Any person conducting or operating any place for entrance to which an admission charge is made shall, on a form prescribed by the Director of Finance, make application to and procure from the Director of Finance a certificate of registration, the fee for which shall be five dollars ($5.00), which certificate shall continue valid until December 31 of the year in which the same is issued. Such certificate of registration, or duplicate original copies thereof to be issued by the Director of Finance without additional charge, shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each ticket or box office where tickets of admission are sold.