Section 20-351. Persons operating and conducting games; equipment; expenses; compensation  


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  • No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game of bingo  under any license issued under this subchapter and article fourteen-H of
      the general municipal law except an  active  member  of  the  authorized
      organization  to which the license is issued, and no person shall assist
      in the holding, operating or conducting of any game of bingo under  such
      license  except  such an active member or a member of an organization or
      association which is an auxiliary to the licensee  or  a  member  of  an
      organization  or association of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a
      member of an organization or association which is  affiliated  with  the
      licensee  by  being,  with  it,  auxiliary  to  another  organization or
      association  and  except  bookkeepers  or  accountants  as   hereinafter
      provided.  No game of bingo shall be conducted with any equipment except
      such as shall be owned absolutely  by  the  authorized  organization  so
      licensed  or  used  without  payment of any compensation therefor by the
      licensee. No item of expense shall be incurred  or  paid  in  connection
      with  the conducting of any game of bingo pursuant to any license issued
      under this subchapter and article fourteen-H of  the  general  municipal
      law,  except  those that are reasonable and are necessarily expended for
      bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, stated rental if any,  bookkeeping
      or accounting service according to a schedule of compensation prescribed
      by  the commission, janitorial services and utility supplies if any, and
      license fees, and the cost of bus transportation, if authorized  by  the
      control commission.