Each license authorized and required by any provision of this code and granted by the Mayor or City Council, shall be issued by the City Clerk upon the payment of the license fee or tax, and not otherwise. Each license shall be signed by the Mayor, attested by the Clerk under the corporate seal, and no person shall be deemed to be licensed in any case until the actual payment of the license fee or tax, and the issuing of the license in due form, signed, attested, sealed and countersigned as herein required.
('71 Code, § 4-1-2)