Boonville Bookmaking and poolselling—Generally ordinance (§ 14-93)

Any person who occupies any room, shed, tenement, tent, booth or building, or any part thereof, in this city, and who occupies the same with any book, instrument or device for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers or selling any pools upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast which is to be made or to take place within or without this state; or any person who records or registers a bet or wager, or sells pools, upon the result of any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast which is to be made or to take place within or without this state, or to register a bet on a horse race, either on a blackboard or any other substance, or to telephone a bet on a horse race to any other state to be registered there, or telegraph a bet for such purpose, or to use any other instrument or device to accomplish or register the bets, or being the owner, lessee, occupant or person in charge of any room, tenement, shed, tent, booth or building or any part thereof within this city, knowingly to permit the same to be used or occupied for any of the purposes herein set forth, or therein keeps, exhibits, uses or employs any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording such bets or wagers, or selling of pools, as herein set forth, or becomes the custodian or depositary, for hire or privilege, of any money for any purposes contrary to the provisions of this section, shall, on conviction, be adjudged guilty of an offense.