(a) The annual license fee to keep or maintain a hotel, tavern or tourist home where rooms are kept or maintained for transient guests, the charge for which is for a period of less than three days, or to keep or maintain a restaurant or other eating place not operated in connection with a hotel, tourist home or tavern shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(b) Every building where food and lodging are usually furnished to travelers, and payment therefor required, shall be deemed a hotel or tavern. Every person licensed to keep or maintain a hotel or tavern shall constantly provide the same with lodging and food for travelers.
(1947 Code §17.35)