5:8-52. Application
Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a written application therefor in the form prescribed in said rules and regulations, duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable the governing body of the municipality to determine whether or not it is a bona fide organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged, or a church or a religious congregation or religious organization, or a charitable, educational or fraternal organization, or a civic or service club, or a senior citizen association or club, or an officially recognized volunteer fire company or an officially recognized volunteer first aid or rescue squad; names and addresses of its officers; the specific kind or kinds of game or games of chance intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, and the place or places where, the date or dates and the time or times when, such game or games of chance are intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for; the items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of such game or games of chance and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the purposes for which, they are to be paid; the specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such game or games of chance are to be devoted and in what manner; that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense will be paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting of such game or games of chance or shall assist therein except as in this act otherwise provided; and that no prize will be offered and given in cash except as otherwise provided in this act or of greater value than is provided in this act and a description of the value and character of the prizes which are to be given and any other information which said rules and regulations may require.
In each application there shall be designated an active member or members of the applicant under whom the game or games of chance described in the application are to be held, operated and conducted and to the application shall be appended a statement executed by the applicant and by the member or members, so designated, that he or they will be responsible for the holding, operation and conduct of such game or games of chance in accordance with the terms of the license and the provisions of said rules and regulations governing the holding, operation and conduct of such game or games of chance and of this act, if such license is granted.
In event that any equipment to be used in or in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of any such game of chance is to be leased from any person, persons or corporation, a written statement shall accompany the application, signed and verified under oath by such person or persons or executed and verified under oath on behalf of such corporation, stating his or its address and the amount of rent which will be paid for such equipment and that such rental conforms to the schedule of authorized rentals prescribed by rules of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission and that such lessor or lessors, or, if a corporation, all of its officers and each of its stockholders who hold 10% or more of its stock issued and outstanding have been approved by said commission as being of good moral character and not having been convicted of crime.
L. 1954, c. 5, p. 19, s. 3. Amended by L. 1955, c. 161, p. 695, s. 2; L. 1985, c. 299, s. 2, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.
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