The payment of the occupation tax levied pursuant to this article shall be in semiannual payments. This article shall take effect on October 1, 1958, and the first payment shall be for the succeeding six-month period, and the same shall be paid within forty-five days after April 1, 1959. The next payment of such tax shall be made within forty-five days after the first day of October 1959. The payment of such tax in the years following shall likewise be made as set forth in this section.