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BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County, North Carolina, that the following ordinance be and the same is hereby adopted: Section. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to operate a pool or billiard room where more than ten '(~10)~pool or billiard or bagatelle tables or tables of like character are kept for rent or hire or for any other compensation, directly or indirectly. Section 2. No pool or billiard room or establishment shall be operated later than 11 o'clock p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays, or later than 11:30 o'clock p.m. on Fridays or Saturdays. No pool or billiard room establishment shall be operated on Sundays. Section 3 It shall be onlawful fo~ any owner, manager, or any person in charge of a pool or billiard room or establishment to allow gambling or the consumption of any alcoholic beverage upon the premises of such establishment. Section 4. (a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be allowed to enter or lditer in a poolroom where any billiard, pool or bagatelle table or tables of like character are kept for rent or hire, or for compensation directly or indirectly. No owner, manager, or person in charge of a pool or billiard room where a table is kept for the purpose specified herein, violating any provisions of this section by allowing persons under eighteen (18) years of age to enter such poolrooms, and any person under ~ighteen (18) years of age violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) No owner, manager, or person in charge of any poolroom or billiard parlor shall admit any minor under eighteen (18) years of age unless said minor shall be accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian. (c) A copy of this section shall be conspiciously posted in every poolroom and 'billiard parlor. Section 5. %t['shall be unlawful for any person to place or keep any kind of stain, paint, curtains or other things on or in front of any glass which obscures the view into any place or building where a poolroom is maintained. Section 6. .(a) Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be punished by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days or by both such fine and imprisonment.