Williams v. City of Warsaw

The act for the incorporation of cities, 1 R. S. 1876, p. 267, empowers them, severally, to enforce ordinances: “To suppress gaming and gaming houses, and houses of ill-fame, to prohibit and destroy instruments and devices of gaming, and restrain fraudulent practices within the said city; * * * ” and,

“ To regulate and restrain all tables, alleys, machines, devices or places of any kind for sports or games, kept for hire or pay, or to prohibit the use of the same, as aforesaid, if deemed expedient, without a license being first obtained therefor; and if deemed necessary, to preserve peace,…