carry on any of the vocations or to keep any of the animals herein mentioned, without first paying such tax or obtaining such license, and providing for the prosecution of all violations of the ordinance.

Ordinance 9, 1902-05-20

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance defining vagrancy and prescribing the punishment therefor.

Ordinance 15, 1902-06-03

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance to suppress gambling in the Town of West Seattle, and providing a penalty.

Ordinance 16, 1904-02-29

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9123_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance for the preservation of public morality, peace, safety and good order of the City of Georgetown, and providing for the punishment of any breach of this ordinance.

Ordinance 17, 1890-06-07

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9106_02_017
Abstract

An Ordinance defining and prescribing the punishment of certain misdemeanors.

Ordinance 26, 1902-07-01

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9190_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance to prohibit the maintaining, operating, playing or using nickel-in-the-slot machines, or other devices of like character wherein there enters a element of chance, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.

Ordinance 33, 1904-05-16

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9123_02_1
Abstract

An Ordinance for the regulation, control and licensing of pool rooms where betting, wagering, speculation, pool selling, or book making upon any horse race, or the result thereof, is had, made, done or carried on, whether such race or races are run in this City or State, or elsewhere, and providing a penalty for the unlawful carrying on of such businesses and for the violation of this Ordinance.

Ordinance 68, 1905-08-07

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: 9174_02_1
Abstract

An ordinance to prevent and punish gambling, and the keeping of a gambling house in the Town of South Park.

Ordinance 258, 1897-05-04

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9106_02_258
Abstract

An Ordinance to prevent and punish Gambling in the City of Ballard.

Ordinance 278, 1897-05-04

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9106_02_278
Abstract

An Ordinance to prevent and punish Gambling in the City of Ballard.

Ordinance 328, 1907-10-09

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9123_02_2
Abstract

An Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 33 of the City of Georgetown, by inserting an annual license fee therein and repealing said original Section 2 of Ordinance No. 33.

Ordinance 364, 1908-02-24

 Item — Volume 2
Identifier: 9123_02_2
Abstract

An Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 33 of the City of Georgetown, providing for the licensing and regulation of pool rooms, fixing a penalty for violations of this ordinance and repealing all ordinances and parts thereof conflicting herewith.

Ordinance 557, 1902-09-23

 Item — Volume 3
Identifier: 9106_02_557
Abstract

An Ordinance for the preservation of public morality, peace, safety and good order in the City of Ballard and providing for the punishment of violations of this ordinance.

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Dates: 1968-1978

Charles T. Royer Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5274-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding departmental activities and programs. Records document ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. A large portion of the records relate to the Department of Community Development and document the city's work on urban renewal, housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation. Records relating to City Light deal with issues ranging from nuclear power to rates to discrimination against female and minority employees....
Dates: 1978-1989

Charles T. Royer Legal Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5274-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, copies of legislation, and City Attorney opinions relating to City-involved litigation, ordinances and codes, and subjects of a legal nature. Also included are some records from Mayor Wes Uhlman's legal staff. Primarily the records of Hugh Spitzer. Topics covered include personnel issues, Westlake Mall, Interstate 90, police intelligence, affirmative action, gay issues, and condo conversions.

Dates: 1968-1988

Tim Hill Subject Files and Committee Records

 Series
Identifier: 4637-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and draft legislation reflecting Hill's activities and interests on Council. Also includes agendas, reports, and draft legislation of six City Council committees including: Finance, Parks and Community Services, Personnel and Property Management, Urban Development and Housing, Transportation, and Labor Relations. The records are identified as Accession 3056 at UW.

Dates: 1973-1979

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Dates: 1968-1978

Wesley C. Uhlman Departmental Correspondence

 Series
Identifier: 5287-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence with city departments regarding ongoing operations as well as specific issues and events. The largest section of records covers the Executive Department, which includes the office and activities of the Mayor as well as subsidiary agencies like the Citizens Service Bureau, the Office of Policy Planning, and the Office of Management and Budget. Mayoral staffers' files are also included. Records relating to the Department of Community Development go into detail about the city's...
Dates: 1956-1977

Wesley C. Uhlman Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 5287-02
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, and other records related to the issues, programs, and organizations that were part of the work of the Mayor's Office during Uhlman's tenure. Topics range in scale from large transportation projects and the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial to individual parks and fire stations. The records include correspondence with and about local organizations, boards and commissions, and other governmental entities. The records also include routine mayoral correspondence such as thank you...
Dates: 1957-1977