When an application is made for a license under this chapter, the Clerk-Treasurer shall request the Chief of Police to examine into the premises upon which the license is to be granted and to investigate the character and reputation of the applicant. The Chief of Police shall make a report thereof to Council at its next regular meeting and, upon receiving such report, Council shall determine whether or not a .license should be granted to the applicant. The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue the license when granted by Council under the seal of the City, and such license shall authorize the applicant to conduct a billiard hall, pool hall or bowling alley at the location described in the application. The license year shall commence on May 1 and shall end on April 30 of the succeeding year.
(1958 Code § 7.3)