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ORDINANCE NO,
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AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A TAX UPON ADMIS-
SION TICKETS SOLD BY ANY LICENSEE OF THE
STATE RACING COMMISSION LICENSED TO
OPERATE A JAI ALAI FRONTON WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF DANIA,
FLORIDA; FIXING THE AMOUNT OF SAID TAX,
AND IMPOSING UPON SAID LICENSEE THE
j BURDEN OF ADDING SAID TAX TO THE COST
OF EACH AND EVERY ADMISSION TICKET SOLD,
AND OF COLLECTING SAME.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
i OF DANIA, FLORIDA:
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i Section 1: That a tax of 10� upon each and every admission
ticket sold by any licensee of the State Racing Commission licensed to
operate a Jai Alai Fronton situtate within the corporate limits of the City
of Dania, Florida, be and the same is hereby levied, upon the following
conditions:
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(a) Whenever any ticket is sold for said Jai Alai Fronton
which is good for ten (10) days or more, then a tax of five cents (5�) per day
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is hereby assessed against said ticket, and said sum shall be in lieu of all
other special admission taxes specified in this ordinance,
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(b) Provided, however, that said City shall be prohibited
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from levying said admission tax upon any ticket or pass issued to any official
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agent, or employee of any Jai Alai Fronton operating in the said City, or to
any representative of the Press; neither shall said tax be collected upon any
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ticket issued to any y person employed in any capacity upon the
premises of any such licensee, and said licensee shall have the right to issue
free passes or tickets marked tax paid or tax free to any person provided
said licensee assume liability for the payment of the special tax provided
herein and pay same.
(c) Any licensee of the State Racing Commission owning
and/or operating a Jai Alai Fronton in the City of Dania, Florida, is hereby
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required to levy and collect the tax upon admissions and admission tickets,
provided in this ordinance.
(d) Any licensee of the State Racing Commission failing
ito assess and collect the tax aforesaid shall be liable to the City of Dania
upon each admission sold to the extent of the tax, and upon the aggregate
amount of tickets sold, with exceptions her.einbefore designated, in the
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aggregate amount of taxes herein provided, and said licensee shall be re-
quired to make a bi-monthly accounting of the number of tickets sold and
admisssions to said Jai Alai Fronton, and shall, on the first and sixteenth
iof each month pay to the City of Dania, all taxes so assessed and collected,
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and at the end of each Jai Alai season, shall make a full and complete
--� accounting.
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(e) The terms and provisions of this ordinance sh e
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be construed in limitation of but in addition to any and all other taxes and hl
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license provisions of the State of Florida and City of Dania imposed upon a
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licensee of the State Racing Commission.
J; (f) All the revenue derived from the imposition of this
tax upon admissions of a licensee of the State Racing Commission shall be
placed in the general revenue fund of the City of Dania, Florida.
Section 2: In the event any section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance shall be deemed or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such adjudication shall in no manner affect the remaining portions hereof, and
the same shall remain in full force and effect as if such section, sentence,
clause or phrase had not originally been a part of this ordinance.
Section 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 4: This ordinance shall be in force and take effect im-
mediately upon its passage and adoption. .
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on First reading this day of
A. D. 1953.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on Second reading this -Id bday
of A. D. 19 53.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on Third reading this x/ day of
2� A. D. 19 53.
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City�erk and Auditor
Auditor
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