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