(A) Every person carrying on a public dance to which the public is admitted, either with or without charge, shall pay a license tax of $10 per day. For the purposes of this section, a public dance shall mean and include a dance performed by persons for the view and entertainment of an audience and shall also mean and include a dance where the public may participate in the dancing. No public dance shall be conducted or maintained between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
(B) A license shall be granted without the payment of any tax to any person, sorority, fraternity, society, or group giving, maintaining, or conducting a dance in any fixed place of business or hall where the public generally is not permitted to obtain admission, but where those permitted to gain admission are admitted by invitation, subscription list, or previous arrangement between the parties and contribute to the expense of the dance by the payment of a stated charge or by the division of the expense between the persons admitted.
('61 Code, § 6-1.45) (Ord. 228 N.S., passed - - )