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Section g . ONLY ONE CLASS OF LICENSE FOR EACH PERSON: No Wholesale Distributor's License shall be issued to or held by the holder of an Operator's License, a Location License or an Amusement Arcade License. No Operator's License shall be issued to the holder of a Wholesale Distributor's License or of a Location License. No Location License shall be issued to or held by the holder of a Wholesale Distributor's License or of an Operator's License. No manufacturer of amusement devices, or representative of such manufacturer, and no holder of an Operator's License therefor who leases or rents to or places with others any such amusement device for use, play, or operation in any public place, or any person financially interested in such licensed business, whether resident or non-resident, shall have any financial interest, direct or indirect, in the business of any such licensed location; nor shall any such manufacturer's representative, or holder of an Operator's License own any of the property upon which such licensed location conducts its business; nor shall any such licensed location, under any arrangement whatsoever, conduct its business upon property in which any such manu- facturer, manufacturer's representative, or holder of an Operator's License therefor has an interest; nor shall any such manufacturer, manufacturer's representative, or holder of an Operator's License advance money or money's worth, or make any gift, to any licensed location under any arrangement whatsoever; nor in such connection shall any licensed location receive, under any arrangement whatsoever, any advance of money, money's worth or gift. Financial interest, direct or indirect, as used in this section includes any interest whether by stock ownership, mortgage, lien, or through interlocking direc- tors or otherwise. Section 10 . SIZE OF SLUGS-CHECKS: It shall be unlawful for the holder of any license issued under this ordinance to issue or circulate slugs, trade checks or trade certificates for use in playing any amusement device, or to permit the use and playing in any such device of any such slugs, checks or certificates. Section II . PROHIBITED WITHIN 300 FEET OF SCHOOLS: No Location Amusement Device License shall be issued for, nor shall any amusement device be used or operated in, any building or place within three hundred (300) feet of the grounds or building of any school; provided, that licensed devices for the production of music only shall be exempt from this section. Section 12 ' REVOCATION OF LICENSE - APPEALS TO CITY COUNCIL: If the City Clerk- Comptroller shall find that any licensee has violated any provision of this ordinance, he shall make a written record of such finding and shall specify therein the particulars in which the ordinance has been violated and shall, in his discretion, revoke the license or suspend it for a period to be fixed by him, in which event the license shall be surrendered to the City Clerk-Comptroller and cancelled by him in case of revocation, or returned to the licensee on expiration of the period of sus- pension; and in case of an Operator's License the City Clerk-Comptroller shall remove the license plate from any licensed amusement device; provided, such revocation, or failure to revoke for violation of the provisions of this ordinance, shall not relieve the licensee from liability for punishment under penalties provided in Section 13 hereof. The City Clerk-Comptroller shall notify by registered mail any licensee to which an order of suspension or revocation is directed. Any licensee whose license is revoked or suspended shall have the right to appeal to the City Council from such revocation or suspension by filing with the City Clerk-Comptroller a written notice thereof within ten (10) days after the notice of the order of revocation or suspension. The notice of appeal shall specify an address at which the licensee may be given notice of hearing on the appeal. At the hearing the licensee shall be entitled to appear in person and offer evidence in support of his appeal of the revocation or suspension. The City Council shall determine by resolution whether the revocation or suspension shall be sustained, and its action in that respect shall be final and conclusive. From time of filing the written notice of appeal until the hearing and action by the City Council, the order of the City Clerk-Comptroller of revocation or suspension shall be stayed. Section 13 . PENALTIES: Any violation or failure to comply with any of the pro- visions of this ordinance shall constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall subject the offender to a fine in any sum not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300) or imprisonment in the City Jail for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment.