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RESOLUTION NO. °`j G'
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY
JOINING WITH THE CUDAHY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION,
INCORPORATED IN OPPOSING ORGANIZED GAMBLING
^ WHEREAS, Downey acknowledges that it is not their province to
interfere with the affairs of another community; however
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Downey has received a
petition from the Cudahy Improvement Association, Incorporated outlining
their opposition to the establishment of "card clubs" or "poker palaces"
in the City of Cudahy; and
WHEREAS, they outline their efforts in asking the aid of our civic,
religious and governmental groups in the surrounding communities to
assist them in preventing the cancerous growth which they state would be
germinated by this proposal; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cudahy is located in the nearby vicinity of
the City of Downey.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council of the City of Downey hereby joins
with the Cudahy Improvement Association and other civic and religious groups
in expressing opposition to such types of operations and urge that they
be abolished or prohibited from any community in our area.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
resolution.
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APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of -
1961.
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City Cle*
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof held on
the'!, day of 1961, by the following vote of
the Council:
AYES: Councilmen yt-- 7 { ti--t
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NOES: Councilmen:
ABSENT: Councilmen:
City Clerk