It shall be unlawful to conduct, operate or exhibit any race between persons, animals or vehicles, or any baseball games, boxing or wrestling matches or any other athletic contest or exhibition for admission to which a fee is charged, without having first procured a license therefor.
The proprietor of such exhibition shall submit to the clerk a statement, verified under oath, of the gross receipts of each such game, contest or race, within one week after such exhibition. At the same time the proprietor or person exhibiting or operating such exhibition shall pay to the clerk a sum equal to three percent (3%) of the gross receipts.
Sufficient members of the police department shall be admitted free of charge to all such exhibitions for the purpose of preserving and maintaining order, and the clerk may post a person or any number of persons at the box office of each such performance, and may examine all the books pertaining to such performance showing or tending to show the gross receipts. (1968 Code, sec. 33-104)