Ordinance 414
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ORDINANCE NO. 414
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF
CONTRACEPTIVES WITHIN THE CITY OF GILROY.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS :'-
, SECTION 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, firm,
corporation o~ association, to vend, sell or distribute, at retail
or to the public, in any manner whatsoever any article, drug or
medicinal preparation, manufactured, produced and/or primarily intended
for use as, or which may be used as, a contraceptive, within the City .
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of Gilroy, except regularly licensed practitioners of medicine, in
their practice, and/or in drug stores employing a registered pharmacist.
It shall be unlawful to vend, sell or distribute any such articles, drugs
or medicines on the streets, or elsewhere, within the City of Gilroy,
by means of machines, or by peddling, canvassing or soliciting on
the streets, school grounds and/or from house to house, or other-
wise except as hereinbefore provided.
SECTION 2: Any person, whether principal or agent, who violates
the terms of this ordinance, or who has in his possession or on his
premises, any vending or slot machine or the like containing
contraceptives, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars, or by imprisonment in the City Jail of the City
of Gilroy, for a period not exceeding thirty days, or by such fine
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and imprisonment and each such person, firm, co~pora~ion, society,
association or organization, not being a pharmacist duly registered
under the laws of the state of California, or regularly in the employ
of a drug store having regularly and duly connected therewith, a
pharmacist duly registered under the laws of the State of California,
shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each such day during
which any vending or slot machine containing contraceptives shall
be maintained in his or its possession or on his or its premises.
In case of sales by machines, the owner of the machin~, as well as
the owner and occupier of the premises where the machine is located
shall be deemed a violator hereof.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in. force
from and after the date of its passage and approval.
ADOPTED AND PASSED this 5th
da7 of August, A.D. 1935, by the
following vote:
AYES:
CouncilmenMilias, Heck, Wentz, Boock, Stewart.
NOES:
Councilmen None
ABSENT:
Councilmen J. H. Rush
Approved:
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Attest
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ity Clerk.